Ammo storage

[whughett]

Cleaned brass in a caliber designated ammo can.
Reloads go in another ammo can.

Sir You are an organized individual.

 

[NuclearMeltdown]

Loose in ammo cans for most of my stuff

Riomouse, do I see Woodland, CCE, DPM and ASAT camouflages recreated by hand there?

 

[Mach3.270Win]

I always hang a Damp Rid bag in the same room/closet that I store my ammo. Never had problems

 

[lightman]

I'm in the process of building some shelves in my temperature controlled storeroom out of 2X8's and concrete blocks for my ammo cans. The 2X8's will sit on the blocks and is the perfect size for an ammo can. Back during the first Gulf War I bought 2 pallets of 50 caliber ammo cans for $1 each. My MS keeps me from working for very long at a time so this is going to be a continuing project. Work a while, sit a while, ect ect.

Right now, said ammo cans are distributed between the bottom of my closet, under my loading bench and in a metal cabinet in my storeroom. All temperature controlled. The plan is to get them in one place and more easily accessible.

I have factory ammo in factory boxes, handloads in MTM plastic boxes and loose ammo all in ammo cans. Every so often I will spray the gasket with a silicon spray. All of this is marked as to caliber, date and loading data.

 

[c1ogden]

With all the fine folks that have lots of ammo. How do you store yours? Mine are stored in 50 cal ammo cans in there original boxes with dates of purchase noted. I have them stored inside my home in a spare bedroom I use as my gun room. Temperature controlled home and out of the sunlight. Ammo as we know is a high priced and very hard to find item today (at a fair price).
I have been doing this for 35 years and never had an issue. Still have some 20 yr old ammo that when shot still goes bang. 70 % are my reloads and 30% factory ammo. 40 cans are loaded to the rim and all rubber seals are inspected and treated yearly.

I leave everything in the original cases which I stack on 2x12s supported by concrete blocks, The 2x12s are the perfect size for ammo cans. Some of the longer Speer cases overhang a bit but not too much.

 

[GRIZ22]

I recently shot some ammo I loaded in 1978. Chronographed as new, accuracy as new.

This ammo made a cross country trip and several smaller ones.

I'm convinced modern ammo, kept reasonably, is good forever.

 

[GRIZ22]

That's storage in an ammo can.

I was shooting artillery powders made in the 30s with little issue.

 

[Bartojc]

I never have more than a thousand or so rounds to "store" before I shoot it up. I keep everything in MTM type cases. Component storage is another topic. Everything is kept in original containers, and brass in the squared buckets someone had pictures of here or other small plastic containers found at Wal-Mart or where-ever. The larger buckets for high volume pistol that I shoot thousands/year, and smaller for rifle brass that I might only shoot 20-50/year.

-Jeff

 

[Charlie98]

I keep most of my specialty ammos in 50rd plastic boxes, generic rifle ammos are in 30 or 50cal cans. I also use cardboard boxes I get from work to store some... 80rd boxes of M1 ammo (that is... 10 clips worth...) 250rd boxes of 9mm blasting ammos, etc, where it wouldn't make sense to put it in plastic boxes.

I just weighed a standard .50 cal can filled with 9mm 115 gr rounds... 65 pounds! Anything more and it becomes almost unmovable.

I try to keep my ammo cans light enough where they don't give me a hernia when I try to move them... for that reason I like 30cal cans a little better for bulk ammo like that.

I've got a 1200rd Belgian ammo can from some 7.62mm surplus I bought some years ago... when it's loaded up it almost takes 2 people to move it... thank goodness it has handles on both sides.

 

[Riomouse911]

I keep most of my specialty ammos in 50rd plastic boxes, generic rifle ammos are in 30 or 50cal cans. I also use cardboard boxes I get from work to store some... 80rd boxes of M1 ammo (that is... 10 clips worth...) 250rd boxes of 9mm blasting ammos, etc, where it wouldn't make sense to put it in plastic boxes.



I try to keep my ammo cans light enough where they don't give me a hernia when I try to move them... for that reason I like 30cal cans a little better for bulk ammo like that.

I've got a 1200rd Belgian ammo can from some 7.62mm surplus I bought some years ago... when it's loaded up it almost takes 2 people to move it... thank goodness it has handles on both sides.

Ya, filling up the “fat .50” or other oversized cans is OK if they’re somewhere they won’t be moved. If you have to move one they’re just about too much to handle.

Mine aren’t moved often, I fish rounds out of them and use MTM plastic boxes or, if it’s a high round count-plinking type trip, I use their plastic ammo cans to go shoot.

Stay safe.