frankmako
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What is the best way to store factory ammo in an ammo can? Loose or in the factory box.
Best Way to Store Factory Ammo in Ammo Can
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rcmodel
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Whatever floats your boat.
Boxes take up more room in the can.
Loose takes up less.
If you dump it out of the boxes, put it in zip-lock bags with the end-flaps off the boxes they came out of. The end flap usually contains the ammo lot#.
The lot# is your only recourse with the manufacture if you have a serious problem with the ammo when it comes shoot'n time.
rc
Boxes take up more room in the can.
Loose takes up less.
If you dump it out of the boxes, put it in zip-lock bags with the end-flaps off the boxes they came out of. The end flap usually contains the ammo lot#.
The lot# is your only recourse with the manufacture if you have a serious problem with the ammo when it comes shoot'n time.
rc
Most of my ammunition is stored in GI ammunition cans. Some of it is stored in plastic ammo boxes inside the ammunition cans
Some of it is stored in stripper clips or enblock clips and then in bandoliers, with or without cardboard silencers.
Sometimes I put them 50 or 100 rounds to a ziploc bag and store the bags in the ammunition can.
I almost never store loose rounds in an ammo can because I like to withdraw a known quantity from the can. But that is me.
Hope this helps.
Some of it is stored in stripper clips or enblock clips and then in bandoliers, with or without cardboard silencers.
Sometimes I put them 50 or 100 rounds to a ziploc bag and store the bags in the ammunition can.
I almost never store loose rounds in an ammo can because I like to withdraw a known quantity from the can. But that is me.
Hope this helps.
FROGO207
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I store mine in Zip-Loc freezer (for strength) bags with a paper listing load specs and put them into GI ammo cans after removing the excess air within. Some have been stored this way for 20+ years with no ill effects to date. I am willing to bet they will be OK to shoot in another 75 years at least. Now I DO store my assorted factory ammo (what I have of it) in the original boxes in a couple 40MM ammo cans.
Carl N. Brown
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I never dump loose rounds in my GI ammo boxes.
I have found specific lots of 7.62x25 and 7.62x39 with different POI (different power levels, bullet style, whatever). Mixing them up would give me poor grouping over all, with no idea which lot shot high and which lot shot low.
I usually use original box, or repacked in 50 round plastic boxes with info part clipped from original box and taped to plastic box, or repacked in freezer grade ziplock bags (50 or 100 rounds) with info part clipped from original box and dropped in bag. Reloads go in boxes with labels with data about the reload. Then they go into the GI ammo can for storage or transport.
I have found specific lots of 7.62x25 and 7.62x39 with different POI (different power levels, bullet style, whatever). Mixing them up would give me poor grouping over all, with no idea which lot shot high and which lot shot low.
I usually use original box, or repacked in 50 round plastic boxes with info part clipped from original box and taped to plastic box, or repacked in freezer grade ziplock bags (50 or 100 rounds) with info part clipped from original box and dropped in bag. Reloads go in boxes with labels with data about the reload. Then they go into the GI ammo can for storage or transport.
NeuseRvrRat
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i store my rainy day 223 ammo on stripper clips in cardboards in bandoleers in 50 cal ammo cans with a desiccant pack.
Dreamliner787
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Ziplock bags open or closed?
rcmodel
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Closed, with all the air choked out of them.
If left open, you wouldn't need zip-lock bags.
Any old bag would do.
rc
If left open, you wouldn't need zip-lock bags.
Any old bag would do.
rc
W.E.G.
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When i do bulk reloading of pistol ammo in the winter in preparation for the upcoming competition season, i end up filling several .50 cal ammo cans with my reloads. I don't bother metering out ammo in small bags or trays, rather, i buy the giant 10-gallon Ziploc XL bags since they fit inside a .50 cal can perfectly as an aritight "can liner". Anything lesser in size and the bag tends to stretch at the sides whereas the XL bags fit the interior dimensions perfectly. They are a little tall, but that's fine, you just roll up the top and tuck it under the lid. I can get about 2000 rounds of 9mm in one can filled to the brim.
http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Double...UTF8&qid=1343062828&sr=8-1&keywords=ziploc+xl
http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Double...UTF8&qid=1343062828&sr=8-1&keywords=ziploc+xl
Miata Mike
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Filler up! I plan on just filling a 50mm can with 9mm 124 grain fmj, but I guess I just need to find the time.
beatledog7
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Before I started reloading, I bought bulk ammo provided loose it ammo cans. The first thing I did with them was count out 4-mag quantities into freezer bags, duplicate labels for each bag, and put them back into the cans, with desiccant. Something about having them just rattling around in there loose bothers me, though I can't nail down rationally what that something is.
They've been joined there by reloads, each new lot labeled accordingly.
They've been joined there by reloads, each new lot labeled accordingly.
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