Long term underground ammo and gun storage
"Sir Jeff" at Survival HQ writes ...
Close to 4 years ago I placed this cache. The gun was lightly oiled and placed with a desiccant pack in a mylar pouch. The magazines were also given the same treatment in their own mylar. Ammo was packed in ziplocks with desiccant also. Then a few extra desiccants thrown on top, the seal of the ammo can greased, and it was shut. The can was wrapped in a heavy garbage bag.
There were no failures whatsoever. No rust spots or discoloration. Even all the brass looked new.
Mylar seems a good idea.
[ Many thanks to Todd for emailing me the link. ]
How did that last?
It looks like his website is now gone.
Um…were is the can of spam?
Hmmmm…..zombie shelter……
Oh, you mean to hide FROM the zombies, not to live there with a bunch of them… I get it now.
an alternative to using nitrogen is to use O2 absorbers.. figure the size of the bag, then place the amount of absorbers in the bag.. done.. you can do the same for the rest of the cache.. so long as the containers are sealed..
i could see if you were burying a pirate’s booty.. a pistol, a couple hundred rounds and a stale sandwich is not going to get you through a zombocalypse..
it would be better to do this on a much larger scale.. i.e. a 20-40′ storage container with top-side access.. essentially, a zombie shelter..
Some guns are just meant to be buried.
Protip: Ziplog bags, they aint airtight.
If you want to store guns long term, you can’t beat digging a hole, filling it with AK47′s then covering it up
When you think it’s time to bury your guns it’s probably time to dig them up.
What good is the gun buried underground really doing you?
Mmm… Mylar bags for emergency storage.
http://www.sorbentsystems.com/mylar.html
Mylar is polyester. Ziploc bags, as mentioned by another commenter, are polyethylene.
interesting that the ammo appears to be loose packed, though I suppose most a cardboard bow would attract any moisture left in the bags
I, too, thought I saw a sandwich!
Underground storage is perfect, because zombies don’t think to look there.
Personally, I’d use a food-grade vacuum sealer for the ammo. They’re cheap, and would eliminate corrosion by removing the air (oxygen). I believe you could even get bags long enough for long guns.
Another simple technique is packing everything in nitrogen. You can buy nitrogen from any welding or gas supplier. Since it’s slightly heavier than air, all you have to do is gently pour it into the container and it will displace the oxygen. I used to do it all the time with sealed electronic drawers.
Underground is a bit of a misnomer, IMO. Still pretty impressive.
That looks like a sandwich to me too
How did that last?
Greetings from Texas,
Interesting, and good to know.
Anticipating… BATFE confiscation efforts?
Interesting quasi-political post for this blog,
and I thank you for it.
Robert
I certainly wouldn’t expect there to be. Who believed that rust can get through 2/3 seals and desiccant bags?
If you are planning on doing this on a larger or more critical scale, I would suggest you equip yourself with a bottle of dry nitrogen, regulator, and hose available at your local welding supply.
Displacing/flushing all of the air with nitrogen will greatly extend the storage life of your supplies, this does require good airtight containers, but if you are going to this much effort why take a chance.
This is also a good idea for food storage.
Also a heatsealer is much better than a “ziploc” bag.
Watch out for PVC as it is chemically active.
-Hudson
Packed ammunition and a sandwich for the apocalypse.
Is there also a sandwich in there?!?
Ziploc bags are polyethylene, not Mylar.
Peter, he author used both.