How do you store your shotgun ammo

[Trriemferent]

I recently bought a Nova and have started to stock up on ammo for it. Besides ammo cans what are you guys using to store your shotgun ammo. Im looking for creative and inexpensive ideas.

[Ech0Sierra]

Not much wrong with factory packaging if you keep it dry.

[8886]

Plastic Kroger bag? Inside the original packaging of course.

[NickMc]

Ammo cans... Buy a box of 80 Fiocchi slugs and you get an ammo can for free at cheaperthandirt.

[ar15barrels]

I put it on the shelves inside my ammo cabinets.

[Rover]

I keep about 2k rounds on hand, more if I find a good deal, none sticks around long enough to cause issues if I just store it in the factory boxes.

[bsg]

i keep mine in ammo cans, and storage is in a locked area of my home. i also keep ammo in a locked metal storage container.

[XVIga_Rob]

I just put the boxes on the shelf.

[cgates]

just stack it up...if its a small quantity, keep it in your safe. larger quantities of shotgun ammo, and ammo in general get pretty difficult to store in ammo cans and locked cabinets.

[TigerShark]

For 12ga ammo, I fit 200 rds in each 50 cal ammo can with some desicant, label the cans and stack them in a metal locking locker (stack-on or other).
For 9mm or 5.56/.223, I get 1000 rds per ammo can.
For 22LR, it's possible to get 5000rds in but it's really heavy. I've started putting only 2100 rds per small plastic box for 22LR

[NoHeavyHitter]

250-rounds of 2.75-inch 12ga shells fit in a 40mm ammo can just nice...

[Webologist]

Just make sure to stack them so the shells are vertical. I had a box laying on its side in my cabinet with quite a bit of handgun ammo stacked on it. I ended up with a box full of oblong shells that wouldn't chamber.

[johnthomas]

I think 12 gauge ammo is the best deal for ammo other than 22lr. I should start buying more, have about a thousand shells. Keep it in the box, store it in a gun cabinet. I have desiccant in a sock hanging in the cabinet. The desiccant I have is blue, pink when it has absorbed enough moisture. Then I pour it into a cookie sheet and bake it in the oven until it turns blue again.

[ysr_racer]

Stack cases about 5 high in my garage. No problem.

[Barbarossa]

Most modern plastic cased shotgun shells are pretty darn weatherproof.

I had three 25 round boxes with me for hours in the rain on Saturday, and didn't have any issues with them Saturday or Sunday.

That said any vessel will work. I usually just slide the cases under the bed, but do have a few wooden wine boxes with shells in them as well.

Similar to this.

http://www.amazon.com/fashioned-Wooden-Wine-x13-5-Inside/dp/B003KVJB24

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