Rangeishot
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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.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.
We opened all the soaked boxes. They weren't as bad as i thought. The drying process has begun. Thank you John.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.
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
Throw them in the oven and crank up the heat. That'll dry em off.Correct on the cardboard absorbed the water. Most was only damp. Discarded all the wet boxes. Drying on sheets and blankets! Thanks