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david86440

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How/where do you store your ammo?
« on: October 17, 2009, 05:57:10 PM »
I have kept the bulk of my ammo in an old wooden military box marked "CORP OF ENGINEERING U.S. ARMY DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT SQUAD". It looks like it contained blasting equipment and it's dated 1943. 40" X 17" x 17". I like it because of the locking hasps and it's a really heavy box.

Being a wooden box, it appears to suck up humidity and I'm worried about my ammo.   

I transferred the ammo into a locking metal cabinet today, but now I'm wondering if I should install a dehumidifier in the cabinet to control moisture.

What do the rest of you guys do? 
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 06:02:43 PM »
I use surplus military ammo cans, they are air and water tight, and they can be stacked so they take up less space. And you can label what is inside with a sharpie for ease of use. They used to be real cheap, but the prices have just about tripled.
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 06:04:58 PM »
Get some one pound desiccant packs from Midway, or Brownell's
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 06:29:54 PM »
I have army surplus ammo cans and an army footlocker in a 2nd storey bedroom. That's as far from the basement as I can get it. Whatever doesn't fit in the footlocker gets piled up next to it. The ammo shortage of the past year didn't affect me at all.  :)
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2009, 07:09:49 PM »
.30 cal. ammo cans with little 2' desicant packs in them, under our bed.  ;D  The bed's just the right height off the ground, it keeps the dog out of there, their out of the way, but quick to access as needed.  ;)

Each can holds 7 box's of commercial .308 ammo.
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2009, 07:12:35 PM »
If it is an open box, like cardboard or paper, then it stays in the house, unopened tin cases, some in the house, some in the garage.
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2009, 08:35:04 PM »
If humidity is an issue, Home Depot sells different "Damp Rid" type products, dessicant is also a necessity for any climate except the Arizona desert.

My ammo is stored in milsurp ammo cans, with dessicant packs bought at the Army/Navy store, (we still have one), but can be bought at Cheaperthandirt, but available at many other places including Wally World.

You can keep your ammo in the wooden box, if you get some Tung Oil, and dessicant. Wipe down the box every 3 to 5 weeks inside and out, rotate your dessicant at least once a month.

Living in the Fl swamps, keeping your powder dry takes on a whole new meaning. With winter coming lower humidity helps.

Just my .02 cents
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2009, 10:20:36 PM »
Our home is basically a two story that is sunk four feet in the ground.  The gun room is on the lower level off the family room, and has heat/ac runs in it.  The ammo is in boxes ... kinda ... all over the room.

It tends to look like an ammo section of a gun shop from time to time in there.  I spread it out so I can find the different calibers easy.  The most interesting is the selection of reload .45acp that is in plastic 3lb coffee cans with masking tape labels telling which gun it is loaded for.
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 02:04:46 AM »
metal cabinet in the garage.

its spilt between ammo cans, boxs/cases and pastic ammo holders ( reloads)


I do keep a small supply of 45 in the house, its for "piece of mind"  if I go thru 2 mags from a 1911, chances are I'm all ready dead.

I would not want to be the 1st 16 guys thru the door  ;D
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Re: How/where do you store your ammo?
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2009, 09:23:38 AM »
I keep mine in the surplus metal ammo cans, mostly in the basement that has a dehumidifier running if necessary.  When I have the time I have an old metal cabinet that was a commercial flamable materials cabinet that I am going to sandblast and repaint to store ammo in.  My upper floor is probably the driest in the house, but also gets very warm in the summer, even with AC and I worry about heat degradation over time.
I have a friend that bought a vaccuumm sealer at Sam's club and he uses it to seal his ammo.  He says it works well.  I'm thinking of doing the same.
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