Noticed the other day that I have thousands upon thousands of the projectiles, cases and primers I use for my carbine AR that lines up very well with Xm193 and is my 'go to' loading. I don't plan on changing it and its worked very well as far as accuracy, reliability and I've had zero issues with it.
I was thinking I'd start loading some of it and keep it in ammo cans in larger sandwich bags in the house where its VERY dry (Utah desert) and air conditioned but was curious as to how long the reloads are good for as far as deteriorating over time.
I know the stories of people shooting reloads their dad made 20 years ago and I'm sure they will work fine, but was more interested in if I took some of them out 2 or 5 or 10 years from now, will they perform the same as when they were made as far as velocity/accuracy/point of impact or does the powder/primer eventually wear down ever so slightly over time since these rounds aren't sealed like some of the older milsurp ammo is?
Thanks
I was thinking I'd start loading some of it and keep it in ammo cans in larger sandwich bags in the house where its VERY dry (Utah desert) and air conditioned but was curious as to how long the reloads are good for as far as deteriorating over time.
I know the stories of people shooting reloads their dad made 20 years ago and I'm sure they will work fine, but was more interested in if I took some of them out 2 or 5 or 10 years from now, will they perform the same as when they were made as far as velocity/accuracy/point of impact or does the powder/primer eventually wear down ever so slightly over time since these rounds aren't sealed like some of the older milsurp ammo is?
Thanks