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Old 12-06-2005, 06:09 PM
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Default Silica packs!

Was unloading our daily truck at Lowes today and unpacked a package
of lamp shades,the bottom of the carton was full of little silicas pouchs
was wondering if it would hurt to have a couple in my bottle American
Pioneer powder to fight of mostiure,havent had a problem yet just am
curious if it would hurt anything!


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Old 12-06-2005, 06:16 PM
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I think some mentioned awhile back that their cannister of powder contain a silica pack - can not remember if it was APP Black Mag or what - or was it some one was putting them in to stop the clumping.

I use to shoot the old stuff "Clean Shot" and after awhile it would clump.
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Old 12-06-2005, 06:24 PM
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I don't know about the American Pioneer Powder, but Goex Pinnacle comes with the packets inside their 1lb. plastic jar.
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Old 12-06-2005, 07:03 PM
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thanks for the conformation, I was pretty sure that I had read that somewhere...

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Old 12-06-2005, 07:19 PM
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I think my Pinnacle comes with a silica pack in it
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Old 12-07-2005, 08:33 AM
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I store my powder in gasket sealing20MM ammunition cans and my caps and primers in9MMcansand also inside I keep Hydrosorbent Silica Packs that are reuseable. About once every4-6 months I exchange a small Silica pack in the ammunition can.

Then I place the silica pack in the oven to dry them back out for re-use. When cooled, I vacuum pack them until I need to use one.

I've been storing powders like this for decades.

I don't put a silica pack inside the powder container as I don't want the silica pack to draw moisture inside the container if for some reason the lid fails. I want to collect any moisture prior to getting inside the powder container.

http://www.dehumidify.com/

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Old 12-07-2005, 09:43 AM
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Thanks for the input going to try it as I dont think it will hurt!

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