Back in the 70s when I was a serious teen-aged duck hunter, I always dripped some candle wax onto the crimp, and painted some nail polish around the primer of all the ammo I was going to hunt with the next day. It probably never made the slightest bit of difference, but it made me feel better, like rituals are supposed to do.
Good demo. I appreciate the test. The additional safety precautions was excellent along with the disclaimers. Take care and keep the interesting and informative videos coming.
Just got back from duck hunting with my brother and he had some shells that had gotten wet a couple weeks prior. At the time he had had no issues, but this trip almost half of them would not fire. It could be interesting to see experimentation with longer time intervals between submersion and use.
Good test! Very informative and entertaining. I keep a 4 foot long piece of weed-eater filament in bright orange. It's great for checking bore and takes up no space in my gun bag. I normally keep one in all of my unloaded long guns in the safe to validate nothing in the chamber.
Just this past winter I found very old shells laying on the ground I don't know how long they were there but I can say the top were rusted up bad. Just for the curiosity I loaded it in my old single shot shotgun and pulled the trigger and by surprise it went off. Felt like a full recoil and wasn't no pause in it
Very valuable information , you are a credit to the American Shooting community , I think if I was to be working in grizzly country I would go ahead and waterproof my shells anyway. I reload about everything but shotgun shells and I waterproof all my defense loads and long term storage pistol and rifle rounds. Reloads are very prone to water damage, as I discovered the hard way. I was on the range the other day with a friend, he had a bucket of Remington 9mm fmj target loads that had gotten soaked moths before and about 40% would not fire. Thanks From Tarpon Springs Florida " where we have 8' alligators in the lake we live on " not as fast as a grizzly but I keep my shotgun ready for them just in case.
Very interesting experiment and video. Like R.A. Williams below, I will waterproof my bears defense slugs with beeswax for the crimp & nail polish around the primer, just in case... But after seeing your video, I won't bother doing that to all my ammo. I always keep them in a waterproof container while on a trip anyways. Thanks for the great video!
Nice video. I just took several boxes of migra 2/4 shot hunting and they were left in my blind bad. Some light corrosion and surface moisture on a few of the shells. 👍🏻
I know this would drastically change the result but I'd be curious how they would handle salt water. Although I think the results would basically throwing expensive ammunition away haha
“Ammo’s kind of expensive these days”. Yeah, it was very difficult for me to watch you dunk it in a bucket of water. Around here, 12ga slugs are running close to $2 each.
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Back in the 70s when I was a serious teen-aged duck hunter, I always dripped some candle wax onto the crimp, and painted some nail polish around the primer of all the ammo I was going to hunt with the next day. It probably never made the slightest bit of difference, but it made me feel better, like rituals are supposed to do.
Cool, a little confidence in your equipment can go a long way!
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As your beautiful camera assistant I second what Rick said about the excellent safety precautions. Nifty experiment Alan!
Good demo.
I appreciate the test. The additional safety precautions was excellent along with the disclaimers.
Take care and keep the interesting and informative videos coming.
Thanks, will do!
Just got back from duck hunting with my brother and he had some shells that had gotten wet a couple weeks prior. At the time he had had no issues, but this trip almost half of them would not fire. It could be interesting to see experimentation with longer time intervals between submersion and use.
That is interesting, something to try in the future. Thanks for sharing!
What brand of shells. I used federal to duck hunt in Arkansas. Federal were my top choice but I would use Winchester and Remington peters
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I was wondering the same thing, you got right on point. Thanks for sharing!👍
Good test! Very informative and entertaining. I keep a 4 foot long piece of weed-eater filament in bright orange. It's great for checking bore and takes up no space in my gun bag. I normally keep one in all of my unloaded long guns in the safe to validate nothing in the chamber.
Thanks! Great idea with the weed-eater filament.
Thank you for your time
Thanks for watching!
Ok Alan you look like you are having way to much fun thanks for the info
I am. Thanks for watching. Good to hear from you!
Just this past winter I found very old shells laying on the ground I don't know how long they were there but I can say the top were rusted up bad. Just for the curiosity I loaded it in my old single shot shotgun and pulled the trigger and by surprise it went off. Felt like a full recoil and wasn't no pause in it
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching!
Very valuable information , you are a credit to the American Shooting community , I think if I was to be working in grizzly country I would go ahead and waterproof my shells anyway. I reload about everything but shotgun shells and I waterproof all my defense loads and long term storage pistol and rifle rounds. Reloads are very prone to water damage, as I discovered the hard way.
I was on the range the other day with a friend, he had a bucket of Remington 9mm fmj target loads that had gotten soaked moths before and about 40% would not fire. Thanks From Tarpon Springs Florida " where we have 8' alligators in the lake we live on " not as fast as a grizzly but I keep my shotgun ready for them just in case.
Very interesting experiment and video. Like R.A. Williams below, I will waterproof my bears defense slugs with beeswax for the crimp & nail polish around the primer, just in case... But after seeing your video, I won't bother doing that to all my ammo. I always keep them in a waterproof container while on a trip anyways. Thanks for the great video!
I clear fingernail polish the crimped loads, even hull to brass and the primer. I use mink oil paste for exposed slug rounds.
I really liked this video, nice to know if my shells get rain soaked or snow covered they will still work.
Thanks!
Great video bud 👍
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video. I just took several boxes of migra 2/4 shot hunting and they were left in my blind bad. Some light corrosion and surface moisture on a few of the shells. 👍🏻
surprising results
Nicely done....great video
Thanks!
Nice video. Great experiment. What sights are you using? LPA? That a sweet looking shotgun!
Excellent testing. Nice shotgun too. Did you add the sights?
Thanks! I did, they were kind of expensive but the front tritium sight with the ghost ring is really nice for slugs.
Always been curious about this, especially living in the jungles of central Florida
Just found your channel and I’m pretty impressed. New subscriber. Keep up the great content
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it. Will do!
Good information!
Thanks!
So interesting and useful info!
Thanks
I was thinking the same a few would not fire. Now we know.
Wow I’m surprised, that’s a great result. You have a new subscriber. Quality content here. 🤠👍🏼
Thanks, I appreciate it!
interesting video pard !
Thanks!
I know this would drastically change the result but I'd be curious how they would handle salt water. Although I think the results would basically throwing expensive ammunition away haha
yeah, I don't think this test would be different but I would expect more corrosion from a more long term exposure to salt water.
“Ammo’s kind of expensive these days”. Yeah, it was very difficult for me to watch you dunk it in a bucket of water. Around here, 12ga slugs are running close to $2 each.
That's about what the cheapest ones here go for if you can find them.
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Crozier
I like that!!