Ammo storage

If you go with a pallet, tote, ammo cans, then goldenrod heater stick thing; you will have some of the best stored ammo in the country. I just have ammo cans on a pallet and it works quite well.
 
The surplus GI Ammunition Cans, 30 caliber size would likely work fine, and their covers included a good rubber gasket. Descant packs could always be added. These surplus ammo containers used to be quite cheap, likely not these days, but they served well.
 
...30 caliber size would likely work fine...
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I prefer the .50 cal cans by a large margin. I can usually get more cubic inches for my storage and I seem to have less wasted space in the large ones. I only have a few, mostly filled with 12 ga shells, but that has been my experience.

The holy grail of ammo storage is an old steel refrigerator shell with few modifications and a golden rod IMO.
 
alan said:
These surplus ammo containers used to be quite cheap, likely not these days, but they served well.
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Sadly, the days of cheap ammo cans have passed. I was in an Army/Navy store just last week. Surplus steel .30-Cal ammo cans (in less than pristine condition) were $20 each. .50-Cal (in worse condition) were $25 each.

Several companies now offer plastic ammo cans in the same sizes. I dislike plastic, but it may be better for damp-resistant storage, since it won't rust.
 
I'm seeing $12 cans up here, but you need to inspect them for rust and dents.

They used to be common as dirt, but no longer. Were I starting over on ammo storage needs, the good plastic cans would be the way to go.

I keep mine in a metal storage locker.
 
I use plastic tool boxes that came with a big rust inhibitor decal, keep them in a closet on the first floor. I've got ammo that's been held that way for over a decade that shoots fine. However I did ruin a box of cheap .22 LR ammo by keeping it in an airtight box designed for kayaking within one of the toolboxes. And by ruin I mean it didn't cycle through my 10/22 extended mags.
 
Put mine in a Rubbermaid container, and its in the closet.
But I am single, so no wife to answer to.
Its just my daughter and I.
 
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