How are you guys storing 12g for very long term.

[colts]

I bought a missile can on here a while back. Its just a giant ammo can that a missle came in. Its slap full of shotgun shells now. Sealed. They do go bad.
I took some old ten gauge shells duck hunting just to use up. They werent stored properly obviously. Confetti was shooting out the barrel.lol Nothing dying. Big mistake. The ten gauge is for high body count normally. I inherited those shells but learned a good lesson. The can seems to keep them fresh.

 

[3GunPrepper]

I bought a missile can on here a while back. Its just a giant ammo can that a missle came in. Its slap full of shotgun shells now. Sealed. They do go bad.
I took some old ten gauge shells duck hunting just to use up. They werent stored properly obviously. Confetti was shooting out the barrel.lol Nothing dying. Big mistake. The ten gauge is for high body count normally. I inherited those shells but learned a good lesson. The can seems to keep them fresh.

Thats for the insight!

 

[new57]

The issue with cardboard of course is it is porous made from.wood fibers, so it absorbs moisture. To get an idea of how much moisture a box may have, toss it in mil can with good seal and one of those desiccans that has the window so you can see when you need to bake the moisture out in the oven. I have found a new box will run a desiccant full real quick. So we store the stuff in mil cans with 2 desiccants and regularly swap them out until the moisture has been removed.

 

[greg vess]

Plastic ammo can with O-ring seal and a large desiccant bag inside. Also inside the house and a temperature controlled environment.

 

[GeauxLSU]

I like peace of mind guys. No cardboard.

Can you explain what you're inferring here? Are you keeping them outside? I've got shells, simply kept in their original boxes, (granted always indoors) from the 1970s I still shoot without issue.

 

[3GunPrepper]

Can you explain what you're inferring here? Are you keeping them outside? I've got shells, simply kept in their original boxes, (granted always indoors) from the 1970s I still shoot without issue.

Cardboard is made out of wood and holds moisture. Metal doesn't. I just like a little more insurance in case the temps aren't perfect. I have 20 year old boxes but I prefer to buy enough to fill a can with desiccants. Easier to transport in an emergency or shtf which may very well be stored outside.

 

[CIAO BELLA!]

Throw it in a 50 cal can and forget about it like everything else.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

All of the shotgun shells from the 1960s and 1970s that belonged to my father and older brothers were in cardboard boxes.

I have now shot them all, used 'em up in the 2000s-2010's era. Well, the last few rounds as recently is just last year.

They were stored indoors, not in the basement or attic but on a closet shelf in the main living area of the house. And they were 99.9% reliable after 45 to 60 years.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

In The year 2000 I bought a 45 caliber M1911 and my father gave me some World War II ammo for it.

This ammo had been stored in both glass mayonnaise jars and some original cardboard packaging in the basement on the shelf since the 1940s.

In 2000-2002 I shot half of it and gave away the other half to somebody who collected ammo. The half that I shot was 100% reliable and remarkably powerful; it felt hotter than most factory loads I've tried.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

In the middle 1950s my father bought several 1903 Springfield and cases of thousands of rounds of World War I era ammo for these rifles. He kept the best rifle for himself and sold the others. He tested all of the guns and samples of each box of ammo before selling any of it.

He found that the ammo was totally reliable and more accurate than even he could hold the gun --meaning he couldn't tell the accuracy difference between this ammo and the ammunition produced by some of the best marksman on his rifle team who hand loaded their own Thirty 'Aught Six rounds for their Springfields.


But, those 1910's era .30-O6 cartridges had corrosive priming which had a reputation for longer storage and better reliability than noncorrosive priming at the time.