damien
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Maybe this has been asked before. I tried the search feature but all I am getting now is an error.
I had some water in the basement. Not that much damage, but some ammo got wet. I had it stacked up in the bottom of a shelf unit. I put it on the bottom because it was heavy enough to unbalance the shelf if it was higher up. The water was up to the top of the bottom boxes (about 1" total). The next few boxes were damp because the water wicked up from box to box but the ammo was not submerged. This is 9mm, .40, .223, .308 (these all brass - USA mfg), and 7.62x39 (russian - steel shell). Some .22 rimfire also. The ammo that was affected was submerged/dampened for maybe a few hours before I moved it out. I moved it to a dry room and just let it dry out there.
Do you think this ammo is still good? All of this is just FMJ plinking ammo (.22 is LRN) so I would not be using it in any of the SHTF guns around the house.
Thank you for your opinion.
I had some water in the basement. Not that much damage, but some ammo got wet. I had it stacked up in the bottom of a shelf unit. I put it on the bottom because it was heavy enough to unbalance the shelf if it was higher up. The water was up to the top of the bottom boxes (about 1" total). The next few boxes were damp because the water wicked up from box to box but the ammo was not submerged. This is 9mm, .40, .223, .308 (these all brass - USA mfg), and 7.62x39 (russian - steel shell). Some .22 rimfire also. The ammo that was affected was submerged/dampened for maybe a few hours before I moved it out. I moved it to a dry room and just let it dry out there.
Do you think this ammo is still good? All of this is just FMJ plinking ammo (.22 is LRN) so I would not be using it in any of the SHTF guns around the house.
Thank you for your opinion.