How do you store your ammo?

[Killer Bee]

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showpost.php?p=17479950&postcount=21840

in good working condition GI cans..



pre-deployment weapons training in '06 we were firing ammo with '53 headstamps..

[DaveInOroValley]

Decided a surplus cargo container was the most efficient.

[wurger]

1 safe, 60% guns, 40% ammo.

Second safe, 50% ammo and counting. Planning on filling the second safe in the next 2-3 months. F/U Gavin Nuisance.

[sandbasser]

Metal ammo cans and a few Plastic ammo cans (mostly for next up to range). Right now I have the cans stacked but I need to get some kind of shelf system.

[benjamac]

after seeing all this, I'm just going to get a bunch more ammo cans, and a whole ton of labels

[Bushwack44]

Mostly metal (and some plastic) ammo cans occupying half a walk-in closet on the floor stacked 3 high. Ammo is a good investment (financially).

[Albs]

.50 cal cans... but not enough, someone sell me some....

[shooting4life]

Stacked next to my safe in a cabinet. Ammo in cases is on another self in the garage.

[maylebox]

Ammo cans inside old heavy gauge steel file cabinets in the garage. Pistol ammo is labeled "Family Photos, Utility Bills, etc" Rifle ammo is labeled "Tax Returns, Insurance, etc"

[gcvt]

after seeing all this, I'm just going to get a bunch more ammo cans, and a whole ton of labels

Pick up some magnetic sheets. Cut them up and write the calibers on them. Easy to switch around from can to can without messing with stickers.

[451040]

in a van down by the river

[MechaDad]

Ammo cans inside old heavy gauge steel file cabinets in the garage. Pistol ammo is labeled "Family Photos, Utility Bills, etc" Rifle ammo is labeled "Tax Returns, Insurance, etc"

That's good. Sounds a lot easier to get at your stash than the pack rat's nest mine is hiding in.

I was hoping there would be tips/sources to cheap desiccant in this thread. <cue links by wise & generous cgers>

[HighWildFree]

Big empty room with loose rounds stacked on nearly filling the room, and a diving board, you know Scrooge McDuck style. But really just ammo cans.

Should anything be done to rounds before storage? Do ammo cans need silica packets or something similar? I opened an old can and it smelled a lil funky.

[kmas]

This one -

[Glocked@45]

Old bank document safe it used to have a large basket that would rise as you opened the safe. I always worried about a possible fire and rounds cooking off.

I love this thing.