Packing Ammo For a Move

[Calif Hunter]

I have always either rented a truck and moved myself, or simply spread the ammo out among several moving boxes, simply labeled "garage." If you load a POD yourself, I would just put it in there but boxed up and not labeled as ammo.

[sigstroker]

We are looking to buy land, I want a private shooting range. I have found some property in the area we want to move to with a large shop building already built on it. Prices have been dropping over the past 6 months there so we plan to wait another year then buy. If we can land with a shop or other out building already on the land, we can drop a load off every time we make a trip to visit our son in Illinois. As son as his soon to be wife finishes nursing school, they will be moving to near where we are planning to move.

Just be sure to check state and local laws before you choose the state.

Define "large amount of ammo".

When I moved it was a few dozen ammo cans and a half dozen crates.

There's a reason ammo cans are the size they are. Ammo is heavy. Go ahead and load up some rubbermaid totes, or moving boxes and let us know how that works out. A milk crate will be strong enough, but you're going to have a real tough time moving it around.

Smaller, heavy-duty cardboard boxes are best if you don't have ammo cans. I suggest something around the size of an ammo can. You can order them online or Office Depot.

You can get them for free. Small Priority Mail boxes are about the same size as an ammo can, and are fairly stout cardboard. The post office gives them away for nothing.

[sigstroker]

Sounds like my car on my final trip. Back seat full, front seat full. This was before the statewide hi-cap ban, but LA had one. I chose my route to avoid as much LA as I could, but I still had to go several miles on 210, sweating bullets the whole time. I had a couple thousand in hi-caps easy, that I brought with me in the 80's.

[jeremiah12]

[QUOTE=sigstroker;26637705]Just be sure to check state and local laws before you choose the state.

Wyoming, not a problem. Most every small town has a free public range just outside of town. It is even better now that it is Constitutional Carry.

[HOGDOG1955]

if i ever move again im screwed,lol. for storage i have almost all my ammo in plano 30 cal plastic ammo cans. they lock in and even with 500 rounds of 45 acp can be stacked 5 high and not bust over time.

[sigstroker]

[QUOTE=jeremiah12;26638546]

Just be sure to check state and local laws before you choose the state.

Wyoming, not a problem. Most every small town has a free public range just outside of town. It is even better now that it is Constitutional Carry.

My state used to be like that, then many years later all those ranges are gone, replaced by houses.

[B.J.F.]

Costco occasionally has a two pack of ammo cans for around 16 bucks, a big one and a smaller one inside