Long term ammunition storage in a can

[Dangermouse]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011 ... rvivalist/

Doubt that there will be a market in the UK for this stuff, but there is no reason why there should not be.

Take the time to look for the tracer shotgun rounds and have a look at the video,

Winter clay league anyone?

DM

[Scotsgun]

Lapua supply 22lr in tins - tinns of 500 rounds. I have one in my emergency stash.

[ovenpaa]

I have have a few of the old fashioned type of 12g tracer cartridges, they come in a white and green box of 5 from memory and must be at least 15 years old.

I picked some 54R up a couple of years ago that came out of cans dated 1950's - you just open them up with a cold chisel like a giant tin of sardines and they were perfect inside. I also remember seeing some big game ammunition for sale as well which was dated 1920's and was still in the original lead and lead soldered boxes, probably as good as the day they were sealed up. I think it was Peter Lawman who had them for sale.

[Chuck]

Tracer shotgun, great idea and should be available everywhere, but no doubt it's pricey. What a great way to see where your shot is going...or not.

[ovenpaa]

Tracer shotgun, great idea and should be available everywhere, but no doubt it's pricey. What a great way to see where your shot is going...or not.

My acquisition was a bit embarrassing as I had two boxes of them in my pocket when I got home after shooting with a mate, I spent the next three years either taking them with me and missing him or him turning up and them being at home, in the end I forgot about them and they sit in an old ammunition locker with some SG's and other interesting things.

I never hit a thing with them on the day we used them either

[Chuck]

ooops. Makes it difficult to claim a "near miss" :lol:

[ovenpaa]

ooops. Makes it difficult to claim a "near miss" :lol:

I reckon you should be able to hit most clays with most cartridges and shotguns on a reasonable day but these tracers were a nightmare, I could hit the first eight birds with anything but load the tracers and I would miss the last pair

What we need is another Pump Action loaded with a mix of tracer and slug so we are prepared.

[Chuck]

...especially for Zombies :lol:

[Bullseye]

There is one way of storage of ammo I know of. But its a cache that lives underground.

PVC tube with one end cap PVC cemented on. Use reloading primer sealer to seal the primer and case mouth on all rounds. once dried re-box the ammo, vacuum pack in an large Tightvac container, then add silica gel with the ammo. if you can't get a tightvac container, you can use a small plastic box with a good seal but then in-case it in paraffin wax for a total seal.

Use a welding bottle of CO2 or argon to displace the O2 inside the PVC tube the add more silica gel and put the final end cap on with PVC cement, once the ammo is inside! :)

The ammo contents will still be fresh once opened in 10 years when it was first packed!

There is surplus Russian ammo from 1968 in a "spam can" which fires well.

Most very old ammo from 70/80s surplus eastern or WW2 was chlorate primed. on firing the chlorate decomposed into chloride which absorbs water from the air into your gun barrel ect! forming rust quickly. its a must clean. but a bang is a bang! afew people in the USA fire corrosive ammo today bulk cheap surplus.

"Lead free" primers have a shorter life span. about 20 year max life from what I've read.

Anyone can try this project, but please don't bury it, keep it locked up in the gun cab or your FEO will rise eyebrow if you told him your ammo is safe in the wood underground :)


Bullseye

[ovenpaa]

Alternatively 1 litre screw top fizzy drink bottles, silica gel in the bottom, fill with .22LR, flush with CO2, replace the lid and duct tape to seal then wrap in a black bin liner, it is a handy pocket/rucksack sized container and holds around 500 rounds. That is a lot of zombies...