Ammo storage?

[Jeff H]

Ammo cans.

I like 30 cal cans because they don't get as heavy, but I have3 quite a few 50 cal cans as well.

 

[TimSr]

As long as you plan on using within the next 40 years, no special storage is required.

 

[ku4hx]

Heavy duty quart size zip lock freezer bags and mechanics tool bags ... all labeled appropriately. Works good; lasts long time.

I've also been know to reuse heavy walled cardboard boxes powder and plated bullets are shipped in. Cheap and so far have proven very sturdy.

 

[Twiki357]

Probably 95% is in plastic 50 &100 round MTM boxes. The rest in reusable factory boxes. They’re all stored on shelves in a lockable wood cabinet in the house.

 

[GBExpat]

My milsurp ammo that is not still in unopened crates/cans is stored in ,30cal/,50cal/20mm milsurp ammo cans.

Reloaded SD-type handgun ammo (more carefully loaded and with premium HP bullets) I have stored in plastic MTM Case-Gard boxes, and the like. In some cases, these plastic boxes are then stored in ,50cal milsurp ammo cans.

Generic shooting reloads (like ,45acp ball) I will often store in zip-lock bags inside of the clear polypropylene tubs in which I buy sliced meat from the grocery store. Each is the perfect size for 200rds of 9x19 or 100rds of ,45acp.

 

[boom boom]

I use GI ammo cans for most. First is that they have rubber seals (or should have--check when buying) that help seal the box for dessicant. Another one of my reasons if you have a house fire, the GI ammo cans vent and contain most of the cooked off rounds. This is by design. The second is I find metal boxes work a bit better for me because of their strength and size compared to plastic ones which means I can use fewer containers. I use the plastic ones for hauling to the range and shortrun storage though.

 

[JWH321]

I use Folger's plastic coffee cans with a couple of those little dissecant packs in them. The small (11.6 oz) cans will hold 300 rounds of 9mm. The 3lb can will hold 500 .223 rounds. The top seals very well and I get to drink the coffee first. The price is perfect - free. And they stack very well. The only issue is that the 3 pounders are HEAVY!!

 

[Dudedog]

Plastic ammo boxes for short term (various brands), military ammo cans with the silca gel dehumidifiers for long term.

 

[FROGO207]

Any plastic container that will hold the ammo without coming apart for short term use but for long term I use Zip-Loc freezer bags inside GI style metal ammo cans with intact seals in the lid. Keep them inside the living space and heat will be no problem either.

 

[rondog]

I buy the white cardboard ammo boxes with styrofoam trays from Midway. There's several sizes, and each size will hold a wide variety of calibers. I get the case of 100, that's a lot of boxes, and I reuse them. Don't recall ever wearing one out, and I still have a large stash of new, never used ones.

I also use removable Avery labels to label them, I made up templates for the caliber, bullet type, powder, and charge weight. I then print a few sheets up and when I make some loads, I write in the bullet/powder/charge info with a fine Sharpie. I could make sheets with the load data already printed, but then I'd have a full sheet for only one load. Leaving that blank and writing it in works better for me. With the removable labels, I just peel the label off an empty box and slap on a new one, or just duplicate the load on the old label.

These boxes are a little bigger than factory boxes, but the versatility of "one size fits many" appeals to me. I then store the full boxes in USGI ammo cans. I find the SAW cans, or "fat 50's", to be much better, they'll hold more, but they're harder to find. Also have lots of the standard .30 and .50 cans, and a couple of the 20mm. But the bigger the cans, the heavier they are when stuffed full. Not the greatest things to haul on range trips, but excellent for long term bulk storage.

I keep it all on some steel shelving in the garage, but am planning on replacing that with some homebuilt wooden shelves that will be deeper, wider and taller, with lots more usable space. I'll eliminate a lot of the ammo cans and just stack boxed ammo on the shelves. Then it'll be easier to select what I want to go shooting with. Just grab a couple of each instead of several ammo cans with way too much.



These have the bullet and powder printed, just imagine those fields blank....



Ammo Cans 'R Us. There's some of the SAW or "fat 50" cans on the top shelf, compare to the regular .50's.