Things Not to Do When Storing Your Ammunition:
Do not store ammunition in a hot, cold, or wet conditions without proper containers,
Do not bury ammunition in the ground without proper containers,
Do not hide ammunition in easy to find places,
Do not over pack ammunition into very heavy containers.
If at all possible it's important to keep your ammo at room temperature and make sure it's packed up well. You don't want too much ammo in one container, so evenly distribute it so that it'll stay in excellent condition.
On the next slide learn about the shelf life of ammunition, what to look for, and how to keep it around for when SHTF!
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Derek Herrle
really 10 years?
So i shouldnt buy 1000 rounds of 60 year old 12ga off the internet from one site, have it shipped to my house, then bury it in front of my house in a cardboard box?
My thought exactly. I have seen ammo the Jordanian military had. .50 cal from the 50’s and 40mms from the 70’s. Best ammo ever shot minus the tracer compound didn’t work.
Have to put pea gravel in the bottom of the hole
Twas sarcasm sir.
Alex Nunes Your thoughts?
Its actually a myth that storing magazines full wears the spring do to the fact the spring is heat treated to hold that shape and any heat will force it back to the original rate of coil
Low humidity is ideal and touch the ammo bare handed as little as possible due too oils on your hands
Pretty sure that’s why genuine Soviet ammo had the non-corrosive coating.$#%&!@*for the gun, but great for long shelf life.
Yeah you’d be surprised how corrosion inducing the oils from your hands can do to brass and even wood i.e. why relics made of metal and would are handled with gloves
Bud Boggs
Brooks Campbell
Gnik Bob
I was taught it will warp the spring, even in the army they told us this.
Best ammo storage is a vacuum sealer, air and water tight.