This past weekend I made sure the majority of my ammunition supply was stored in metal ammo cans. I performed an inventory to see exactly where I’m at. I pretty much knew already and my estimations were very close.
I have ammunition stored for a “rainy day” or otherwise known as the zombie apocalypse. In addition, I’ve got a box of misc ammo that I call “range ammo”. These are misc boxes – many of which are partials – that I use when I go to the range.
Each ammo can is labeled with the caliber and round count. Desiccant packs were added to help protect from moisture. I have both brass and steel-cased ammunition.
Thinking of ammo storage that damn question of, “How much ammo should you store?” comes to mind. Here’s my answer: As much as possible. ’nuff said.
How are you sitting with your ammunition supply? I know, tough market. I suspect it’s not going to improve much anytime soon.
Rourke
John, how much store, as much I can find and afford.
Right on JohnP!
Not purchasing any right now, too expensive. Glad I had already stocked up!
Got it Fred. I bought some at elevated prices but just enough to get my stocks up a bit so I could keep shooting.
Dry Canning ammo in the oven DOES NOT WORK!
I’m pretty good for my handguns but not the others. Shotgun shells are currently running $28 here, which seems a bit high to me.
We rattle-can the flipper ends with a tan over the OD, then felt-pen the caliber after the tan dries.
We operate a small organic teaching farm near the outskirts of Eugene Oregon.
A couple years ago, the local-owned home improvement center — Jerry’s — had pallets of .50-cal ammo cans for a buck apiece.
(Proof-reading clarification — a can for a buck, not a pallet-load for a buck.)
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An aside:
Oregon people are locavores.
We celebrate local-owned business such as Jerry’s.
A visit to the Eugene Lowe’s/Home Depot (side-by-side, their parking-lots touch (I am not making this up)) shows the staff staring at the ceiling, drooling, with a couple-three browsers stumbling around in confusion.
At Jerry’s — about the size of Lowe’s/Home Depot combined — a hundred knowledgeable energetic staff tend to hundreds of paying customers.
I have enough for me & mine. The “surplus” is being sold at the local gun show(s). So far my pricing has been well received. One more show and I should be able to go back to my “low-markup” items where I’m luck to bring home $1000 from a show. But in those days I was able to buy ammo; what I wanted and in what quantity.
Methane,
I would think not!!!!
I always say,
Buy It Cheap! Stack It Deep!
Words to live by.