ammunition storage?

[lcclower]

This whimsical picture,
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s320x320/427092_10150617992633930_50755213929_8918480_46733 7245_n.jpg
got me to wondering about the best way to store ammunition long term, given I don't have spam can equipment available.
Might it be a good idea to bury some in fruit jars, just in case?

[Mooseman]

Military ammo cans with good seals , and you can also use a foodsaver and vacuum seal it in packages . Thats what I use.
Glass is too breakable...large plastic mayonaise jugs would be better if not exposed to the sun..

[OBIII]

Yeah, but you could label the glass ones, "In case of a Revolution, break glass". Kind of hard to do that with plastic. [smilie=s:

Rich, I just realized that you are the recipient of my 400th post. Congratulations! Now, what'cha gonna send me? [smilie=p:


OB

[MtGun44]

Strangely enough, military ammo cans have proven to be excellent for ----

long term storage of ammo.

How amazing. :bigsmyl2:

Bill

[DaveCampbell]

+1 Bill!

[30cal]

You might get overrun before you can get em out,lol

[beagle]

I can just see somebody standing there shaking a bottle while the bad guy's charging. Guess the emergency procedure is to hit him with the bottle.

Seeing the rounds in a bottle reminds me of my wife. I had an old antique earthernware jug and my wife saved her change in it. A quarter would just barely fit through the neck. Fine until you wanted to remove it. Boys, it was comical.

.50 ammo cans are the way to go./beagle

[geargnasher]

Food Saver vac bags will pull the air out of the cases, too, if you don't use armorer's sealant on the primer and boolit/bullet, and I have a feeling that would extend the life of the powder and primer maybe another 20 years beyond normal storage life.

My theory (haven't gotten around to testing it yet) is that a small, FRESH dessicant pack thrown in the vac bag, vacuum sealed, and rolled up and stored in ammo cans in a basement, cellar, or similar constant-temperature place would preserve ammo for centuries.

Gear

[Kskybroom]

A 50. cal can fits inside a Saw Box ??

[Blammer]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s320x320/427092_10150617992633930_50755213929_8918480_46733 7245_n.jpg

gives a new meaning to "pour a shot"

[MT Gianni]

Food Saver vac bags will pull the air out of the cases, too, if you don't use armorer's sealant on the primer and boolit/bullet, and I have a feeling that would extend the life of the powder and primer maybe another 20 years beyond normal storage life.
Gear

I have had good luck with waterproofing primers with nail polish around them instead of Armorers sealer.