Storing Ammo in a Garage

[kbm6893]

I'm thinking of moving my ammo stash to my garage. It's just taking up too much room in the house. My garage is attached to the house. I just put a thermometer/ humidity reader in there last week the temp has never gone above 79, with a low of 72, and the humidity has been between 59 and 72. It's I would imagine it's gonna go a bit higher in August. In the winter, it's never lower than about 60 degrees in there.

So I'm thinking a plastic storage bin user my workbench. I can throw one of those plug in rechargeable dehumidifiers in there. The ammo will be in GI .30 cal and .50 cal ammo cans. I also reload in thst garage. The powder and primers are kept in a locked metal storage cabinet under my reloading bench. I have a couple of dehumidifiers in there, as well.

So what say you?

 

[DTL]

I used a truck bed tool chest, mounted on a pair of Harbor Freight furniture dollies. It has built-in locks and rolls in and out from under one of my work benches with ease. Makes for easy, secure storage and good organization.

 

[MichiganScott]

You keep powder and primers in your garage without concern, and you are worrying about ammunition?

GI ammo cans are perfect storage containers. Your garage environment also seems just about perfect.

 

[WVSig]

I'm thinking of moving my ammo stash to my garage. It's just taking up too much room in the house. My garage is attached to the house. I just put a thermometer/ humidity reader in there last week the temp has never gone above 79, with a low of 72, and the humidity has been between 59 and 72. It's I would imagine it's gonna go a bit higher in August. In the winter, it's never lower than about 60 degrees in there.

So I'm thinking a plastic storage bin user my workbench. I can throw one of those plug in rechargeable dehumidifiers in there. The ammo will be in GI .30 cal and .50 cal ammo cans. I also reload in thst garage. The powder and primers are kept in a locked metal storage cabinet under my reloading bench. I have a couple of dehumidifiers in there, as well.

So what say you?

Temp and humidity ranges seem fine I would put desiccant bags in each ammo can for additional humidity protection and skip the plug ins.

Also you need get your powder and primers out if that locked metal box. You need to put it in something like a powder magazine that can breathe and that if it catches on fire cannot build up pressure and explode like bomb.

 

[kbm6893]

Temp and humidity ranges seem fine I would put desiccant bags in each ammo can for additional humidity protection and skip the plug ins.

Also you need get your powder and primers out if that locked metal box. You need to put it in something like a powder magazine that can breathe and that if it catches on fire cannot build up pressure and explode like bomb.

It's a thin metal storage cabinet. Lots of ventilation. No actual vents in the side but I can see light coming from the inside through the edges of the doors. One of the Kobalt cabinets from Lowes. I wanted something with a lock.

And how long do those silica packs last? I have these silica packs encased in a tin box that I recharge in the oven, but the paper ones I don't want to put in the oven.

 

[kbm6893]

You keep powder and primers in your garage without concern, and you are worrying about ammunition?

GI ammo cans are perfect storage containers. Your garage environment also seems just about perfect.

And when I started reloading I asked about storing the powder and primers in the garage and guys said it was fine. Some of them store them in a shed outside, with temps ranging from 100 in the summer to 30 in the winter.

 

[WVSig]

It's a thin metal storage cabinet. Lots of ventilation. No actual vents in the side but I can see light coming from the inside through the edges of the doors. One of the Kobalt cabinets from Lowes. I wanted something with a lock.

And how long do those silica packs last? I have these silica packs encased in a tin box that I recharge in the oven, but the paper ones I don't want to put in the oven.

A long time and they are cheap. Time will really depend on how much moisture they are exposed to.

As long as the cabinet can breathe you should be ok just don't over stuff it. In general I stay way from storing powder and primers in anything metal.

 

[Rpg]

I store ammo in my garage, usually in whatever container it came in. Reloads go in cardboard boxes: nothin special.

I've never had a problem

Primers and powder are in the basement.

 

[OMCHamlin]

I store mine in good condition GI ammo cans in a little pantry in my attached garage. It never gets to freezing, nor over about 85, and they all seem to do fine. I do not store powder or primers out there.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I've stored ammunition of every caliber I ever shot, which ranges from 12 gauge to .22, in an outside utility room attached to my house. It has wooden walls, a decent roof, no insulation, and it's hotter than hades in there in the summertime, especially if I run the clothes dryer that's out there. So it also gets pretty cold in there in the winter. The ammunition is virtually always kept in standard mil-spec containers, common "dry" plastic storage containers, or original containers on shelves. I never thought twice about it.

For my own convenience I've moved a lot of it to a separate storage building that I have that happens to have heaters and AC and insulation but that was for ME, not for the ammunition.

 

[Flattop5]

I've stored ammunition of every caliber I ever shot, which ranges from 12 gauge to .22, in an outside utility room attached to my house. It has wooden walls, a decent roof, no insulation, and it's hotter than hades in there in the summertime, especially if I run the clothes dryer that's out there.

High heat is an enemy of ammo. It will shorten ammo life.



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