Ammo cans ?
- Thread starter Levi Garrett
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- Saskatchewan
cdngunner said:
Yeah, picked up a few too. Looked darn near new! Dissapointed I didn't wait, as I bought old rough looking ones a while back...
200 X 7.62 are $6.99
800 X 5.56 are either $14.99 or $16.99 IIRC
TFC
TheIndifferent1 said:
By law your ammo has to be locked up and ammo cans are a good storage unit because they are sealed from humidity. If there is a fire in my house so big that my ammo cans are in peril I won't be close enough to worry about it.
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
Maybe your talking about bulk powder, that should be kept in a larger container made of wood , not that it would blow, but it burns extremely fast and hot. And fire needs air so your good to go.TheIndifferent1 said:
Black powder will blow .
Silverback said:By law your ammo has to be locked up and ammo cans are a good storage unit because they are sealed from humidity. If there is a fire in my house so big that my ammo cans are in peril I won't be close enough to worry about it.
Your ammo doesn't have to be locked up, just kept separately from the firearm. If you have a gun room that is 'secure', you don't need to lock your ammo or your firearms. At least that's what I understood from the PAL handbook
Maple Leaf eh, have you ever tried to get in the back end of an M2A1 (.50 cal) can. If you can bend up the back, you have one heck of a good set of titanium needle nose pliers.
Early in my career as an Ammunition Technician, I saw the results of propellant stored in .50 cans (Box Ammunition Metal M2A1). Another Ammo Tech friend dropped off 6 cans filled with propellant and SAA (small arms ammunition) that he had just recovered from the remnants of the house he rented. The outsides of the boxes were black from the fire, but the paint on the inside of the can looked factory fresh. The firefighters were very lucky my friend packed his ammo and propellant in Ammo cans. Mind you if the fire had of gone on longer, the propellant might have detonated.
Personally all my Propellant is packed in an 81mm Mortar ammo box fitted with a hasp as Maple leaf eh prefers. The 81mm ammo box has water drainage holes that would allow built up pressure to be released.
Early in my career as an Ammunition Technician, I saw the results of propellant stored in .50 cans (Box Ammunition Metal M2A1). Another Ammo Tech friend dropped off 6 cans filled with propellant and SAA (small arms ammunition) that he had just recovered from the remnants of the house he rented. The outsides of the boxes were black from the fire, but the paint on the inside of the can looked factory fresh. The firefighters were very lucky my friend packed his ammo and propellant in Ammo cans. Mind you if the fire had of gone on longer, the propellant might have detonated.
Personally all my Propellant is packed in an 81mm Mortar ammo box fitted with a hasp as Maple leaf eh prefers. The 81mm ammo box has water drainage holes that would allow built up pressure to be released.
I don't have a digital camera so I can't post pics, but I will do my best to describe the mod. First of I use a masterlock trigger lock as the locking device. I first drill a hole in the box wall that lines up with hole in the locking latch, this hole must be large enough for the nose of the trigger lock to pass through freely. I then remove the rubber backing from the side of the trigger lock that doesn't have the lock tumblers in it. Then you drill that previously mentioned lock body and box wall to accept 1/8" pop rivets(I use 4), apply silicone seal to the lock body and pop rivet it to the inside of the box. What you now have is a lockable ammo box that is still waterproof.
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
What a cool idea, would love to see pics of that, and you can get those locks in 3 packs for pretty cheap.ckid said:
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
You can blame bootz for that, he's the one that wanted to lock the cans upwcmd said:This is a great thread
Keep it going
silly man
