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Posted: 2/18/2016 12:23:39 AM EDT
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Most of my ammo is still in the OEM packaging (boxes), stored on a large shelving unit in a climate controlled part of my house. It stays around 70-72 there year round.
Do I really need to buy a crap load of .30 and .50 cal cans to store the ammo with dessicant packs? |
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Most of my ammo is still in the OEM packaging (boxes), stored on a large shelving unit in a climate controlled part of my house. It stays around 70-72 there year round. Do I really need to buy a crap load of .30 and .50 cal cans to store the ammo with dessicant packs? need to, no I would still recommend it due to the boxes becoming corrosive with high humidity/water. I never store my ammo in cardboard. ymmv |
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I've got a high efficiency 1.5 ton unit running that floor, designed to run frequently to keep the humidity down, but I get the point.
One thing I really like about the boxes is being able to maintain inventory/round counts. I guess there's no way to do that accurately if you just dump into a ammo can. |
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Well, if you put the boxes into ammo cans with dessicant, you can keep track of your round count and the dessicant will prevent the cardboard boxes from holding moisture.
I really don't think that's much of a concern, though. If it's climate controlled that stuff can probably sit on boxes on the shelves for your grandkids to shoot. |
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I actually do both,
I keep the ammo in the original boxes, but also store them in ammo cans because they are easy to stack. I like to keep accurate round counts. Some of my longer term storage 5.56 is loaded on stripper clips, in cardboards and bandoleers. I no longer add desiccant. in 20+ yrs of storage, shooting wise, I have seen no difference between ammo stored with desiccant and without. |
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I actually do both, I keep the ammo in the original boxes, but also store them in ammo cans because they are easy to stack. I like to keep accurate round counts. Some of my longer term storage 5.56 is loaded on stripper clips, in cardboards and bandoleers. I no longer add desiccant. in 20+ yrs of storage, shooting wise, I have seen no difference between ammo stored with desiccant and without. Moisture is not the major enemy, high temperature fluctuations are the real enemy. |
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I store in original boxes in large ammo cans with desiccant in the climate controlled part of my house. I steadily buy ammo when the price is right and sell a bunch when there is a panic. Then I buy even more when the panic passes. So having it in the original boxes is important for getting the stupidly high prices
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