Topic: protecting reloads

[Grumblecakes]

I looked around and couldnt really find any info on this so i wanted to ask here. Does anyone know of a way to protect reloads from tarnish? I noticed today that a bunch of 9mm i loaded up has tarnish in the form of finger prints. is there like a compound i could tumble them in? Its probably not a huge problem but i like shinny bullets.

[luvmy45]

Shoot them sooner 

I notice that mine get a little tarnished as well, in fact so do some of the factor loads that I have around too, now that I look around.

[Grumblecakes]

i have almost 1k loaded 

my fingers would fall off from loading mags if i shot them sooner

[NGO]

Ammo Cans with a good desicant pack and good rubber seal


I have some loads .44 Mag loads my dad made up from 25 years ago that still look good and shoot good.

[No-One]

i have almost 1k loaded 

my fingers would fall off from loading mags if i shot them sooner

Most IPSC and IDPA shooters I knew when I was shooting were going through 1-2K a month . Not much time for them to tarnish

I shoot so little now that the tarnish simply reminds me of how inexpensive the ammo was when I loaded/bought it .... LOL

[luvmy45]

i have almost 1k loaded 

my fingers would fall off from loading mags if i shot them sooner

You, my friend, need to be introduced to the shooting sports. 

[TrooperBrian]

Wear surgical type gloves, vinyl, nitrile, polyurethane, whatever you want. As long as it keeps the oil off the rounds. You can also tumble them for a few minutes after you're done loading them.

Some frown upon tumbling live ammunition, but you can either have it tarnish, or have it shiny.

[Nealio]

I looked around and couldnt really find any info on this so i wanted to ask here. Does anyone know of a way to protect reloads from tarnish? I noticed today that a bunch of 9mm i loaded up has tarnish in the form of finger prints. is there like a compound i could tumble them in? Its probably not a huge problem but i like shinny bullets.

Use nickel plated cases

[kaen3e]

tumble them for a few min. after loading with iosso polish

[birddog1989]

I have had other people tell me they do that.  I would have to say that is an unsafe practice in my book.  I don't care enough about having shinny rounds that I'm willing to put loaded ammo in a tumbler.  Is it likely to cause enough of a shock to set off a primer?  Probably not, but I never intend to find out.  Were gloves or wipe them off when your done loading.  I like the idea of shooting them up before you have to worry about it.  When your loading or shooting safety comes first.

[Bill, Idaho]

  In a vibrating type "tumbler", I don't see how you could get primers to go off. No where near the energy to ignite one.
  In an actual tumbling type device, unless it's inner diameter is measured in yards, and all the cosmic moons align, then MAYBE, it  could. A round would have to fall perfectly and land point down on a supported round that has the primer facing up. That would require quite a distance.  Far enough for the falling round to develop enough speed to set off another primer.
  I have read that tumbling loaded rounds will cause the graphite to come off of the gunpowder granules, and then allegedly change the burning rate to ubber fast, therefore technically beng able to turn the powder inside the round into an explosive rather than a propellant. Several schools of thought on that theory. One says the graphite might come off, but since it cannot go "anywhere" it will still do what is was designed to do.
  Another idea is the graphite comes off, bunches together, and lets the powder change its burning rate, BUT unpredictablly attaches itself back to the gunpowder in uneven layers, changing everything as far as burning rate.   

[TrooperBrian]

I used to never store ammo in bulk because of that reason. Like if I ever dropped a can or something I wouldn't want it to explode. But I guess it takes a rather significant amount of force to set one off.

[fj40mojo]

Really? Is shiny that important?

[Nomad]

  Take them out the  tumbler, prime, and wear some gloves during the process no finger prints with
oil stains, place in container with some cardboard sides and bottom has worked for our family.