Using a food saver to store primers???

[chutchis]

I have a few SR primers from last year (only 700) and do not own a small rifle anymore. Is there any draw back to sealing them in a food saver air tight bag? Or would this damage them? Thanks for your replies.

 

[upjeeper]

shouldn't be.
lots of folks store primers, powder, loaded rounds in an airtight ammo can with descant.

 

[chutchis]

That would be one of my questions I guess...do I need the desiccant if the food saver already sucks out the air in the bag? Or will what little moisture is left in the bag affect the primers?

 

[jjohnson]

They'll be fine.

If you're sealing primers in an airtight pouch, the only water vapor in there is what you got with the air that you sealed in there, plus perhaps a very very tiny bit that got into the primer mix when they were manufactured and shipped.

A little dessicant should absorb that tiny bit of moisture - but shouldn't be necessary. If you have 'em sealed already, they will almost certainly outlive you.

 

[chutchis]

They are now food saved and waiting for me to purchase a small rifle someday when small rifles are cheap again. Now if I could only find a store with Varget in stock I would be a happy boy.

 

[edelbrock]

They should be more than ok in the food saver bag. I am using primers that have been stored in a box in the garage for 20 years.

 

[ReloaderFred]

I'm also using primers that I bought in the late 1970's, and have yet to have a misfire with them. Primers last a long, long time. Mine were stored on the shelf in my shop and no other care was taken.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[chutchis]

I've only been reloading for three years and assumed primers were more fragile than they are. I read about all these guys storing them in ammo cans with desiccant and such. Figured that was what you were supposed to do

Thanks for the affirmation on primer life!