The grons
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I live in Phoenix and the inside of my car reaches probably 150 degrees; is that too hot to keep a gun in all day?
Safest temperture for ammo
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According to centerfire: "Extreme high temperatures, such as those found in the trunk of a car or an attic should be avoided for long term storage"
http://www.popguns.com/centerfire/basicclass/section2/storageandcare.htm
http://www.popguns.com/centerfire/basicclass/section2/storageandcare.htm
loop
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DO NOT store a gun with cast bullets in your car in the Arizona heat. The wax that lubricates the bullets will melt and can reach the powder. If that happens the rounds will be ruined.
If you must store rounds with cast bullets in high temps, store them with the bullets down. That way the wax will drain downward and away from the powder.
Don't carry hot loads in a gun that may be exposed to high temperatures. Higher temps equal increased pressure. That means no +P or other enhanced loadings.
With standard loads and jacketed bullets you are safe with almost all ammo.
If your ammo has been stored in high temps then shoot it up in October or November and replace it. Some powders will clump and/or degrade with extreme temp fluctuations. Bear in mind, these fluctuations occur every day in the desert.
I've been shooting in the Arizona desert for almost 40 years. I know the quirks. Dump the ammo after summer. Keep ammo with lead bullets in the AC.
If you must store rounds with cast bullets in high temps, store them with the bullets down. That way the wax will drain downward and away from the powder.
Don't carry hot loads in a gun that may be exposed to high temperatures. Higher temps equal increased pressure. That means no +P or other enhanced loadings.
With standard loads and jacketed bullets you are safe with almost all ammo.
If your ammo has been stored in high temps then shoot it up in October or November and replace it. Some powders will clump and/or degrade with extreme temp fluctuations. Bear in mind, these fluctuations occur every day in the desert.
I've been shooting in the Arizona desert for almost 40 years. I know the quirks. Dump the ammo after summer. Keep ammo with lead bullets in the AC.
Nuke8401
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I seem to recall a thread on ammo storage in Iraq, if I recall correctly the ammo was still safe/good after prolonged exposure in containers left in direct sunlight. I think they also did some "cook-off" tests and said the rounds started to go at about 450F.
Or I could be completely out to lunch on this as I'm old and my memory is ???
Storing a plastic gun in the heat??? Tupperware is microwave-able right?
Or I could be completely out to lunch on this as I'm old and my memory is ???
Storing a plastic gun in the heat??? Tupperware is microwave-able right?
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