Show me how you store your ammo!

[perfectcircle1]

I keep my gun cabinet in my bedroom closet which is chalk full of guns and magazines . My ammo is stored on shelf immediately above it. Im out of room. Not sure what to do. Just thought i could get some neat ideas from some of you!

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[Steve in Vermont]

For short-term storage I use shelves in the basement, that's anything I'll be shooting this year. For other ammo, including long term, I bought a couple of heavy plastic boxes at Staples (with snaps making them airtight) and put in a plastic cup full of Damp Rid. Humidity level drops to 25% and this ammo will outlive me.

 

[gm272gs]

By all means everyone, post photos and give us addresses too!

"chock", not "chalk"

 

[BigBill]

Store guns in gun safes and ammo in 50cal military ammo cans. My primers are in air/moisture tight 50cal ammo cans and my gun powder is in wooden boxes as the wood keeps the moisture in check.

All my reloads from the 70's still goes boom and my 1937 turkish 8mm ammo still all goes boom too.

 

[MH8675309]

Most of its safe in the safe!

 

[Twogunnes]

Lately I have put it in old ice-chest. Had 4 that won't see much use as I got a Yeti.

And ice chest goes in cellar. Which is very dry.

 

[gm272gs]

I'll tell you what, those Yeti ice chests are made well, but I just can't see buying a cooler that costs more than a used 1911.

 

[kennyb]

i have thousands of rounds (i reload) stored on top of the safe

 

[pete950]

Stored safe in an undisclosed location cool and dry
Ammo cans and rubber maid tubs

 

[rburg]

Anyone who stores his/her ammo on a closet shelf needs more ammo, badly! Simply put, a shelf won't / can't hold enough ammo.

I use .50 cal cans. I need 3 more .30 cal cans to complete a row. That said, they're not cost effective due to limited capacity. And I have an old library card catalog. Maple and it weighs as much as a safe. For old or odd ammo, it works just fine. Also for unloaded bullets and things. Anything I don't have enough to make a .50 cal can practical. 22 shorts is one example, and the Speer plastic 38s and 44s are another.

 

[k53]

Anyone who stores his/her ammo on a closet shelf needs more ammo, badly! Simply put, a shelf won't / can't hold enough ammo.

I use .50 cal cans. I need 3 more .30 cal cans to complete a row. That said, they're not cost effective due to limited capacity. And I have an old library card catalog. Maple and it weighs as much as a safe. For old or odd ammo, it works just fine. Also for unloaded bullets and things. Anything I don't have enough to make a .50 cal can practical. 22 shorts is one example, and the Speer plastic 38s and 44s are another.

I have a old 4 draw card file they are awesome for ammo storege! I wish I had a big floor one!

 

[BigBill]

I use 50 cal ammo cans.

 

[TTSH]

Show me how you store your ammo!

On pallets works best for me!

 

[andy52]

The ammo is all reloads with the exception of .22lr stored in various ammo containers. I vacuum seal in bags most of it before storage it's really not necessary to do that it just keeps it nice and shiny. There is no way all my ammo could be supported on a closet shelve. Some of the boxes are so heavy I can't lift them and just slide them around.

 

[jbtrucker]

The top self in china cabinet collapsed so moved to the bottom. I buy range ammo on sale and couple boxes of defense rounds . Guns are hid with EDC 9mm Shield out ready to go.

 

[max503]

I keep it spread out all around the house.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Some on shelves in the garage, some in closets, some in ammo cans, some in original cardboard cases, some in the safe. It's everywhere.

 

[desi2358]

I use 50 and 30 cal GI cans, stored in the basement though some of my foreign military ammo is still in the sealed tins and crates it came into the country in. I like the GI cans as they are air and water tight (always check the seals) and that saved me from a loss when a collapsed drain pipe backed water up into the basement years ago. A number of cans on the floor were submerged but the ammo inside stayed noce and dry.

 

[lrb1200]

I couldn't resist.

 

[mckenney99]

Bulk amounts of various caliber ammo are stored in military 20mm ammo cans except for my bulk cases of 308 which are still in their original military crates. For more transportable amounts, in the house and for the range, 50 cal ammo cans are used. Prefer to store my stocks of primers in the plastic MTM ammo cans. Always bothered me to store bulk amounts of something as explosive as primers in a really tight metal container, may be unjustified, just makes me feel better.