Storing Ammo.

[cg21]

If you are going to be storing bulk ammo for long periods of time... Any special precautions need to be taken?? Will be running a dehumidfier anything else needed???


Thanks.

 

[THard6]

keep it dry.. dehumidifier wouldn't hurt at all. but i shoot quite often and rotate the "stored ammo" out and shoot it when i buy new..

 

[Broom_jm]

If you're going to be using actual ammo cans, with o-rings to seal the lid, all you need is one or two packs of desiccant in each can. The US military has stored ammo this way for 50 years and it still performed very well when fired.

 

[NIFT]

Ammunition has very long shelf life when stored "reasonably." Reasonably means not excessively hot (trunks, attics in hot climates) or excessively wet (moldy, alligator-infested corner of a wet basement.)

When I first started reloading, I went absolutely ape with this powder, that bullet, this load, etc., etc., etc. Then, most of it just sat while I shot what became favorite loads. It was thirty-five years before I, finally, shot up all those reloads, and they worked just fine. They were stored in plain ol' plastic reload boxes with no special treatment--spent many years in garages that got both cold and hot, but not excessively hot.

 

[Water63]

Like NIFT said I have ammo I loaded 20 years ago that still shoots fine and it was just stored in plastic ammo boxes in a dry room in the basement. I now just use ammo cans never had any problems my

 

[cg21]

sounds good. thanks for the input. Well I am going to be buying some hollowpoint rounds.... and i dont want to rotate those into my range shooting rounds

 

[Archer46176]

I have used factory loads I bought nearly 20 years ago and stored in ammo cans. I have skm LARGE dessicant packs from some machinery I installed in a Japanese factory awhile back. I am planning to repack it in smaller packs to use in ammo cans. I have some sittkng out now but it is dry and cool so it will last a good lomg tjme as well. Heck I know some surplus stuff frkm the 60s and 70s is still good. Just use good common sense and it wi last.

 

[tricky9914]

With my experience as long as the ammo is kept out of humidity - it can last for a very long time...

 

[rhslover]

Ammo cans

 

[RTM15]

You cant go wrong with ammo cans.

 

[lowendgenerator]

I found a box of 9mm UMC that I had forgotten about for almost 10 years. Nothing but the cardboard box protected it from the humidity of my dank basement. It had accumulated a bit of corrosion around the headstamps, but they still fired 100%.

I'm not suggesting you leave your rounds exposed to unnecessary danger, just a testament to the resilience of brass and copper.

 

[leadslinger57]

my son told me that he saw an artical that said to vacum pack it and keep it in a cool place.

 

[lowendgenerator]

Vacuum sealing it might be a bit overkill, unless you plan on burying it in the backyard.

 

[fatduk1963]

I am still shooting 8mm stamped 1950 , 762x54r 1960 packed in wooden crates. allways goes bang

 

[Deusvult]

I have some Winchester ammo that is over thirty years old and was kept in a house (sometimes in an ammo can and sometimes in a drawer). It seems to be fine.

 

[PGRChaplain]

I see I'm not the only one that has "Old Ammo"!