Ammo storage

I use milk crates and have them in the safe, closet, shed, backseat, middle of the floor in office, etc.

I have a bunch of metal cans and a few plastic ones that I started with. I prefer metal.

Every can has a desiccant pack or two.

I don’t store any ammo in my safe (other than what is in the magazines).

If you have a seal a meal. That’s the way to go.

I store most of my centerfire pistol and rifle ammo in 50 round boxes from national metallic. They make all different sizes, most of mine is 5.56 and 9mm. They have a styrofoam tray and plain white box. I simply write the caliber/cartridge and load data on the outside of the box. Hunting loads I put in plastic 20 round reloading boxes and use a reloading label stuck to the outside. These then go into standard size army surplus cans. I write what is inside each on the top and end with a sharpie. These then go into surplus wooden crates that stack nicely and have rope handles on each end. They are a bitch to move when full, but one person can do it. I have them stacked in the reloading room/shop at the back of my garage. Shotshells I just stack in the case they come in, same room. For oddball stuff and factory loads I have shelves galore all along one side of the room above and below my loading bench. Boxes of factory ammo and individual boxes of shotshells live there.

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I opened the OB without my readers and thought this said shortage and immediately thought “what happened now?”

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I did the exact same thing.

I have both plastic and metal cans for my ammo that's in the closet. Some in the bottom compartment of the gun cabinet and some boxes thrown here and there. I don't have any in the safe

Just want to add Harbor Freight has 50 cal metal on sale for 11.99

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Is it safe to vacuum seal ammo?

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I can’t think of a reason why it wouldn’t be. Ammo is tough

I just keep the cases whole and just stack them on top of each other