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Hi everyone,

After buying my first create of ammo I found myself with an inefficient storage situation. I'm looking for a way to store/organize my ammo in a way that I won't get complaints from the misses, have enough room for when I buy creates of ammo and it can be organized by caliber for example.

How do you store your ammo?

Thanks,
M
 
MOntario said:
Hi everyone,

After buying my first create of ammo I found myself with an inefficient storage situation. I'm looking for a way to store/organize my ammo in a way that I won't get complaints from the misses, have enough room for when I buy creates of ammo and it can be organized by caliber for example.

How do you store your ammo?

Thanks,
M
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Buy a sturdy sold wood cabinet and reinforce the shelves, or an old trunk. And put a padlock on it.
 
MOntario said:
Hi everyone,

After buying my first create of ammo I found myself with an inefficient storage situation. I'm looking for a way to store/organize my ammo in a way that I won't get complaints from the misses, have enough room for when I buy creates of ammo and it can be organized by caliber for example.

How do you store your ammo?

Thanks,
M
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.50 cal metal containers - open the lid and dump them all in there. They stack together well, side by side and on top of each other, they are extra tough (metal not plastic) and you can easily put a lock on them with a simple and cheap install of a Ubolt though the front lid. Makes transport to the range a breeze and legal as per our wonderful laws.

I print and affix label on each box so to make sure to pick the right one before leaving the house.
 
I also use the metal ammo boxes - you can get them on the cheap in lots of places (Princess Auto even often has them for about $10). I then put them into a locker - I have a small bank of half-door lockers in the basement, each with an individual lock. A bank of 6 half-door lockers was $25 on kijiji, is quite sturdy, and lagged to the floor and wall quite well - it holds a lot of ammo.
 
There is no requirement for ammo to be locked up. If you want real storage potential, go to costco, they sell a set of shelves for I think $179 that has 3-4 shelves and will hold 2000 lbs per shelf. set it up in the basement and you're good to go, store the ammo in the boxes it was delivered to you in, buy it cheap and stack it deep.
 
I have a closet with a regular door knob in my gun room. swap it out for a locking one and boom. I also have a large dessicant bag from a shipment of stuff at work.
 
I am way beyone ammo cans :) I started using 8 gallon totes and after the 10th one, I may consider making wood ammo crates as the Tough totes are starting to bulge out under the weight.
 
I have a couple metal 4 drawer locking file cabinets. Work great! All the rimfire in one drawer, all the shotgun in another, reloading in another, etc. Easily holds numerous ammo cans and if you get the larger size drawers will take flats of 12 GA or crates of Czech surplus! As a bonus, most people would walk right past it and never bat an eye. Hidden in plain site! Keep your eyes open at garage sales & make sure it comes with keys!!!!
 
09outlander said:
I was using a couple of those, but I just didn't trust the plastic latch to with stand the weight of 50lbs of ammo.
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I trust the latch just fine, for myself (MTM plastic .50 cal style ammo can), it's the handle I don't trust, and I start not trusting it around the 35 lb mark.

The only way I managed to get that much weight into the can was with .22LR, because it has such a high lead volume to total cartridge volume ratio! I transferred my .22LR stash into the steel ammo cans from Budget Shooter Supply (I think the same ones Canada Ammo has).

Centrefire rifle (even unboxed for maximum volume efficiency) is fine in the plastic ones.
 
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