Looking at the paper: The danger of a partly firing round obstructing a gun barrel seems to be the worst thing to risk, and another one being the danger that the round will not work when it is needed for a defense situation.
I don’t know if emptying the rounds and reloading is safely possible; the SAAMI paper did not bring up the topic.
Are there ways to waterproof rounds in advance so that they can be safely dried and used even if later submerged? Like sealing them with wax or another compound?
Pull the bullets, reprime the brass, reload it with new powder.
You can freeze ammo in carbonite.
Jabba the Hut.
Easy way to waterproof ammo. Place in waterproof ammo can. Problem solved.
Sure it is.
I get salvage ammo all the time just for the bullets and brass.
That is why they make bullet extractors and such