Reloading when its raining?

[Mayor McRifle]

Anyone do this? Reload when its raining?

Pops told me the humidity in the air will clump powder. And when seating the bullet will trap the moisture in the shell case which may cause mis fires.

So I patiently wait for clearing skies.

Those are the best days to get out on the range to shoot all the ammo you loaded when it was raining.

[the86d]

Hey, if you are off work on a Tuesday, why not!?

[Red9]

Ok this is good news. I'm gonna load up [emoji2] rain or shine.

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[TKM]

Should I mention the part where some powder companies store powder underwater?

[Deedle]

If this was the case I'd have seldom got any reloading done in Oregon.

[Red9]

If this was the case I'd have seldom got any reloading done in Oregon.

Lol good point. Need to order some parts to get the newly acquired old 12 ga presses going.
Never wanted to reload 12 ga....

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[JackEllis]

Unless you leave powder in your hopper and trickier for days AND you load in an unsheathed room that leaks air (like a garage) I don't think there's much to worry about.

[tonyjr]

Most of time , the reloading here is at night / early evening .
Headed house , garage is only heated when going in and
out of house .
My wife cooks when nephews / nieces come to reload - Beans
/ rice , spaghetti , pozole , soup , stew - all add water to air .
Big but - I would say 90% of reloads are gone with in month .
I would be / am more worried about the cases sweating in hot weather .
Anyone with a concrete floor , set a 5 gallon bucket on floor -
come back a day or 2 later nd look under bucket - it pulled
water up

[RestrictedColt]

Around here, and many other places, the humidity while it's raining is often lower than afterwards when the sun comes out and starts evaporating all that water. I've never had any obvious issues when loading in more humid times. My reloading is indoors so the relative humidity is generally fairly low.

I does bring me to a new thought about possible performance changes based on the humidity in the cartridge. There will be a difference, but no idea how pronounced it would be.

[RestrictedColt]

Most of time , the reloading here is at night / early evening .
Headed house , garage is only heated when going in and
out of house .
My wife cooks when nephews / nieces come to reload - Beans
/ rice , spaghetti , pozole , soup , stew - all add water to air .
Big but - I would say 90% of reloads are gone with in month .
I would be / am more worried about the cases sweating in hot weather .
Anyone with a concrete floor , set a 5 gallon bucket on floor -
come back a day or 2 later nd look under bucket - it pulled
water up

It never happens on my floors and unless you're storing your ammo under the bucket that doesn't matter.

[tonyjr]

RestrictedColt
I was saying that the humidity is highest in kitchen ,
then living / tv room [ concrete floor ] , bathroom
when showering and last the garage .
Between the car heat and the garage door opening
and closing , the air is cycled a lot .

[rumplestilskinfish]

ya, probably not a big issue. but when it rains at my place I'm pouring lead, or coking pc bullets. it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[GW]

Around here it only rains during winter so I'll have a heater going anyway so--No problem