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  1. #21
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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    In ammo cans. Recently shot some ammo that was sitting in cans for 10+ years. Zero issues.

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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    Johnstown flood - 1977
    Our basement had about 4 feet of muddy water in it, submerging most everything, including some of my dad's ammo.

    About 3 years later, I found a paper bag (lunch bag) half full of 22LR - it was ammo that had been submerged - boxes discarded, and ammo tossed in the bag, which then sat on a work bench in a damp basement.
    I took it out to the back yard and shot it.
    Worked.
    I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!

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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    Quote Originally Posted by Emptymag View Post
    Surplus ammo cans for anything not intended to be used at the range within a year.

    No OCD extra steps taken - original boxes placed into can. Done.

    Nobody is going to convince me that the boxes are detrimental, or that silica packs make a difference.

    So long as I have it in a can that is airtight, that's all I care about because I think even THAT is going beyond what is needed.
    Pretty much the same, plus in a safe. Basement has a dehumidifier as does the safe...should be at no risk. No sense in overthinking it under my circumstances. Though the safe is getting tight, might soon need a cheapie with fire rating for just ammo/other junk.

  4. #24
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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    Ammo cans in an Eagle double-walled flammable materials cabinet like this. I bought it used from a painting contractor that went out of business.


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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    Quote Originally Posted by rkrcpa View Post
    Ammo boxes, ziploc bags, coffee cans, tupperware, basically what ever I have. I haven't bought factory ammo in so long that original packaging is impossible. If I can find a quantity of suitable containers I may consolidate for ease of storage but I don't get too hung up on it.
    This.

    I gots ammo in peanut butter jars plastic coffee containers an ammo boxes.

    Plastic mayo jars work really well. Not too heavy , see thru, flexible so not fragile like glass, and mostly airtight..


    I'm relatively nutso when it comes to recyclng and reusing things. If i havent used it 3 times by the time it goes in the trash, i haz a sad.
    American by BIRTH, Infidel by CHOICE

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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    I keep my ammo in it's boxes, and loaded in mags in a closet. My coffee is stored in locked cylinders inside a locked fridge.
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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    keep mine in ammo cans

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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    Quote Originally Posted by zachomega View Post
    Just curious how people are storing their ammo.

    I used to just leave them in boxes/cases. I still have some ammo stored like this.

    But lately I've taken to 30 caliber cans. Fill them with boxed or bagged ammo and put a few packs of silica gel in.

    I do have 2 cans with loose ammo in them. I'm not really excited about this. I feel like this may be inviting moisture to become trapped between ammo and the can. Hopefully not. Maybe at some later date I'll line the can with a bag that can breathe.

    One mildly frustrating thing I've discovered is that not all military cans are the same. Some have bumps in the bottom of the metal can so your boxed ammo won't sit flat.

    -Zach
    I keep my handgun ammo in color coded plastic containers. They each hold 100 rounds, blue for .357's, yellow for .38's and green for 9 m and most of them are in my garage.

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    The Can Man of Western PA just got in a new shipment. $10 for 50-cal & $7 for 30-cal. https://www.facebook.com/canmanwpa

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    Default Re: How do you store your ammo?

    I have a few 50 cal, 7.62 and 5.56 cans that never got turned back in left over from the nights that I had the range at Ft Dix open after the ammo supply closed for the day. They took the brass back the next trip but did not want the cans. Gave a few away to friends and neighbors that used them to store their truck and car chains or whatever. Did pickup a few of the Cabela 100 round plastic pistol ammo cases, they were on sale for $4, they stack well. I keep the basement at 65% which works out well for my two cabinet humidors for my cigars.

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