Ammo storage

[Duff-Man]

I lock my ammo up seperatetly from the firearms they go to, but I'm starting to run out of room. So my question to the people that stack it high and deep if you do lock it up what do you store it in?

Yes I know locking up ammo isn't required, but The Voice of Reason likes it that way.

[Baja Bum]

I would pick up an old school locker, notch out some 1x2's for each corner, add shelves, and call it good. Man, I wish I had that issue.

[Sigfan220]

Most(223,22-250, 30-06 etc) goes in Ziploc bags then in 50cal cans. The 9mm goes in coffee cans then on a shelf or again in 50cal cans. I use the smaller coffee cans maybe 3-4" dia and 4-5" tall. They are just right for a day of shooting.

I reload - so the bags and coffee cans are cheap ways to pack the loaded ammo.

[OldmanFCSA]

ZipLoc bags with desicant package included with ammo, the sealed bag with minimum air in ammo can with good seal.

BigDog58 is currently shooting my Remington 700 in 25-06 with some of my 25-06 ammo loaded 03Nov1980.

[bensdad]

Mine is all in the closet of my gun room (which is actually a finished basement bedroom). No baggies. I use baggies for sammiches. Bullets go back in boxes for whatever rd. they are. I use really wide masking tape to label each box correctly (ex. 9mm/4.4gr.Bullseye/1.12COL/115gr.fmj/4-2-13). Those are made-up numbers, but you get the drift.

[Tronster]

If you've got alot of factory ammo in boxes a stackon brand sheetmetal locker with shelves would do well.

If you've got a really big stash of ammo then segregate it by caliber into 50 cal ammo cans. Rig up a padlock for the latch on the can and maybe even string a heavy chain through all the handles and anchored to the floor. That would slow someone down a little bit I think.

I store all my ammo in various 30 cal, 50 cal, fat 50, 40mm, nvg, etc cans. I use these little reusable hydrosorbent packs in each can. They are blue when dry and turn pink when they are saturated. Put them in the oven at 250 for a couple hours and they are ready to go again.
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And I shoot Swiss GP11 ammo that was made in 1979 and it shoots just fine. Keep ammo cool and dry and it will last darn near forever.

[jdege]

If you've got a really big stash of ammo then segregate it by caliber into 50 cal ammo cans.

Conex's work, too. The small ones hold ten pallets, so one per caliber is about perfect, if you're sufficiently stocked.

[Tronster]

If you've got a really big stash of ammo then segregate it by caliber into 50 cal ammo cans.

Conex's work, too. The small ones hold ten pallets, so one per caliber is about perfect, if you're sufficiently stocked.

That'll take alot of desiccant, or a dedicated dehumidifier.

[bensdad]

I've shot ammo that sat in a shoe box in an old farm house for thirty years. I used a bunch of .22lr that I got from my wife's grandfather when he passed. God only knows how old that stuff was... he hadn't touched a gun in as long as anyone could remember. When I got it, it was still in the little cardboard boxes of 50. I've killed grouse and pheasants (in the last five or ten years) with shotgun shells that still had Coast to Coast and Target price stickers on it (crap from the back of Dad's closet).

You benchrest guys probably know a lot about perfect consistency and such, and you likely get better groups because of it. Nevertheless, I really think that for the normal shooter (handguns, range fun, hunting, etc.) all that attention to storage perfection is wasted.

[MNGunGuy]

I use MTM ammo cans. I can fit about 1300 rounds of 9mm in factory boxes or about 1600 5.56 per can. The cans also already have two holes for locks, which I use.

[jdege]

I use MTM ammo cans.

What do MTM cans offer that makes them worth more than mil-surp?

[Need4Speed]

I will go out on a limb here, and volunteer to store your ammo for you. I will guarantee that you will get at the very least you will get the brass back.....

[Duff-Man]

I will go out on a limb here, and volunteer to store your ammo for you. I will guarantee that you will get at the very least you will get the brass back.....

Sure with the understanding that I will store your firearms for you. I guarantee they will be maintained and tested on a regular basis

[User4k]

I just use 50cal mil surp cans with a good rubber seal still in the lid. Toss the rounds still in the factory boxes inside, sometimes with a desiccant sometimes without.

[chunkstyle]

I use .50 cal cans, and used to lock em up in a yellow steel paint cabinet (marked "flammable") all over. When getting divorced though, that cabinet was just too darn heavy to get out of the basement, so I left it for her, empty.

Now, the cans are in a big old wooden shipping crate, which once held a Polish machine gun.