stocking munitions

[AustenW]

How does everyone stock pile their ammo. Do you mind mixing ammo, example: 9mm 115 winchester fmj and federal 115 fmj being in the same can. Is that a bother? Or do you want brands to stay seperated, 115-147gr sizes to stay seperated etc... thoughts?

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[IronMonster]

Depends on how much you have. If everything you have will fit in a single ammo can then thats what you do. If you have enough to fill 10 ammo cans each with a caliber and bullet style then thats what you do.

 

[Stomper]

Depends on how much you have. If everything you have will fit in a single ammo can then thats what you do. If you have enough to fill 10 ammo cans each with a caliber and bullet style then thats what you do.

^^^This^^^

 

[Caveman Jim]

How does everyone stock pile their ammo. Do you mind mixing ammo, example: 9mm 115 winchester fmj and federal 115 fmj being in the same can. Is that a bother? Or do you want brands to stay seperated, 115-147gr sizes to stay seperated etc... thoughts?

I prefer to have only a few calibers (4) of which I've found what shoots the best in all of them. I stock only those choices into magazines, yes I have many. You will be hard pressed trying to load a magazine in a stressful situation...
Note to self; loaded magazines do not go bad being loaded in the safe....

 

[Koda]

pretty much what IronMonster said except I throw in the receipt or packing slip in the can with associated rounds. I've never had any problems yet but as I use a can I like to know where I got it from etc. in case I have duds or other quality issues so I wont order from them anymore. also, if I cant quite fill the can I'll dump the rounds in a plastic grocery bag to keep the lot separated from the next in the same can...

 

[USMC-03]

My ammo is mainly segregated and stored by the respective firearm and purpose; hunting loads vs match loads for example. I'll also put a piece of duct tape on the outboard end of each ammo can and mark with a paint pen for quick identification.

 

[netsecsys]

In 50cal cans sorted by caliber and round type. Have a fatboy jr and have them stacked in safe (added weight to safe and climate controlled). Rural Farm has steel 50cal cans on sale for less than $12ea shipped often.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Seperate grains, brass case (vs) Steel, defensive ammo and handloads/reloads.

 

[Stomper]

All my 5.56 and ".308" that are in cans is also on stripper clips... LOTS of stripper clips.

 

[notazombie]

Theoretically speaking, of course...
I'm with Caveman Jim. I try to keep just a few calibers but have a couple oddballs. All magazines stay loaded as well as the hand full of stripper clips. Separated by caliber on shelves in the safe. Some in cans but not all. Note to self; Buy more cans. My goal is 1000 rounds per gun. Not quite there yet.

 

[mjbskwim]

Note to self; loaded magazines do not go bad being loaded in the safe....

Weeellll,not so fast. Now don't make this a bash glock thread,but my g20 mags did in fact loose a little tension after being loaded for a number of years.
I won't load all my mags any more or fill them 100%
Only time I mix calibers in one box or bag is going to the range.Not quite ADD OCD? enough to worry about brands being separated.
Hmm that would give me a project

 

[Caveman Jim]

Shuddering........ I don't own a ....... don't make me say it.......
No worries here, I own quality pistols.....

 

[Joe13]

I keep a cutout of the box lable and put them in ziplocks inside the can if I have different manufacturers.

 

[The Heretic]

I keep ammo in the original boxes.

This way if there is a problem with a particular brand, type or lot of ammo, I don't have to go through and sort it out of loose ammo.

Otherwise I tend to keep the same chambering together. If there is enough to fill a given container with the same brand/type ammo then I do that, but I don't waste space.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Agreed, there is only so much room in a safe. Some don't store ammo in safes, I am not one of them. I lock up ALL bang materials....

 

[Capn Jack]

The only original boxes I have are rimfire and shotgun that have yet to be opened.
everything else is reloads in Magazines, or stripper clips...

Anyone know if they make a 7.62x39 "spoon" for AR mags.?

 

[AustenW]

I really like all the ideas ! Definetly gonna separate with zip lock and tag each bag! And no glock hating on my thread! Haha

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

One safe in storage is dedicated just to mags and ammo.. And some chest rigs.. And some other stuff.

Its a shame I lost all of this on a boating accident.

 

[Capn Jack]

Yeah, I'd just stay home in my rocker if I were that accident prone.

 

[Stomper]

I keep a respectable inventory of:

.223/5.56
.308/7.62x51
7.62x39
30-30
12ga
.45ACP
9mm
22LR
.38/.357mag

They're all "common" (and capable) calibers that can be readily found in this country on a regular basis (civilian and military), and "versatility is the spice of life".


I have a Liberty Fatboy-64 and fully half of it is packed with cans and boxes of (the good stuff) ammo. I had to remove the shelving in that half as the weight of "efficiently packed" ammo is amazingly heavy.

I'm to the point where I'm considering buying another Fatboy-64 just for holding all the pills.