Sealing Primers.
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Why do you need to seal your primers.......
I have been reloading for over 40 years and never sealed the primers and they go bang all the time, some of my ammo is 30 years old......Fingernail polish should be fine if it is the lacquer type. Should thin it a bit though.....chris3
I have been reloading for over 40 years and never sealed the primers and they go bang all the time, some of my ammo is 30 years old......Fingernail polish should be fine if it is the lacquer type. Should thin it a bit though.....chris3
fulloflead
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I asked my G.F. for a couple bottles of "ugly" nail polish that she didn't want anymore. It's too thick out of the bottle and hard to use, especially with the brush and goes on in thick globs.
You have to thin it with nail polish THINNER (not remover - there's a difference). Maybe 15 drops for a mostly-full bottle. Then take a Q-tip, dip the tip in the bottle and then dab each primer. If you have the right consistancy you can do about 5 or 6 rounds for each dip and not have to wipe off the excess. You can see if it's getting in the crack all around the primer.
I've left rounds submerged for several hours and then taken them right to the range to test them and it works - something that cannot be done with regular reloaded ammo. Nailpolish is actually more water-resistant than waterPROOF, meaning that when left submerged for extended periods (days) it does soften into goo, allowing water inside to cause misfires. (I know. I tested it.)
I've also tested to see if, when applied heavily, it has any effect. It doesn't seem to go down next to the primer to enter the flash hole, no matter how much you put on. I guess it could if you thinned it WAY too much - I haven't tried that.
A lot of people will say it's not necessary, and maybe it isn't really NECESSARY, but I stockpile a lot of quality reloads loaded with quality bullets (for SHTF scinarios, etc.) and it's just one more thing that gets my loads closer to factory stuff and one more thing I don't have to worry about.
In use, the nail polish does leave a little bit of color - like a flaky powder - on the breachface of the firearms, but I've shot hundreds of rounds between cleanings and it's never caused a problem.
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You have to thin it with nail polish THINNER (not remover - there's a difference). Maybe 15 drops for a mostly-full bottle. Then take a Q-tip, dip the tip in the bottle and then dab each primer. If you have the right consistancy you can do about 5 or 6 rounds for each dip and not have to wipe off the excess. You can see if it's getting in the crack all around the primer.
I've left rounds submerged for several hours and then taken them right to the range to test them and it works - something that cannot be done with regular reloaded ammo. Nailpolish is actually more water-resistant than waterPROOF, meaning that when left submerged for extended periods (days) it does soften into goo, allowing water inside to cause misfires. (I know. I tested it.)
I've also tested to see if, when applied heavily, it has any effect. It doesn't seem to go down next to the primer to enter the flash hole, no matter how much you put on. I guess it could if you thinned it WAY too much - I haven't tried that.
A lot of people will say it's not necessary, and maybe it isn't really NECESSARY, but I stockpile a lot of quality reloads loaded with quality bullets (for SHTF scinarios, etc.) and it's just one more thing that gets my loads closer to factory stuff and one more thing I don't have to worry about.
In use, the nail polish does leave a little bit of color - like a flaky powder - on the breachface of the firearms, but I've shot hundreds of rounds between cleanings and it's never caused a problem.
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ReloaderFred
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Regular primer sealer is available from Scharch, Inc. You can find them at www.scharch.com.
Hope this helps.
Fred
Hope this helps.
Fred
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