Ammo Storage/Organization

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i've got a few Pelican cases for ammo.

Bx135 Cargo case for most of my long gun, 5.56, 300BLK, 6.5, 6arc, etc and a few of their V250 Ammo cans for 9mm and 45ACP.

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I follow the consensus: .223 ammo cans and painters tape for labels; if the can is in good shape, it will air seal. I keep the good stuff handy in the garage so that I can throw them into the vehicle if SHTF and we need to bug out quickly.
 
sowhitematt said:
I have a couple of lockable ammo cabinets, one from Cabela’s, and a Hornady branded one about the same size. Had to buy the Hornady one after I filled up the one from Cabela’s. Shelves are metal and spot welded in place so no sagging.
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Links?
 
Ron Dan said:
How do you guys store and organize your ammo? I keep cased ammo and ammo cans organized on a shelf with big labels so I can identify them easily. For boxed ammo, I found these school lockers on FB Marketplace and added some whiteboard magnets to the doors so I could label them. It’s been working out great and the shelves are way overbuilt.
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That is 100% what I use as well. Old school lockers are great for single box storage. Easy to organize and sturdy
 
I really like the high school lockers, immediately makes me think about telling the players to take a lap @Ron Dan

I’m not final in this by way of organization. I use a number of plastic ammo cans and shelf organizers, more frequent used ammo sits in the open, but we have enough ambient moisture from the ocean here that too much long exposure isn’t ideal.

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Al Shifty Schultz said:
@Ron Dan here's some pics of the long guns. Most of the shotguns are heirlooms.. nothing super expensive...
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@Al "Shifty" Schultz

Super cool!

Love the unit coin set up.

Also think this is a lot for the GI Joe to defend, even as a Marine.

Are you a left handed shooter?

I was looking at the pic and bolt orientation, it made me think of the past several months - a young guy who works with one of my hunting friends wanted to hunt, never had. Left handed in all he has done, has a cataract in his left eye, a rate limiter, he did the work on hunter safety, practice at the range with us, etc., was trying to shoot left with his right eye, wasn’t going to work, so we taught him to shoot right handed, and he got better every session. He just slammed his first boar on the FE Hosted Cali Boar Safari - he and Mark, another new hunter, were the first two to put pigs in the salt - it was a super cool thing to be part of his success in a great way of life.

I was a left handed shooter as a kid, my right eye was lazy by some doc’s standard, now I’m right, I can go either way, indifferent, my son Patrick was a lefty and wickedly good in many things - but every time I have looked for a left handed gun, not as easy as one would hope.
 
Godfather said:
@Al "Shifty" Schultz

Super cool!

Love the unit coin set up.

Also think this is a lot for the GI Joe to defend, even as a Marine.

Are you a left handed shooter?

I was looking at the pic and bolt orientation, it made me think of the past several months - a young guy who works with one of my hunting friends wanted to hunt, never had. Left handed in all he has done, has a cataract in his left eye, a rate limiter, he did the work on hunter safety, practice at the range with us, etc., was trying to shoot left with his right eye, wasn’t going to work, so we taught him to shoot right handed, and he got better every session. He just slammed his first boar on the FE Hosted Cali Boar Safari - he and Mark, another new hunter, were the first two to put pigs in the salt - it was a super cool thing to be part of his success in a great way of life.

I was a left handed shooter as a kid, my right eye was lazy by some doc’s standard, now I’m right, I can go either way, indifferent, my son Patrick was a lefty and wickedly good in many things - but every time I have looked for a left handed gun, not as easy as one would hope.
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Replying to both your posts.

#1, Be careful with plastic ammo cans. I tried them once and ended up with about a thousand 9mm spread across my garage floor when I picked it up by the carry handle and made it about three feet before it gave way. I now use the plastic ones for carrying non-ammo (cleaning kits, spare magazines, etc.) but for heavy ammunition I only use metal, atmospherically sealed cans.

#2, Apologies for encouraging the thread drift, but... whenever I work with a new shooter, the first thing I test is their eye dominance. Both my wife and I are left-handed and left-eye dominate, so all my guns are set up as such. When it came time to teach my then-8yo son how to shoot, the first thing I tested was his eye dominance, making him right-handed and left-eye dominant. Hence, I'm teaching him to shoot long-guns as a lefty (which works for my guns that are all left-handed) and when we get to handguns, I'll see how it goes but will likely go right-handed with those. With a gun that needs to be shouldered, eye dominance is far more important than handed-ness. (And, if I'm to take it further, I strongly suspect that cross-eyed-dominate and goofy-handed rifle shooters have a major advantage over the "normal" shooters because the forward hand is doing all the real work, while the trigger hand is literally just along for the ride.)
 
jkrispies said:
Replying to both your posts.

#1, Be careful with plastic ammo cans. I tried them once and ended up with about a thousand 9mm spread across my garage floor when I picked it up by the carry handle and made it about three feet before it gave way. I now use the plastic ones for carrying non-ammo (cleaning kits, spare magazines, etc.) but for heavy ammunition I only use metal, atmospherically sealed cans.

#2, Apologies for encouraging the thread drift, but... whenever I work with a new shooter, the first thing I test is their eye dominance. Both my wife and I are left-handed and left-eye dominate, so all my guns are set up as such. When it came time to teach my then-8yo son how to shoot, the first thing I tested was his eye dominance, making him right-handed and left-eye dominant. Hence, I'm teaching him to shoot long-guns as a lefty (which works for my guns that are all left-handed) and when we get to handguns, I'll see how it goes but will likely go right-handed with those. With a gun that needs to be shouldered, eye dominance is far more important than handed-ness. (And, if I'm to take it further, I strongly suspect that cross-eyed-dominate and goofy-handed rifle shooters have a major advantage over the "normal" shooters because the forward hand is doing all the real work, while the trigger hand is literally just along for the ride.)
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@jkrispies - useful and excellent!

That’s my experience as a kid - old guys at the range tested my eyes and said shoot rifle (bolt .22 indie then) left handed, I was right handed and left eye dominant then, and it worked. I learned pistol right handed and never looked back. Later in life my eye dominance shifted, about when I started shooting birds with shotguns, and so I went right handed, and never turned back.

On ammo carrying, great point! I use plastic to store. When headed to the range. I consolidate and put in a specific hard case for carry.
 
Godfather said:
@Al "Shifty" Schultz

Super cool!

Love the unit coin set up.

Also think this is a lot for the GI Joe to defend, even as a Marine.

Are you a left handed shooter?

I was looking at the pic and bolt orientation, it made me think of the past several months - a young guy who works with one of my hunting friends wanted to hunt, never had. Left handed in all he has done, has a cataract in his left eye, a rate limiter, he did the work on hunter safety, practice at the range with us, etc., was trying to shoot left with his right eye, wasn’t going to work, so we taught him to shoot right handed, and he got better every session. He just slammed his first boar on the FE Hosted Cali Boar Safari - he and Mark, another new hunter, were the first two to put pigs in the salt - it was a super cool thing to be part of his success in a great way of life.

I was a left handed shooter as a kid, my right eye was lazy by some doc’s standard, now I’m right, I can go either way, indifferent, my son Patrick was a lefty and wickedly good in many things - but every time I have looked for a left handed gun, not as easy as one would hope.
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That's awesome! I am a Lefty... I'm actually pretty ambidextrous when it comes to shooting. But, if I'm doing a speed qualification or otherwise have a preference, I lean left.
 
Just did some spring cleaning in the garage to get ready for turkey season.

I have a problem there were nine guns stack in the garage and duck boat.

It was a mess but now we are good to go. Got all the outerwear sprayed for ticks.
 
I'm another one of those weirdo left eye dominant right handed shooters. When I was in Boot Camp, they tried to force me to shoot lefty and I couldn't do it having shot right handed my entire life. I begged the instructors, just give me one day shooting right handed. If I don't rock it I'll go back to what you want. Needless to say, I shot right handed for the rest of my career and was only one point off the highest score for Boot Camp.

Fast forward to my neck and shoulder issues and I had to switch to shooting a bow left handed. Within two weeks I was better shooting left than I had ever been right handed. Since that realization, I have become equally proficient shooting right or left handed, whether it's pistols, rifles, or shotguns
 
YETI said:
I'm another one of those weirdo left eye dominant right handed shooters. When I was in Boot Camp, they tried to force me to shoot lefty and I couldn't do it having shot right handed my entire life. I begged the instructors, just give me one day shooting right handed. If I don't rock it I'll go back to what you want. Needless to say, I shot right handed for the rest of my career and was only one point off the highest score for Boot Camp.

Fast forward to my neck and shoulder issues and I had to switch to shooting a bow left handed. Within two weeks I was better shooting left than I had ever been right handed. Since that realization, I have become equally proficient shooting right or left handed, whether it's pistols, rifles, or shotguns
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My oldest is right handed left eye dominate. I noticed it when he was 5 shooting a 22 scoped using the wrong eye. Switched him to lefty that day. It’s kind of a PIA but he shoots well.
 
Ron Dan said:
This is a cool gun rack. I like that hideaway pistol shelf.
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Thanks @Ron Dan! When I bought the house years ago that was an unfinished (bare concrete floor and cinder block walls, no door) room that the prior owners called their "wine cellar"... There were empty wooden cases of wine and ugly metal racks that they stored wine on..
I immediately saw the potential for it to become my "sin cellar" for safely storing all my firearms, knives, cigars, alcohol, etc. etc. everything that I wanted to keep locked away from the kiddos. I hired a guy to stain and polish the concrete floor and now it looks like brown marble, I hung insulation over the cinder block walls and then glued foam to sheets of plywood and covered them with forest green velvet for the walls where I was hanging the guns. I built the gun racks, and did the sheet rock, tape and texture on the other walls and ceiling, and wired it for lights and electric.
I was inspired by some of the rooms Julian and Sons build and by my desire to display the family/friend heirloom firearms I have inherited and mementos from my military and law enforcement careers.
I'm no carpenter by any means but I feel like it turned out okay.
Everything has a story and this way if friends want to see it they can, and if others don't it's locked up and out of sight.
 
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