Question about storing reloaded cartridges

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Hi All,

I've seen videos on YouTube where some guy is reloading and it seems that he's storing all the reloaded cartridges lose in a bucket or green army surplus ammo box. Is this unsafe? Transporting cartridges lose in a box seems unsafe to me.

I've always reused the original box the cartridges came in or purchased something similar. What do you think?
 
9mm and 45 acp get stored and carried in 5 gallon buckets, rifle ammo is all stored in MTM 100 round boxes, 22 lr bulk stuff is just that, bulk in a ice cream bucket or ammo box, all are far better then cardboard and living on the west coast
 
Ir0nSpIkE said:
...all the reloaded cartridges lose in a green army ammo box. Is this unsafe? Transporting cartridges lose in a box seems unsafe to me.
What do you think?
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I keep mine stored and transport them in ammo cans and have so for the last 20 or so years. Works fine so far.
 
scott585 said:
what would make you think this is unsafe?
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This...

I use 100rd mtm boxes only because I don't shot 5 gallon buckets :(. However my bulk reloads are stored in 50cal ammo cans.

Watch this video on just how safe ammunition is.
[youtube]3SlOXowwC4c[/youtube]
 
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Spawn-Inc said:
This...

I use 100rd mtm boxes only because I don't shot 5 gallon buckets :(. However my bulk reloads are stored in 50cal ammo cans.

What this video on just how safe ammunition is.
[youtube]3SlOXowwC4c[/youtube]
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ovrecwell that was a wast of perfectly good ammo...i could have shot that....
 
I Agree. Storing ammo loose in a container is dangerous!
OK - I don't actually have any idea why it's unsafe, but I find it to be much too radical any way. Baa-aaan. :)
 
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Many times we were issued ammo. Loaded it, tossed the boxes, clips, and bandoliers. Didn't fire it. Brought it back. Had to count it back loose into an ammo can. Ammo techs were never concerned, why should you be?

What the heck do you people think is gonna happen? Rounds are gonna spontaneously combust? Static electricity generated by them sliding around will set off the primers?

Think about this, Remington sells rim-fire ammo IN BUCKETS! OH, THE HORROR!!!

You guys need to reach down on either side of your hips, firmly grasp the waistband, and PULL UP YOUR PANTIES!!!! Time to roll with the big boys.
 
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That video shows unrestricted ammo in fires.
If the ammunition in a locked ammo can were exposed to a fire like in the video, it would burst with considerably more force than unrestricted ammo. I dare say, depending how full it was, and how many rounds burst at the same time - it would even explode.

rookie wildcat said:
You guys need to reach down on either side of your hips, firmly grasp the waistband, and PULL UP YOUR PANTIES!!!! Time to roll with the big boys.
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What's with the drama queen post? :rolleyes:

Referencing house fires (which strangly do happen) and the reaction of ammo in that fire is pretty good info.
 
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Gentlemen,
Storing loose ammo is not an issue, some people worry about the tip of one round impacting the primer of another. The forces required for this would be roughly the same as dropping the ammo box from the fifth floor of a building or a car collision of 100+kmh. As for the rounds cooking off, the odds of any 2 rounds cooking off at the same time is pretty high. There will be nanoseconds between them, there is no fear of an "ammo can blowing up". It does not make a difference between "restricted or non restricted" weapon ammo. Every round has a casing, projectile(s), powder, and a primer. Growing up on the farm I often found the odd loose round that was rolling around the floor of the pickup for a good while or in the box that we were just throwing rocks and other heavy items into. The videos that scare the crap out of everyone is where fireworks and "gun powder" blow up in a fire. There is a pretty large difference between pyrotechnic powders and what we are using for reloading.

KellyP
 
Restricting the space around the rounds does little due to the rounds having time inbetween each other when cooking off, BTW the ammo cans are designed for containing the rounds, to keep them dry, and us safe. MY Bad for the mixup from an above post of "restricted" ammo, I was thinking wpn systems not space.
 
I store my reloads in whatever they fit in. Sometimes its ziploc freezer baggies, sometimes ammo cans, sometime factory boxes... I also tumble my loaded ammo on occasion, and I'm still here... As for the ammo in a fire thing, what makes anyone think ammo burning in factory boxes is going to behave any differently from ammo burning in a plastic bag?!?!

Silly thread....
 
KellyP said:
Gentlemen,
Storing loose ammo is not an issue, some people worry about the tip of one round impacting the primer of another. The forces required for this would be roughly the same as dropping the ammo box from the fifth floor of a building or a car collision of 100+kmh. As for the rounds cooking off, the odds of any 2 rounds cooking off at the same time is pretty high. There will be nanoseconds between them, there is no fear of an "ammo can blowing up". It does not make a difference between "restricted or non restricted" weapon ammo. Every round has a casing, projectile(s), powder, and a primer. Growing up on the farm I often found the odd loose round that was rolling around the floor of the pickup for a good while or in the box that we were just throwing rocks and other heavy items into. The videos that scare the crap out of everyone is where fireworks and "gun powder" blow up in a fire. There is a pretty large difference between pyrotechnic powders and what we are using for reloading. KellyP
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Actually, not a bit of difference. I knew one of the few "licensed" Pyro professionals in this country. He used ordinary BP and 700x by the barrel full. He offered to get me a "barrel" of 700x one time, I immediately took him up on the offer...but my daughter dumped him before we finished the deal (never forgave her for that one).
 
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