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Clean Loaded Brass?
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<blockquote data-quote="HaroldNRAEndowment" data-source="post: 2301146" data-attributes="member: 111610"><p>I would not wipe the loaded cartridge down with a solvent for a very specific reason. It has been known for 30 years that one should not store aerosol cans in the same enclosed compartment with ammunition. The reason is if it had a slow leak in it, The vapor Might migrate through the Primer end and deadened the primer. The one safe way to get rid of primers is to drop them into oil. Acetone is a hydrocarbon and very volatile. Yes the primer is a press fit, and probably it will be tight enough to not allow vapor to migrate in through the primer. But Murphy's law says anything that can happen will happen. I would not take the risk. Again, there is a low probability, but why take the chance. The subject of storing aerosols in with ammunition would have never come up, unless it was proven that it actually happened at some point in time.</p><p>Further more, if the brass is clean while loading, and the ammunition is being loaded in reasonable conditions, other than down in the dirt, a soft dry cloth is all that is needed, and to be that particular, one should wipe the brass off out in the field while loading out in the field. If I drop a cartridge on the ground, in the field, I just wipe it off on my clothes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaroldNRAEndowment, post: 2301146, member: 111610"] I would not wipe the loaded cartridge down with a solvent for a very specific reason. It has been known for 30 years that one should not store aerosol cans in the same enclosed compartment with ammunition. The reason is if it had a slow leak in it, The vapor Might migrate through the Primer end and deadened the primer. The one safe way to get rid of primers is to drop them into oil. Acetone is a hydrocarbon and very volatile. Yes the primer is a press fit, and probably it will be tight enough to not allow vapor to migrate in through the primer. But Murphy's law says anything that can happen will happen. I would not take the risk. Again, there is a low probability, but why take the chance. The subject of storing aerosols in with ammunition would have never come up, unless it was proven that it actually happened at some point in time. Further more, if the brass is clean while loading, and the ammunition is being loaded in reasonable conditions, other than down in the dirt, a soft dry cloth is all that is needed, and to be that particular, one should wipe the brass off out in the field while loading out in the field. If I drop a cartridge on the ground, in the field, I just wipe it off on my clothes. [/QUOTE]
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