Moving Ammo from Cold Garage to House
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Moving Ammo from Cold Garage to House
So I moved recently, and as part of that move a lot of my ammo was just put in the garage. I'm now ready to move it into the house but it's colder out now so I was wondering about condensation. So the garage is around 50F (I am sure it gets a little colder at night) and around 68F in the house. Relative humidity in both is around 40%. I was worried about possible condensation when moving the ammo in from the colder garage... now I've done some reading, and I *think* that I will be o moving it in. But I wanted to run it by those more knowledgeable than I and see what you guys think?? Thanks!
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Re: Moving Ammo from Cold Garage to House
I'm no expert so I'm just taking a guess here. First, if the ammo is airtight, any moisture inside the case would already have been present, so I doubt condensation would be a problem. While I don't think the temperature difference between garage and house is significant enough to make your ammo "sweat" I suppose you could put a small space heater or kerosene heater in the garage and slowly bring the garage temperature up to the upper 60's.
If it were my ammo, I wouldn't worry about it. Bring it in the house, it'll be OK.
If it were my ammo, I wouldn't worry about it. Bring it in the house, it'll be OK.
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Re: Moving Ammo from Cold Garage to House
glocksmith wrote:I'm no expert so I'm just taking a guess here. First, if the ammo is airtight, any moisture inside the case would already have been present, so I doubt condensation would be a problem. While I don't think the temperature difference between garage and house is significant enough to make your ammo "sweat" I suppose you could put a small space heater or kerosene heater in the garage and slowly bring the garage temperature up to the upper 60's.
If it were my ammo, I wouldn't worry about it. Bring it in the house, it'll be OK.
Some is in ammo cans, but some is also just boxes of ammo packed in a cardboard box.
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Re: Moving Ammo from Cold Garage to House
The ones in boxes, I'd put them in a Ziploc bags for the transfer. They will be airtight enough to stop the sweating.FormerNavy wrote:glocksmith wrote:I'm no expert so I'm just taking a guess here. First, if the ammo is airtight, any moisture inside the case would already have been present, so I doubt condensation would be a problem. While I don't think the temperature difference between garage and house is significant enough to make your ammo "sweat" I suppose you could put a small space heater or kerosene heater in the garage and slowly bring the garage temperature up to the upper 60's.
If it were my ammo, I wouldn't worry about it. Bring it in the house, it'll be OK.
Some is in ammo cans, but some is also just boxes of ammo packed in a cardboard box.
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Re: Moving Ammo from Cold Garage to House
You should see the journey that ammo took from production to wholesaler to retailer before it met the pleasant confines of your garage. . It's absolutely good to go.
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