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<blockquote data-quote="Okanogan" data-source="post: 2108008" data-attributes="member: 90397"><p>Before the recent boating accident, I kept my powder, primers and loaded ammo in a purpose built fire resistant room. Six concrete reinforced walls with a fire rated steel door and CDX interior walls. Everything stored on separate shelves with primers as far from powder as possible. The room temperature and humidity in the room were ideal for long term storage. If you are fortunate enough to be able to build your own place in the future, planning up front offers some nice possibilities.</p><p>I lived in NW Florida for 15 years and stored a limited supply of powder, primers and ammo in the garage under less than ideal conditions for most of that time. When I moved west and used up the remaining powder, primers and ammo from FL, the only thing I really noticed about the older powder was that it had swelled a little making it less dense than the more recently purchased powder out west. (A good reason to recheck your reloading variables when moving from one lot of powder to another.) My grandson was killing quail this year with shotgun shells I bought in 1985 that went through my FL storage but luckily missed the boating accident.</p><p>From my FL experience, I'd suggest that the powder and primers can probably survive less than ideal conditions and still perform with perhaps a little degradation. If it were me, I would not go to any extremes that I thought put my family at extra risk to try and optimize my powder/ primer/ ammo storage. However, if you have a nice safe and secure area with HVAC available, it should work better than a FL garage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Okanogan, post: 2108008, member: 90397"] Before the recent boating accident, I kept my powder, primers and loaded ammo in a purpose built fire resistant room. Six concrete reinforced walls with a fire rated steel door and CDX interior walls. Everything stored on separate shelves with primers as far from powder as possible. The room temperature and humidity in the room were ideal for long term storage. If you are fortunate enough to be able to build your own place in the future, planning up front offers some nice possibilities. I lived in NW Florida for 15 years and stored a limited supply of powder, primers and ammo in the garage under less than ideal conditions for most of that time. When I moved west and used up the remaining powder, primers and ammo from FL, the only thing I really noticed about the older powder was that it had swelled a little making it less dense than the more recently purchased powder out west. (A good reason to recheck your reloading variables when moving from one lot of powder to another.) My grandson was killing quail this year with shotgun shells I bought in 1985 that went through my FL storage but luckily missed the boating accident. From my FL experience, I'd suggest that the powder and primers can probably survive less than ideal conditions and still perform with perhaps a little degradation. If it were me, I would not go to any extremes that I thought put my family at extra risk to try and optimize my powder/ primer/ ammo storage. However, if you have a nice safe and secure area with HVAC available, it should work better than a FL garage. [/QUOTE]
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