Ammo storage?

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Mostly 50 cal ammo cans. A full ammo can weighs enough that at least the thieves will have to work for a living toting it off. I have a few plastic clones of 50 cal ammo cans that I'm sure would keep the stuff dry, but there is so much weight I figger the plastic boxes would break if I toted em around very much at all.

 

I stored some factory ammo inside the house for a few years, sitting in the cardboard boxes on a shelf. The house doesn't have abnormal humidity conditions. After a few years I got some down to shoot it, and of course it would shoot fine, but was nasty corroded looking, just from normal indoors air humidity levels. Putting the stuff in ammo cans keeps it from getting so nasty looking.

[tartanphantom]

Mostly 50 cal ammo cans. A full ammo can weighs enough that at least the thieves will have to work for a living toting it off.

 

You should try lifting a full 40mm can. :stare:

[peejman]

You should try lifting a full 40mm can. :stare:

 

Wish I had enough to fill up a 40mm can...

[tartanphantom]

I have mine in dry boxes in an underground storm bunker I had put in just to store my ammo and gun powder.

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With the size of your ammo cache, your bunker must be the size of a missle silo. :usa:

[hipower]

Is this overkill?

 

I have an old Stackon safe I bought from Dicks quite a few years ago. It was not a great one when new, but after the 2010 flood, it had a lot of rust starting after I stripped out the liner and shelving. I sanded and used a rust inhibiting primer on the interior, sat it up on blocks so it was at a better height for me' and now use it for locked ammo storage.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

I don't think it is overkill if you need/want locked storage.

 

Loaded ammo probably won't cook off the same way a can of powder would cook off, but the recommended storage for powder and primers is in some kind of box that will "easily blow out" rather than tight-sealed enough to encourage an explosion.

 

OTOH, all the 50 cal boxes in the basement, if they burn up enough to cook off, am guessing maybe some of them would open up rather "explosively". Dunno. Maybe one of the first rounds to cook off would poke a gas vent hole in the ammo box, and avoid the problem?