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Posted: 11/24/2008 8:44:48 PM EDT
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I am in a moderate/high humidity, moderate/high temperature enviornment (San Antonio, TX). Can I put my ammo in the attic and expect it to work? Will it work well? I am talking years. Can I/need I do something special to keep my ammo in good condition for years?
Speak wisdom, I am here to learn. Thanks, James |
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I am in a moderate/high humidity, moderate/high temperature enviornment (San Antonio, TX). Can I put my ammo in the attic and expect it to work? Will it work well? I am talking years. Can I/need I do something special to keep my ammo in good condition for years? Speak wisdom, I am here to learn. Thanks, James Isnt there a better place you can put it? The attic is subject to a large variation in temperature through out the day, not good for ammo. |
| Under your house ( crawl space would be better than the attic IMO. Just put it in good ammo cans with the dry packs and you should be ALOT better off than the attic. Ive been in ammo bunkers in Germany. They was Cold , but dry. I actually put mine in ammo cans and then put the ammo cans in big Rubber Maid containers to help out alittle more. Good luck WarDawg |
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How hot does your attic get? Searching around shows that some believe military ammo is good as long as it is dry and kept <120F. It is easy to deal with moisture using desiccant and cans but heat is unavoidable unless you keep it indoors. Even a garage can hit 105F+ on a summer afternoon so an attic would be much worse. I am looking for the same info.
Does anyone have a reference that shows the effects of temperature on ammo (not humidity)? |
I keep mine in ammo cans. These cans are then stacked inside a closet that is not near a outside wall of the house. It is clean, cool and dry. Just like the bunkers where we use to draw the ammo from. It works for me. I would stay away from the attic. Too manu variables could happen. Fire, lighting strikes, wind damage that wpuld lead to water damage. I just think it is a bad idea. JMHO 
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The attic was an extreme example, but I get your drift(s). My other option is the garage. Does anyone know at what temperature ammo cooks off? Clearly, my garage does not get open-flame hot, but I think 120's or higher are possible in summer. Any thoughts?
Thanks, James |
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The attic was an extreme example, but I get your drift(s). My other option is the garage. Does anyone know at what temperature ammo cooks off? Clearly, my garage does not get open-flame hot, but I think 120's or higher are possible in summer. Any thoughts? Thanks, James IIRC, 400-450+ is the cookoff temperature for most ammo, at which point your car would most likely catch on fire too! You aren't going to cook any ammo off unless you store it in the chimney. I would try to find a conditioned environment with minimal diurnal temperature variations and low humidity to store my ammo if I were you, especially considering what the damned stuff costs these days. |
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