Ammo Storage
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spat
.700 Nitro Express
Ammo cans, with a little silica gel for long term storage. Seems like they're hard to beat.
short term, it sits on a shelf
short term, it sits on a shelf
Your house is locked when you leave isn't it?
Yup. With 2 viscous ( not really) guard dogs.
I have an old floor safe that I keep a lot of ammo in. No idea what the combination is so it stays unlocked. I thought it would have been big enough to hole my ammo, but then I became an ammo hording slut. The safe is not even close to being large enough. I started picking up plastic ammo cans at Harbor Freight, http://www.harborfreight.com/ammo-box-61451.html, there is a Super Coupon for this can for four bucks. I just bought 16 more. I store most of my ammo in these cans. I have them stacked up in my gun room. Got about 80 filled as of now.
I was concerned about the water, that is why I went with the plastic cans and not metal. Theft doesn't cross my mind as much.
I have a few ammo cans but, most of my stuff is in ammo boxes (plastic 50. And 100 round flip top style). It is hard to make off with a lot of those but easy to make off with a few ammo cans.
GUNSICK
6.5 Creedmoor
I tap out, I thought I had issues. You win!
1 gallon paint cans work well too and they don't look like ammo cans.
This ammo buying is becoming an addiction. I went to Gander today to buy some feed corn, I left the store with two bags of corn and 500 more rounds of 9mm.
I use ammo cans with silica packets to store my ammo.
dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
A guy I work with is a big gym rat that goes through Syntha 6 protein cans like crazy. I use all his empty's for about everyting. I have a basically endless supply of storage containers, I just wash them out and label them with their contents. A single jug can take about 1,500 round of 9mm.
I go through half gallons of ice cream like crazy, maybe I could use those.A guy I work with is a big gym rat that goes through Syntha 6 protein cans like crazy. I use all his empty's for about everyting. I have a basically endless supply of storage containers, I just wash them out and label them with their contents. A single jug can take about 1,500 round of 9mm.
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
Toecutter
.308 Win
As others I keep.my ammo in military surprised ammo cans with silica packs in it , keep it in a closet .I use handgun ammo alot more then rifle it tends to be on a shelf in a safe and gets shot and rotated out.
Marine Cpl
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Great idea man!
A guy I work with is a big gym rat that goes through Syntha 6 protein cans like crazy. I use all his empty's for about everyting. I have a basically endless supply of storage containers, I just wash them out and label them with their contents. A single jug can take about 1,500 round of 9mm.
I store my brass in plastic pretzel and Cheetos containers similar to those. Don't judge.
Magnus
6.5 Creedmoor
You need to fully commit to the addiction, if you left the feed you could have gotten way more ammo.
I store my mine in ammo cans with good seals. Throw in activated silica gel (buy in bulk, activate, makes small bags in knotted nylon stockings), stick 2 catalytic toe warmers on the underside of the lid and shut.
No moisture no oxygen = no corrosion. The toe (or foot) warmers are made to work in a low oxygen environment, so scavenge a lot of oxygen. All the cans sealed this way have had to be opened with a ball peen due to the resulting vacuum seal.
No moisture no oxygen = no corrosion. The toe (or foot) warmers are made to work in a low oxygen environment, so scavenge a lot of oxygen. All the cans sealed this way have had to be opened with a ball peen due to the resulting vacuum seal.
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I keep it in the factory packaging, stores in the gun closet. I rotate through my supply so I don't worry about humidity at all.
Doc8404
.450/400 Nitro Ex
I'm like that with motor oil
Greywolf224
6.5 Creedmoor
Just picked up 4 50. fat boy ammo cans on EBAY . $75 includes shipping. He adjusts his shipping prices if you buy more. Cheapest I could find..
AMMO CANS
AMMO CANS
Adkstalker
.38 Special
ammo cans and silica packets. Stored on metal shelving in basement. No issues