Posted: 1/5/2012 12:30:38 PM EDT
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Howdy all,
Looks like I'm finally moving back to Phoenix after a 25 year absence. Been in (don't hate me) so Cal for 13 years and WA state for the last 12 years. Climates here in WA and in CA are not as extreme in terms of heat. Been storing my ammo in GI cans in a slightly heated (just above freezing) shop building. Let's just say I have more ammo than can conveniently fit in a closet in the house. Any of you guys store ammo in a garage without A/C? Just curious about the long term effects of heat. Thanks in advance. Regards, GeorgeWA |
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Howdy all, Looks like I'm finally moving back to Phoenix after a 25 year absence. Been in (don't hate me) so Cal for 13 years and WA state for the last 12 years. Climates here in WA and in CA are not as extreme in terms of heat. Been storing my ammo in GI cans in a slightly heated (just above freezing) shop building. Let's just say I have more ammo than can conveniently fit in a closet in the house. Any of you guys store ammo in a garage without A/C? Just curious about the long term effects of heat. Thanks in advance. Regards, GeorgeWA I have a very simple solution if the ammo is in 5.56 or 9mm I can take it off your hands |
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storing ammo you have to have climate control. Completely not true. I have 20,000 shotshells, 125,000 .22s, and a shitload of miscellaneous centerfire in my garage. Never a problem. maybe in phoenix its alright but here in prescott going from extremes of hot to cold is not good on ammo I keep my ammo in my home but to test climate effects on ammo I stored some 9mm, 30-06 and 12 ga buckshot in a plastic cabelas ammo can in my dads shed out back of his house for 3 years when I opened up the container even though the container was sealed the ammo was tarnished evidence moisture being present you could see stains on the brass that indicated condensation in the cooler months. though the rifle and pistol ammunition sill fired most of the buckshot were duds. climate does effect ammunition... |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: storing ammo you have to have climate control. Completely not true. I have 20,000 shotshells, 125,000 .22s, and a shitload of miscellaneous centerfire in my garage. Never a problem. maybe in phoenix its alright but here in prescott going from extremes of hot to cold is not good on ammo I keep my ammo in my home but to test climate effects on ammo I stored some 9mm, 30-06 and 12 ga buckshot in a plastic cabelas ammo can in my dads shed out back of his house for 3 years when I opened up the container even though the container was sealed the ammo was tarnished evidence moisture being present you could see stains on the brass that indicated condensation in the cooler months. though the rifle and pistol ammunition sill fired most of the buckshot were duds. climate does effect ammunition... Which is odd, because I did the exact same thing in Michigan too and it is a bit humid up there and the temps range from -10 to 95F. All were on a pallet in their original cardboard packaging. I have completely shot through that stuff and it all went boom. My partner in Chicago has no less than five pallets of shotshells in his pole barn at any given time and has for years. He shoots a lot of Federal paper hulled target loads....never a problem. I'm thinking that Cabela's plastic container is what hurt you. |
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maybe in phoenix its alright but here in prescott going from extremes of hot to cold is not good on ammo I keep my ammo in my home but to test climate effects on ammo I stored some 9mm, 30-06 and 12 ga buckshot in a plastic cabelas ammo can in my dads shed out back of his house for 3 years when I opened up the container even though the container was sealed the ammo was tarnished evidence moisture being present you could see stains on the brass that indicated condensation in the cooler months. though the rifle and pistol ammunition sill fired most of the buckshot were duds. climate does effect ammunition...[/quote] I have always stored all my ammo in the garage. Never had a problem. Storing ammo in a shed is far different than storing ammo in a garage. I agree with 7M3 in that your problem was due to the plastic ammo boxes. They probably allowed moisture to get in and trapped it. |
