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Spinoff: Best methods to store large quantities of ammo for extended periods?
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:13 pm
I am thinking climate controlled is preferable. Place dessicant in metal ammo cans?
This post was edited on 5/13/15 at 12:20 pm
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Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:23 pm to weagle99
In before DS
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:26 pm to jimbeam
that was gunna be my reply. let down shift store it.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:26 pm to weagle99
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:38 pm to weagle99
I store it in my underground bunker, next to my gas mask, six months provisions, and my NRA membership card. After the Obama takeover, when we emerge all across the land, the NRA card will separate the hunters from the hunted.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:40 pm to weagle99
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Spinoff: Best methods to store large quantities of ammo for extended periods?
my man
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:45 pm to weagle99
I like to buy the 7.62 in spam cans.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:47 pm to weagle99
Dam whorder. 
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:48 pm to weagle99
Vacuum sealed food saver bags, and large diameter PVC pipe with end caps.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 12:57 pm to biohzrd
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Vacuum sealed food saver bags
Been doing this for years. That food saver was the best thing the wife ever bought for herself. I like to throw in one or two of those silica packets that you find in medicine bottles just to absorb any remaining moisture that might be stuck in there.
ETA: I usually just do this to keep the rounds consistent from one trip to the range to the next. A few months with the wrong climate might not make the ammo non-functional, but I've seen it throw accuracy off enough to notice.
This post was edited on 5/13/15 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 5/13/15 at 1:07 pm to weagle99
I normally take what I am going to store for later out of the manufacturers box and put it in a Ziploc bag with the little desiccant packs. Then put them in an ammo box metal or plastic. I don't hoard anything, just making sure to take care of what I do have.
I usually do the same thing with empty brass after I have cleaned/dried it. When I don't have time to reload right away.
I've never had a problem with corrosion myself, I just hate to see money wasted when it is preventable.
I usually do the same thing with empty brass after I have cleaned/dried it. When I don't have time to reload right away.
I've never had a problem with corrosion myself, I just hate to see money wasted when it is preventable.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 1:29 pm to weagle99
I just store my loaded ammo and powder in a closet in the house. The closet is now temperature controlled, but for years it wasn't. For years I've stored primers in an outside storage building, and although I never had any problems, I've moved them inside so. I can count on 1 hand the number of corroded rounds I've had through the years and all were due to a bad batch of powder. I've never used dessicants nor airtight bags. Some of my loaded ammo is 20 yrs old and still functions just fine.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 1:38 pm to weagle99
Won't the stores do that for you for free?
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:22 pm to biohzrd
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Vacuum sealed food saver bags
Holy frick you just gave me the new idea to be able to store my shite in the garage shop.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:37 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
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Some of my loaded ammo is 20 yrs old and still functions just fine.
I'm still shootin' some high brass 5's & 6's that have $3.49 marked on the box. I bought them from a KMart, before they went out of business at that location, in the 70's..
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:38 pm to Ole Geauxt
Jesus H you old frick.
Did you see my OB koozie pic the other day?
Did you see my OB koozie pic the other day?
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:39 pm to Broke
Noooo, where's it at, I wanna see it!! I did make you promise..
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:43 pm to Ole Geauxt
Weird. It seems to be gone now. It was in the thread with the guy who was on the beach. His koozie was in a folding chair. I posted mine too. Then gone now.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:45 pm to Broke
Suuuuuuure you did... Do it again, now, with your new boxes of feds!
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:48 pm to Ole Geauxt
The ammo is home. But here is the pic:
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