[RTFM]

Do anything special or just have it take up space on the closet floor?

Floor my self.


RTFM

[Chipperman]

Some in ammo cans, some in small floor safe, some just on floor.
It just keeps piling up, too.
The media would have a field day looking in my gun closet.

I can see the headline:

"Local Terrorist's Armageddon Arsenal"

:evil:

[Penforhire]

Mostly in ammo cans in the garage. I keep 'em near my gas cans. Cases of 12 ga skeet ammo stay in the big cardboard boxes for a while. I have always wondered about ammo cans. I mean, they are simple metal boxes so is it an improvement over most other boxes? Ammo is sold to us mostly in cardboard boxes with plastic separators.

[Dave R]

Indoors is better than garage. Temperature swings are not as good as a consistent temperature. Closets and basements are near-perfect storage places, right?

I'm an "all closet" guy.

Being a reloader helps, too. Ammo is more compact and less "scary" when stored as components. Just assemble and shoot ;)

[C.R.Sam]

My shop is dryer and more temperature stable than my house. Sooo, most of my ammo lives there.

Sam

[Standing Wolf]

Anywhere and everywhere at my house.

[J Miller]

Most of mine is stored in the basement because of a lack of space upstairs. I keep it in empty cat litter buckets. Our basement has flooded several times and the buckets keep my ammo dry. The snap on lids keep out dirt and other things.

[Tommy.Gun]

I store mine in my bomb shelter, hows that...

[Dave R]

That's perfect, Tommy. Burt Gummer would be proud of you.

[einnor1040]

Those vacuum foodsaver thingies work great for long term storage.

[hammer4nc]

Couple of diamond-plate truck boxes (single lid type), I picked up used for next to nothing. I added padlock hasps for a little more security. Screwed to floor in closet (like a couple of foot lockers).

.50 cal ammo boxes stack pretty well inside, labeled by caliber. Leave surplus ammo in sealed containers until ready to use.

[NRA Instructor]

Always store your ammo seperate from any guns, especially if there are little ones around.
There was a small boy in this area a few months ago who loaded his father's .22 and fired through a screen and out the window of the bedroom. Fortunately he didn't hit anyone. No one had shown him how to load a rifle. Kids do figure things out.

[Fly320s]

No one had shown him how to load a rifle. Kids do figure things out.

Had anyone taught him not to play with guns?

No offense, NRA, but I think teaching people proper gun safety is much more important than seperating guns and ammo.

Eventually, the kid would have found where the gun was stored, then he would have found where the ammo was stored. After all, "Kids do figure things out."

[NRA Instructor]

This was a young child. As I recall he was around 4 year old.
I agree on teaching gun safey. I do it all of the time.
If the ammo had been locked away that little kid would not have found it. And yes, I do take offence.
:fire:

[MR.G]

ammo cans in the house

[Henry Bowman]

[Flame suit on]

I agree with Fly320s.

[brownie0486]

The military has stored ammo in wharehouses for decades with no ill effects from extreme heat or cold swings year in and year out.

I keep 11K of 308 in the garage with wild temp swings

The pistol fodder is stored in ammo cans, loose indoors as I have the room.

Pistol components sit in the garage at the loading bench or under it with no ill effects to date that I have exoerienced.

Have shot 45 military ball that was WW2 and stored forever in wharehouses thats always gone bang when the primer was hit.

Brownie

[uglymofo]

I use derelict refrigerators; the kind with the rubber strip for a locking mechanism, not the older ones with the metal latch for a lock. Primers, powder and ammo should not be stored in locked containers. They should be stored separately, and away from gas and other flammable sources, of course. That's why the Army ammo cans are built that way--to all an explosive expansion to diffuse in a "safer" manner than a pipe-bomb.

[foghornl]

Most of my extra ammo is in the basement...58 degrees F, with around 45% humidity

[FPrice]

"I store mine in my bomb shelter, hows that..."

I have too many bombs in my bomb shelter to fit any ammo. what do I do next??? :confused:

[Kharn]

I keep a bunch of ammo cans loaded with ammo, so I can just grab and go. The rest resides under the bed in the guest room (or piled about my room because I dont feel like stickign it under the bed after getting back from Walmart).

Kharn

[cordex]

I have always wondered about ammo cans. I mean, they are simple metal boxes so is it an improvement over most other boxes?
Briefly:
1. Cost
2. Watertight (if you have one with a decent rubber seal, anyway)
3. Durability
4. Cost
5. Easy to carry
6. Large enough to be useful, small enough to be portable.
7. Cost
8. Well designed lid.
9. Well designed mechanism
10. Cost
11. Stackability

Seriously, look for another container that fits the bill (strong, good seal, portable, easy to open/close, good size, stackable) and check to see what it will run. I'd bet it's more than a couple of bucks.

[nismofun]

1. Cost
2. Watertight (if you have one with a decent rubber seal, anyway)
3. Durability
4. Cost
5. Easy to carry
6. Large enough to be useful, small enough to be portable.
7. Cost
8. Well designed lid.
9. Well designed mechanism
10. Cost
11. Stackability


Don't forget Lockable. (http://www.themagtool.com/ammocanlock.html)

[blades67]

I keep my ammo in ammo cans and MTM boxes, depending on how many rounds I reload and its intended mission, under or near the reloading bench.

[QuickDraw]

Hey,thats pretty neat!

QuickDraw