I realize the heavy weight of a 5 gallon bucket of ammo. I need to get my .22 LR AMMO into something for indefinite storage. How many oxygen or moisture absorbers do I need? How often if ever do they need to be recharged?
Storing ammo in 5 gallon buckets?
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I'm 73 years old now and store my ammo in the smaller Ammo Cans from Harbor Freight.
Any larger is a waste of space. If I fill the smaller box with the shells in the box they came in that's all the weight I want to carry around. Thankfully when we moved into this house I had help moving.
I have some metal cans "Military Surplus" for 50 cal and they are too much for me when full of Pistol Ammo. I have thought of asking around to find someone to trade me for the smaller cans,
Any larger is a waste of space. If I fill the smaller box with the shells in the box they came in that's all the weight I want to carry around. Thankfully when we moved into this house I had help moving.
I have some metal cans "Military Surplus" for 50 cal and they are too much for me when full of Pistol Ammo. I have thought of asking around to find someone to trade me for the smaller cans,
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Desiccant packs can be renew many times by placing on a cookie sheet in your over on low heat for an hour. That dries out the moisture the package absorbed. Some are different from others; you can search the internet for your brand and instructions. IF you really need them for a rimfire. You probably don't. Any ammo stored in a dry place and between 55 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit will last all your life (birth to death at old age). Place in original boxes (no, you will not remember 20 years from now what it was, and no one else will trust your memory) inside US military cans or current civilian plastic same style cans. In 1989 I fired many hundreds of US military 45acp ammo loaded in 1913, shipped to Europe and brought back. In 2010 I fired many thousands of US military 5.56x45 ammo loaded in 1966. I did have poor luck with Pakistan loaded 303 British ammo loaded in the 1950's, but it had been left in rain in the 1960's and the containers were molded.
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Why not just leave it in the original cartons?
I have a bunch of ammo that is still its original shipping / cardboard box. I keep it in a closet. I think if it sat there for 50 years it would still be as good as the day I put it there.
I have an ammo can with 1,300 rounds of 45 ACP that is still in the original boxes - it is HEAVY.
I have a bunch of ammo that is still its original shipping / cardboard box. I keep it in a closet. I think if it sat there for 50 years it would still be as good as the day I put it there.
I have an ammo can with 1,300 rounds of 45 ACP that is still in the original boxes - it is HEAVY.
I am a big fan of military ammo cans. No desiccant required ( the military does not use desiccant packs in cans often stored sitting on a pallet under a tarp in highly variable temps and it works just fine.
been using ammo cans ( convenient size and shape, stack well and have a good seal and handle)
for forty years or so.
I highly recommend keeping it in original boxes. Keeps the info ( bullet weight velocity etc) with the ammo and also very important keeps the lot number with the ammo. Dumping loose ammo in cans then finding out that brand has a recall 6 months later with no way to identify if your ammo is affected is a bad idea
been using ammo cans ( convenient size and shape, stack well and have a good seal and handle)
for forty years or so.
I highly recommend keeping it in original boxes. Keeps the info ( bullet weight velocity etc) with the ammo and also very important keeps the lot number with the ammo. Dumping loose ammo in cans then finding out that brand has a recall 6 months later with no way to identify if your ammo is affected is a bad idea
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How much would 5 gallons of 22lr weight? Probably more than I want to wrestle with.Five gallon buckets? AIN'T NOBODY GOT THAT MUCH AMMO!!
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Yes, plus I don’t trust the handles to hold up long on 5 gallon buckets with that much weight. You don’t want to accidentally dump 5 gallons of ammo
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Impressive. I can never seem to get more than 800-1000 rounds of .45acp in my 50 cal ammo cans.
I have the same thought. Have had handles pop/break off 5 gallon buckets before, when they were full of cement, doing stone work.
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5 gallon bucket is the way to go!
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Most of it is Sellier & Bellot and Monarch they are smaller boxes -
Still have room left - but if it was full I wouldn’t be able to lift it!
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My senior friend what I do is leave that 50 cal can half empty.
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I have that much in my cans for storage but when I go to the range 300 rounds is all I can lift easily.
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3000+ 9mm will fit in a Proximity fuse ammo can, not sure how many 45 will fit; I do know about 1500 will fit in a 50 can. I have over 75k 22lr in a 40mm ammo can with room to spare
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My 50 caliber cans for pistol calibers and .223 get loaded to completely full when I am running the 650 for a caliber. Then I use the Xtreme 500 count bullet boxes or the smaller plastic ammo cans for the range.
I do have 6 5 gallon buckets full of loaded shotgun shells. Those are just about the limit of carriable. I'll offload from those into 50 caliber cans for shotshells, not bad at all.
I do have 6 5 gallon buckets full of loaded shotgun shells. Those are just about the limit of carriable. I'll offload from those into 50 caliber cans for shotshells, not bad at all.
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I don't know but I have ammo that I bought 30+ years ago (mostly .22 but other calibers as well) that sit in their original packaging and are stacked in my safe which also has a Golden Rod dehumidifier. I live in the high desert of Southern Idaho so we have a pretty dry climate but I didn't know that when I moved here, hence the Golden Rod. Whenever I shoot any of it, it all seems to work fine. Years ago, I'd buy WWII era .45 that must have been 30-40 years old when I bought it and I recall it was all reliable.
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Clock Commander, that is what I have been doing, therefore the wasted space. I hope to go ahead and fill those five boxes. All the others are smaller plastic boxes, and they stack better.
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A five gallon bucket of paint weighs roughly 56 lb. A bag of softener salt is 40-50 lbs. depending on what you buy. If you are not moving it, why put it it buckets? Just keep it in boxes or buy smaller buckets in the 1-2 gallon variety. Don't know where you'll go or what you'll do, but that's up to you...
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