Storing ammo loose or in carton...

[westcoastal]

I have used Costco nut containers and large mayo containers for years. I get about 250 rounds of .45 ACP into a plastic Costco nut container. It seems to work just fine. Burned off some 2013 vintage a month ago. No problems.

but what if the enemy has a nut alergy

 

[Cardinal]

I had stored ammo in either plastic "Plano-type" ammo cans or mil-surp metal ammo cans.

I was curious if the plastic ones were really airtight (even though they had rubber gaskets), so I purchased a 2-pack of digital hygrometers from Amazon for $6 to measure humidity in the cans.

The plastic oneswere not airtight.

For long-term storage, especially my reloads, I've been replacing the plastic cans with metal 30-cal or 50-cal cans.

The plastic ones are still useful for other purposes.

 

[The Heretic]

Wow Heretic!
If you ever get any ammo your set.

It might not look like it, but that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 50K rounds.

 

[The Heretic]

I had stored ammo in either plastic "Plano-type" ammo cans or mil-surp metal ammo cans.

I was curious if the plastic ones were really airtight (even though they had rubber gaskets), so I purchased a 2-pack of digital hygrometers from Amazon for $6 to measure humidity in the cans.

The plastic oneswere not airtight.

For long-term storage, especially my reloads, I've been replacing the plastic cans with metal 30-cal or 50-cal cans.

The plastic ones are still useful for other purposes.

MTM might be somewhat airtight - I wouldn't drop them in water though. Plano? Meh - like I said, if you lift them by the top handles, up with ammo in them, certainly not airtight. In short, the metal cans, even the cheap ones, are much better. You get what you paid for.

 

[Medic!]

It might not look like it, but that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 50K rounds.

Thats what Im saying!


You really should get some ammo.

 

[Camelfilter]

Some current "in use" range stuff, plus overflow.



That's one side of a a full length 2x4 shelving unit, using cinder blocks on a cement pad.

The other side is not shown, as it's obscured from standard handheld camera view, as are shipping pallet boxes.

Reasonably secure shop, plus alarmed & video.

The only plastic cans I store our stuff in is for plinking, empty magazines & such.

 

[Darth Chili]

All mine go into ammo cans with bags of desiccant I made and toss in for good measure. These are all in my house where they are kept safe and dry. I always like knowing I have X-number of cans vs X-number of boxes. Then again, depends on how many boxes we are counting!

 

[Gas]

I store mine in a Jobox. I picked this up nearly new for $450 a few years back. They are always on craigslist. Can bolt it to the floor, and once full can hold 1000's of rounds of ammo. Plus they have a cut out in the back to run an electrical cord for a light or a dehumidifier rod.