Long term storage of Ammo, page 1
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Topic started on 26-10-2009 @ 08:08 AM by DaddyBare
over the years I've heard a lot of crazy... s hi t.. on how to do this properly...

Ammo makers, OLIN, Winchester, Remington other's design their ammo to be stored indefinitely... For the military that means said ammo is stored in wooden crates and inside each crate you would find either ammo cans or metal foil packages... to keep that Ammo clean and dry

the rules are pretty simple keep it cool and dry, if you handle a cartridge wipe it clean before putting it back with the rest. It's perfectly fine to leave in the cardboard boxes ...Some go so far to vacuum seal (Seal-a-meal) smaller packages for clean carry use... Honestly I don't know I would ever go that far unless I lived in a place with very high humidity or it was going into a basement or other place where a burst pipe could flood your precious stocks...

Storing Ammo in Mag's
Look I'm going to tell you its okay and I know there will be some out there who will scream about compressing the spring in the mag.... that may have been true back in the 1940's but this is the twenty first century... modern springs don't sag unless Straightened out or over compressed... loaded correctly I've kept Mag's loaded for years before I remembered where I last put them,,, they were fine...

same rules apply for storing loaded mags... keep them clean and dry.. don't Tap (Seat the rounds) in your Mags that tends to bend the feed lips... Its not a bad idea to wipe your Mag's after handling. if you see a little corrosion it can be cleaned up with steel or brass wool.

You should make a habit of inspecting, cleaning if needed, your mags and ammo every couple of months... most likely there will be nothing to do but if there is a problem you want to catch it early, rather than too late...

Well that's it from me... now I open the board for other's to add their comments tips and tricks...


reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 09:19 AM by DaddyBare
reply to post by TwoTechnics



My in a lock box, in the bed side dresser is my Dan Wesson 44 mag.
Living in an a Adobe home I don't worry about over penetration but this is not the weapon for folks living in a stick build house...

if you are worried about long term storage of a Magazine then go with a revolver



reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 09:54 AM by DaddyBare
reply to post by Doc Holiday



you brought up a good point...
Tarnished brass is an indicator of too much moisture/humidity... any more there's always a little acid in the air and that can degrade brass cases... Also the acid from your fingers can do it too....

You can clean tarnished cases with a little 00 steel or brass wool, give them a good scrubbing then wipe clean... but if it looks like the corrosion is deep enough to thin the shell casing your better off throwing that round away.

My choice of ammo for my wheel gun (Another name for revolvers) is the 225-Grain FTX LEVERevolution... I've taken deer out to 100 yards with a scoped 8 inch revolver (Ruger Super redhawk) See here



reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 04:05 PM by guppy
reply to post by DaddyBare



I read someone from an engineer that springs are design for two things: 1) rest with no tension; 2) full compression. Anything between causes wear-n-tear on the springs "springy" trait. Can anyone (preferrably an engineer) confirm this?

As for the magazine's reliability, not fully loading a magazines is a good thing for older magazines. But newer magazines like Magpul's PMags (polymer) have been reliable when fully loaded.

For ammo, store them in a dry, cool place. Using latex to load magazines is a good idea to keep off body oils and other undesirables.
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