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[Rangeishot]

My friend has a large collection of ammo on the basement floor. . His basement has flooded with last night's rain. Its been 8hrs under water. Will taking it out of the boxes and drying it save it?

 

[John from MD]

My friend has a large collection of ammo on the basement floor. . His basement has flooded with last night's rain. Its been 8hrs under water. Will taking it out of the boxes and drying it save it?

Absolutely. I have been through the same thing and the only ammo that had any damage was the .22's and not all of them. I just cleaned and dried them and had no problems with the centerfire. The .22's I shot and what worked, worked and what didn't got manually ejected.

 

[Rangeishot]

Absolutely. I have been through the same thing and the only ammo that had any damage was the .22's and not all of them. I just cleaned and dried them and had no problems with the centerfire. The .22's I shot and what worked, worked and what didn't got manually ejected.

 

[rondon600]

Go buy some ammo boxes or buckets if you think you can save the boxes. Dump ammo onto a tray with lint free paper towel or micro fibre. Pat dry amd count how many boxes go in so you now have bulk ammo cans. You can put a fan on the old boxes if you want to try and save them amd repackage but I would let them dry for a week with a fan. Plus there is a lot of moisture in this home. So don’t package until home his squared away. DIY basement clean up or insurance? With all this rain I doubt HD has any air movers left to rent but act fast.

 

[Blaster229]

Should be fine, maybe not all of it. Depending on how deep and submerged. You'd be surprised how much water the cardboard boxes would absorb and just be damp on the inside.

Gotta keep ammo off the floor tho.

 

[Rangeishot]

Absolutely. I have been through the same thing and the only ammo that had any damage was the .22's and not all of them. I just cleaned and dried them and had no problems with the centerfire. The .22's I shot and what worked, worked and what didn't got manually ejected.

We opened all the soaked boxes. They weren't as bad as i thought. The drying process has begun. Thank you John.

 

[Rangeishot]

Should be fine, maybe not all of it. Depending on how deep and submerged. You'd be surprised how much water the cardboard boxes would absorb and just be damp on the inside.

Gotta keep ammo off the floor th

 

[Rangeishot]

Correct on the cardboard absorbed the water. Most was only damp. Discarded all the wet boxes. Drying on sheets and blankets! Thanks

 

[Sundazes]

Correct on the cardboard absorbed the water. Most was only damp. Discarded all the wet boxes. Drying on sheets and blankets! Thanks

Throw them in the oven and crank up the heat. That'll dry em off.




No dont do that.

 

[hillbilly grandpa]

Some clothes dryers have a tray for drying sneakers, etc. Put that in; place the boxes on the tray; crank it up. That should accelerate drying the boxes.

 

[JohnnyE]

Pick up some silica gel desiccant packs and put them with ammo in ammo cans. As the silica gel gets saturated (little window shows color change from blue to pink) recharge pack in the oven and repeat the process until the pack don't change color.

I don't think there is concern over ammo where the bullets and primers are sealed.

 

[TheWhiteBuffalo]

I would put the ammo in a small closet, or the smallest room with an outlet, and run a dehumidifier on high. That will dry it out in a hurry.

 

[slsc98]

Damn. So sorry to see / read this. It is why EVERYTHING in our basement is 5” or higher off the floor, and on pallets or wheels … damn

in addition to all above the biggest floor fans you can get, are your friends

rent or: https://www.harborfreight.com/2400-cfm-13-hp-floor-blower-57954.html