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Just how hot does a Maytag dryer get?
My wife is doing laundry and just brought me two bright shiney FMJ .38 Super rounds that were still warm and smelled April fresh.  I must have left them in my pocket when I was shooting Sunday.... 
So... Just how hot does a Maytag dryer get?
Pretty damn hot but not hot enough to cook off Aquila .38 Supers!  
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I don’t know how hot a dryer gets, but Mrs. Chad gets pretty hot when I leave a disposable lighter or a tube of Chapstick in my pants.
Thanks to the forum, I now know that Spyderco knives and ammo isn’t good either. 
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Don't feel bad. I washed my wallet, and everything in it, a few weeks ago.  No money laundering was involved, though. I don't have any money!
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I think the high limit is about 180 to 190 degrees F.
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I know that mythbusters couldnt get a dryer to explode a disposable lighter...
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Is that the first time youv'e done that? rookie.............. Pistols and rifle cartridges, lighters, change, compasses, cell phones, wallets, shotgun shells. Heck, I recognize the sounf of a Case Sod Buster Jr. now.
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My wife washed & dryed my No. American Arms .22 Mini revolver. It was loaded of course. It was in my Levis back pocket. No harm done to pistol or washer or dryer. I didn't try the ammo however. After a good oiling the pistol functioned fine.
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Hot enough to make socks disappear.
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According to the country song Being Mr. Mom, "pampers melt in a Maytag dryer". That seems pretty hot.
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That got a chuckle out of me, good one.
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My wife washed & dryed my No. American Arms .22 Mini revolver. It was loaded of course. It was in my Levis back pocket. No harm done to pistol or washer or dryer. I didn't try the ammo however. After a good oiling the pistol functioned fine.
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Good thing those NAA's are stainless!! Next time I'm shooting one of my Supers I'll try the ammo just to satisfy my curiosity about how well sealed they are.
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Hot enough to piss off a cat...
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Dryer temperature
Normal exhaust temperature is in the neighborhood of 150 degrees and the drum temp can reach 190 degrees....pretty toasty!!
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