Sealing primers

[Alpo]

Has anybody ever sealed primers?

 

How?

 

Seems like I read one time that you could dip a toothpick into the sealant and then touch it at the edge of the primer and capillary action would suck the sealant down around the primer.

 

I don't know if that works - I haven't tried to seal any - but it seems like that would work better than trying to use the brush.

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

I have done it with fingernail polish. 

Back when I was making match grade  ammo 

[Alpo]

Is that how you did it? If not, how did you do it?

[Boggus Deal #64218]

I used the little brush in the primer sealer bottle.

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

With the supplied brush .

 

[Alpo]

I assumed that the brush with fingernail polish would be too big. I tried the dayTODAY with the toothpick and that's a total waste of time. So I used the brush. I got a whole 50 of them sealed.

 

Have about decided that is a waste of time.

Edited April 15 by Alpo
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[Rooster Ron Wayne]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

I assumed that the brush with fingernail polish would be too big. I tried the dayTODAY with the toothpick and that's a total waste of time. So I used the brush. I got a whole 50 of them sealed.

 

Have about decided that is a waste of time.

You only do it because you need too .

Not because you want too lol 

[watab kid]

that explains a lot , i dont see the need in our case but if someone wants to explain WHY i will listen , 

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

3 hours ago, watab kid said:

that explains a lot , i dont see the need in our case but if someone wants to explain WHY i will listen , 

When you're in a moisture Rich environment or have the potential to get your rounds wet ,  Sealing them enhances the chance to round is still going to go bang .

Not really needed in our game here.

But in the real world of life .

It's a possibility  ?

 

Edited April 15 by Rooster Ron Wayne

[Seldom Seen #16162]

Don’t forget to seal the case mouth around the bullet.

[Pat Riot]

I have never done it. I never had a need, but if it were carry ammo or ammo I was going to be using for dangerous game in a humid/wet environment, especially going into and out of the cold often I would seal my cartridges. 
 

I bought some Federal SD ammo last year that had blue sealer around the primers. I cannot remember the name of the ammo right now, but I could see a need for police carrying a gun with the same ammo in it months on end. 

[Alpo]

While researching this - the "how to" - I never did find anything saying "how to" do it. I found many discussions about "why to" do it. And most people seem to think there was no reason to do it.

 

I recall one person saying that the military sealed their primers because of long-term storage. Ammunition might be in storage for years, decades.

 

And he said that he never has loaded ammunition last more than a couple of months.

 

I could not decide whether he shot a lot or whether he didn't load very much.

 

My wish is to have several thousand rounds loaded for each cartridge I shoot. And since I load 35 different cartridges, that's a whole lot of ammunition stored up.

 

I know of people that wish to go shoot so first they have to go to the store and buy some ammo. I know of people that plan to go shoot tomorrow so they are sitting down loading ammo tonight so they will have something to shoot. Both of those seem foolish.

 

You wish to go shoot tomorrow? Go to your ammo supply and get some ammunition off the shelf.

 

Shoot it all up within 2 months? You are either shooting too much or loading too little, or both.

[watab kid]

9 hours ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said:

When you're in a moisture Rich environment or have the potential to get your rounds wet ,  Sealing them enhances the chance to round is still going to go bang .

Not really needed in our game here.

But in the real world of life .

It's a possibility  ?

 

Makes sense +

[Sedalia Dave]

10 hours ago, Alpo said:

While researching this - the "how to" - I never did find anything saying "how to" do it. I found many discussions about "why to" do it. And most people seem to think there was no reason to do it.

 

I recall one person saying that the military sealed their primers because of long-term storage. Ammunition might be in storage for years, decades.

 

And he said that he never has loaded ammunition last more than a couple of months.

 

I could not decide whether he shot a lot or whether he didn't load very much.

 

My wish is to have several thousand rounds loaded for each cartridge I shoot. And since I load 35 different cartridges, that's a whole lot of ammunition stored up.

 

I know of people that wish to go shoot so first they have to go to the store and buy some ammo. I know of people that plan to go shoot tomorrow so they are sitting down loading ammo tonight so they will have something to shoot. Both of those seem foolish.

 

You wish to go shoot tomorrow? Go to your ammo supply and get some ammunition off the shelf.

 

Shoot it all up within 2 months? You are either shooting too much or loading too little, or both.

 

Put it in ammo cans with a small desiccant bag and then close the lid. Will stay dry for years.

[Blackwater 53393]

Almost all of my factory 762 ammo comes with sealed primers and sealer around the case mouth.

 

All of my Sellier and Bellot ammo except shotgun came with sealed primers and case mouths.

 

I have built up some serious WTSHTF ammunition that, for now, is stored in a dry, temperature controlled area. I am considering perhaps sealing much of it so that I can store it in bulk in another area to free up that space for components and equipment that is better kept in a controlled environment.

 

 

Edited April 16 by Blackwater 53393