How do YOU test ammo cans?
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Bottom Gun
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Here's an easy way:
Warm the can by leaving it in the hot sun for a while or with a hair dryer, etc. When the metal is good and warm to the touch, open the can and then close it and latch it securely.
Now take it inside into the air conditioning where it's cooler and let the can cool. You could even put the can into your freezer for a while.
After the can has cooled, simply open it again. The cooling will have created a vacuum in the can. If your can is airtight, you will hear a hissing sound as you break the gasket seal and air rushes into the can.
This is also an easy way to vacuum seal your stored ammo if you are so inclined.
Warm the can by leaving it in the hot sun for a while or with a hair dryer, etc. When the metal is good and warm to the touch, open the can and then close it and latch it securely.
Now take it inside into the air conditioning where it's cooler and let the can cool. You could even put the can into your freezer for a while.
After the can has cooled, simply open it again. The cooling will have created a vacuum in the can. If your can is airtight, you will hear a hissing sound as you break the gasket seal and air rushes into the can.
This is also an easy way to vacuum seal your stored ammo if you are so inclined.
Greysand
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$12 is way high for 30cal ammo cans. $3.50 is about normal, no higher than $5. For the 50's $5 no higher than $7. The REALLY tall 50's I might pay $12 for. But my friend bought a couple to store his ammo in and he can't move them once their full. I don't have much use for em.
Maybe someone should making little wheeled bases for them.
Maybe someone should making little wheeled bases for them.
Before the regulations changed in '93, we used 20mm ammo cans for toilets on whitewater rafting trips in the Southwest (all solid waste had to be carried out with you). After a few days in the sun, you could always tell which cans had poor seals.
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