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Suppose someone's moving from the midwest to the southwest, packs up all his stuff in a UHaul, including reloading equipment. Suppose he does this in summer. Is he best to pack the powder (about 10lb or so) and primers (a few thousand) in boxes and keep them in the airconditioned cab of the moving truck? If he stops halfway for a hot summer's night, does he leave them in the cab? Is there no better way? Suppose his wife may not want to bounce down the road with this in the cab between them. Suppose the guy isn't a huge fan of this idea, generally, either. Sell it all before moving? Or am I missing a good way to get the goods where they need to go?

Before moving to Arizona I lived in the southern Mojave desert in California and kept my powder and primers in an un-airconditioned garage for years with no ill effects. FWIW.

Dennis

First off, if you're that concerned then you should email or call the manufacturer. Nothing you are doing is illegal or unusual. Secondly, put the powder and primer containers in plastic bags so your sweat does not drip on them when moving (IMO).

Powder and primers get shipped around the country in non-climate controlled trucks all the time. I'm sure they arrived at your house or the store you purchased them from in a truck that wasn't air conditioned. I wouldn't worry about it.

thank you for sharing your perspectives and advice, everyone.

i haven’t told my wife about it but i personally don’t have a safety concern as much as a “will accuracy be degraded?” concern.

Dulcimer-man has it right.

Throw them in a chilly bin.

10M_Stan wrote:Secondly, put the powder and primers in plastic bags so your sweat does not drip on them when moving (IMO).

Allow me to clarify this statement. Both the powder and primers are factory packed in static-free containers. For your safety they need to remain in those same containers. If you want/need to place them in plastic bags that's fine, but those bags should be over the outside of the factory packing.

Other than that, as was said they need no special care. The optimal thermal location is the coolest location; maybe the rear floor board or bottom of the trailer. I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to place any of this in a roof-top carrier, or the very top of a aluminum U-Haul trailer.

Insulation works two ways. The problem with coolers and other thermal containers is that once the heat gets in, the container works hard to keep the heat in. The idea is to not heat soak these items 24/7.

The big issue with powder and primers, is temp changes that suck in humidity etc. and affect the materials.. I would separate the the two from each other, throw some desicant in the container, and party on.