Ammo Storage

[castingdonkey]

If this thread has recently been done or if someone knows where I can just read an old one please share the link and I will drop this one. I have been reloading a lot more latelly and am running out of old ammo boxes. I saw an add for a frankfurt arsenal ammo vault. It looks cool, but is there a less expensive and effective way to store ammo? $9 for a little plastic box seems excessive since it only holds 20 rounds. I am looking for a couple 20 rounders for my 270. But really need to figure something out for several hundred 223 223. Thanks

 

[rcmodel]

Search out some surplus GI ammo cans.
That is what they are made for, and do it better then any plastic imitation box.

http://www.amazon.com/GI-7553296-50-Cal-Ammo/dp/B000J4HXUC

http://www.armysurplusworld.com/product.asp?productID=920

http://www.armslist.com/posts/17112...s-for-sale--g-i--metal--50-cal-ammo-cans----5

http://www.armysurplusworld.com/product.asp?productID=921

http://www.ammocans.net/

rc

 

[Walkalong]

Yep, good old ammo cans.

http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=668|827

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I store ammo in zip lock bags. I keep the bags in a rolling tool chest. Each drawer gets it's own caliber.

 

[dbarnhart]

I use these MTM plastic ammo cans, mostly because the nearby shooting range bought a boatload and sells the 50 cal size for about $9 and the 30 cal size for $8. I've been buying one or two each time I visit.

http://www.mtmcase-gard.com/products/shooting/ammo-cans.html

 

[Hondo 60]

Guess I'm kinda anal.
I use these...

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/15...-222-remington-223-remington-20-round-plastic

 

[ArtP]

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/67...pringfield-20-round-cardboard-white-box-of-25

Works out to less than 50 cents per box.

These are plain white boxes that hold 20 rifle / 50 pistol, just like factory boxes except plain white. They make several to custom hold different calibers.

 

[W.E.G.]

reloaded ammo goes in ziploc bags in ammo cans

 

[Twiki357]

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=RELOADING&dept2=AMMO BOXES & STORAGE

 

[Jeff H]

reloaded ammo goes in ziploc bags in ammo cans

That is what I do for just about everything I reload.

 

[FROGO207]

^^^^ My preferred method also. I just use the smallest freezer bags I can get. I use a sharpie and put load info on the bag as well as date loaded. The white boxes are excellent but I would run out of room fast with my 50K+ reloads if I used this method only.

 

[TX Archer]

Peanut butter jars work pretty well for me. Durable and stackable.

 

[castingdonkey]

That's a lot of peanut butter Thanks for all of the suggestions.

 

[TX Archer]

That's a lot of peanut butter

What can I say? I'm a bachelor. And lazy.

 

[macker13]

Plastic Coffe cans

My in-laws are big coffee drinkers. The smaller plastic cans work great for ammo, and brass in different stages. The larger plastic cans work well for holding larger caliber brass and tumbling media. I've also been know to ask my kids to dig in the trash cans at the range for the empty boxes.

 

[rondog]

I use the white boxes from Midway, put Avery labels on them with the load data, then pack 'em into .50 cal. ammo cans. The white boxes are a little larger than standard boxes, but each model is designed to be used for several different calibers.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/59...-cardboard-white-box-of-25?cm_vc=S015ID679488

 

[MAUSER88]

Think big!!!

 

[Wildbillz]

Mauser88
That is one BAAB (BIG A$$ Ammo Box). How may desicant packs go in somthing like that? Only down side I see is moving the thing.

WB

 

[FROGO207]

Well at least if someone tried to take that box they would require an appliance dolly and a couple people at the minimum.

 

[Walkalong]

Think big!!!

I like it. That is a great way to secure ammo.

 

[Blue68f100]

Mauser88, That's one box that is not going to walk off. Like it , what a great idea.

Just out of curiosity have you calculated how much it ways loaded with ammo? 2 tons?

 

[dickttx]

I have MTM/CaseGuard boxes that are over forty years old and are still going strong. I buy them when I need a filler to get over minimum order requirements.

 

[howlnmad]

50 cal ammo cans. Compliments of the USMC and my SIL.

 

[falic]

For me, the hoy grail of ammo storage is someone like MTM that would make 50/100 round ammo boxes that would stack really well inside an ammo can.

 

[medalguy]

Something like these?