How do you store your ammo?...

[Invictvs]

I've seen some people who have a separate safe for their ammo, other's who keep it in ammo cans, some use [FONT=tahoma, arial]desiccant packs, others don't. I just want to know what you guys do.[/FONT]

 

[Sir_Gawain]

Mine is all locked up in a fire proof heavy duty file cabinet.

 

[Artifact]

In my safe

 

[DrNVP]

in a locked container in accordance with MA regulations

 

[edhead35]

In magazines and locked in accordance with the stupid MA rules

Bulk ammo is in cans, with silica packs

 

[dnepro-mike]

large job-box under the key next to my safe.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

My wife keeps it somewhere. I have to sign for it if I want some. Jack.

 

[inerlogic]

in a locked container in accordance with MA regulations

this, in original packaging of course...

 

[CobaltBlueSteel]

A decent sized, padlocked job box next to my safe. Silica packs included.

 

[joe847]

I store mine as single rounds squirreled away in cracks and crevices. Plus I use a coupe of rounds to stabilize wobbly chairs.

 

[[cerberus]]

On the floor, or on a shelf

 

[Tracer1951]

IF I did have any ammo, and I am not saying I have any....

they would be stored in Metal Ammo cans, in stripper clips with Silica packs.

You can also store them loose in capped PVC pipes hidden underground on your property or in the woods...

 

[rep308]

big wooden filing cab I picked up at the dump swap area with a padlock

 

[Stryker]

In a locked closet (has one of those keypad doorlocks) in which my safe also sits - ammo is mostly in 50-cal ammo cans.

 

[mclina]

Wherever it will fit. Some in small boxes is locked in an old LP record cabinet I picked up at Salvation Army. Surplus stuff is in crates with a big chain wrapped through all of the handles and padlocked. A bunch is in various size ammo cans with locks. Some is in the safes.

 

[Chet0729]

In 2 safes, one just for ammo and the rest in the same safe with the guns

 

[Snowboarder2012]

I store mine as single rounds squirreled away in cracks and crevices. Plus I use a coupe of rounds to stabilize wobbly chairs.

+1 for ingenuity

 

[Rotaryrocket]

Under my locked pillow

 

[Invictvs]

Loaded in Pmags scattered all over my room next to the empties.

I know you were not srs, but, question: I have 1 mag that is always loaded, but my question is, how bad is it for the mag to be loaded for long periods of time, and, is this an efficient way to keep/store your ammo?

 

[TimoC508]

I have 2 rounds and they are both in the chamber of each firearm....

 

[Carnea]

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[Emoto]

This is a decent locking metal cabinet that is sturdy enough for multiple cases of ammo on each shelf.

TENNSCO Counter Height Cabinet, Unassembled, Sand - Commercial & Industrial Cabinets - 3W293|1442 TAN - Grainger Industrial Supply

 

[shamrockjr]

I keep a bullet in each safe.

 

[Sinster]

this, in original packaging of course...

This is one of many asinine regs.

 

[Len-2A Training]

I know you were not srs, but, question: I have 1 mag that is always loaded, but my question is, how bad is it for the mag to be loaded for long periods of time, and, is this an efficient way to keep/store your ammo?

LTC Chuck Santose (knowledgeable expert on the AR15) discovered some loaded mags from his days in 'Nam, some 40 years later. He used them and they ran just fine.

Others who are knowledgeable of metallurgy claim that it is the cycling of empty-full-empty-full-etc. that actually effects springs and that being at "rest" or at "tension" does not. I'm not qualified to judge, but I do have mags loaded for years with no problems.

 

[Rboston]

I got the stackon RTA ammo cabinet and use a silica pack (the plug in one) do a search, cabelas has them. Works great

 

[napoleon1815]

I have MTM Ammo cans I have them stored in with silica packs.

 

[icyclefar]

1 round, shirt pocket, Mayberry style

 

[ericcif]

I only use snap caps as they are safer

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[Rider]

I try not to stack them more than 2 pallets high, because then its hard to move them quickly and if it's an emergency, you might have trouble yanking cans from the lower pallet.

Caliber-wise, I organize the pallets such that they are close to the locker containing the firearms that use them.