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Primer sealer
dpmule
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Do any of you apply primer sealer to your hunting handloads or to factory ammunition?
Mule
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The powder would actually draw moisture inside a brass case, corrode the case enough to eat holes in the brass, some of the reloads would not even snap, some delay ignition, some of the case necks would crack leaving the bullet in the chamber. I wondered at first how moisture was getting inside the case. the powder itself was actually generating (making) the moisture.
This was using this powder in the late 80's through the 90's. I quit using this powder when I seen other reloaded ammo that was stored inside house and not subjected to any exterior temp changes, etc do the same.
It appeared that maybe the powder's stabilizers went bad. Seen where another reloader had same experience with the same powder and he indicated that Hodgdon's sent him some H4831 replacement powder and indicated they had issues with stabilizers for that powder. I tried to contact Hodgdons tech service (CS) about such and no return response. (I did not want any refunds, etc, I was just going to inform them of my experience with the recorded lot numbers. I've since quit using the H4831 and moved on to other powders and no issues since.
I take care to not subject any ammo to WD40.