How do you store your ammo?

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i havent started reloading yet ( still trying to find the proper beginners manuals) but all my factory ammo is in the factory boxes neatly stacked on a shelf above my gun safe !!!!! eventually i'll do the milsurp amma cans , but im saving that untill i learn how to reload !!!!!!
 
I've got most of it locked in plastic ammo cans, although I fill them halfway as they get too heavy to move quickly/easily. I've also put some boxes in foodsaver bags and vacuum-sealed for long-term storage in a safe.
 
I just stockpile primers, powder and wheel weights. Everything else I shoot soon after loading. I may keep 200-300 hundred of any given caliber on hand but for the most part I don't have to "store" it. What I do have loaded I keep in plain white 50 count ammo boxes with labels showing the loads on them.
 
Mostly I store in boxes in different places around the house. (I was in time-out helping my wife with cleaning the other day and kept finding stashes of 9mm. She wasn't exactly happy. Caused me more time at forced labor.:eek:) The rest in the gun or mags. I don't plan on needing that much as I am not looking for zombies to come out of the woodwork. 3-4 thousand rounds ought to be enough...:rolleyes:
 
In ammo cans placed inside a regular safe. Keeps them protected and locked up.

Only problem is I can only put 2 .50 sized and 1 .30 sized cans in there.
 
I'm like most folks I know. I have used ammo cans with a decent seal since the early '60s. I don't have room in my gun safes either and it would be tough to run with one in each hand.
 
I like to stay away from metal containers. They seem to draw and hold moisture. I'd suggest the old plastic milk crates, especially if the ammo to be stored is boxed. The crates are easily stacked and strong enough to hold heavy ammo. If the ammunition is loose, they make plastic liners (tupperware) that line the inside of the crates. And I always make sure I date the ammo. Helps me keep things rotated correctly.
 
Next to the fireplace, lol. In the ammo drawer next to where the guns are . Filled with dessicant.
 
Houses aren't always heated and cooled the same way military storage facilities are. Do you seal up your safe and forget about it? It wouldn't be prudent.
 
ammo cans draw moisture
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I don't think they "draw" moisture as much as they seal-in whatever ambient humidity is in them when you close them, so yes I suppose high humidity sealed-in plus a big temperature swing from warm to cold could cause a proper US military "ammo can" to condensate inside. That's why I use a four ounce desiccant pack in each one, and also they're for storage, not for taking to the range to get in and out of constantly. The mix of ammo I'm currently shooting at any given time lives in a plastic toolbox along with other range supplies.

Les
 
This thread made me take a look at some rounds of 22 in bricks, some more stored in individual boxes. I don't recall how old one can I checked but the price was $8.00 a brick for Winchester wildcat. No desiccant in this one and no dampness in the can or the paper. I fired a box in my 10/22 and Single Six, no problem. IMO ammo boxes, sealed last. BTW these were behind some others in the back of the basement on a concrete floor.
 
Factory boxes, stacked in my security cabinet. Keeps the kids out.

R
 
Yea I haven't quite been able to start reloading yet. Have all of the components just need to study up. I have some factory boxes also so Ill probably store up in them or buy a few of the plastic cases.
 
Milsurp ammo cans with desiccant packs labelled by caliber and other characteristics like "Birdshot" or "Buck" or "Brass" or "Steel".
 
Houses aren't always heated and cooled the same way military storage facilities are. Do you seal up your safe and forget about it? It wouldn't be prudent.
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U.S. Military ammo cans have a hermetic seal when closed. A hermetic seal is also used to preserve the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Bill of Rights. These are also sealed with Argon gas which is an inert gas.

Seems to me ammo cans would be quite sufficient to store ammo short of putting them in salt water which would rust thru the metal.

Houses aren't always heated and cooled
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Ever go into a Army ammo storage bunker?
 
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