JohnM
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To make sure I at least have some of them pointing the right way I just dump them in buckets and cans pointing every which way.
Store ammo bullet up or down?
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OptimusPrime
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Chief, that's exactly what I was thinking about, the chemical properties of the powder/primer/whatever over the years.Oh, the humorous responses here! "I like to store it letters up."
What a laugh! Trent, you just made my day!
Seriously, I think the only time it might make a difference would be rounds you specifically load for high-precision, competition shooting. I've had many a discussion with people into competition shooting and EVERYTHING is important to them when it comes to obtaining the kinds of accuracy they go for. The reason they would care about ammunition orientation would have to do with protecting their ammunition from any kind of physical damage...not because of anything having to do with the chemistry of it's operation.
For everybody else...store it any way you see fit based on your own needs or desires. Store it loose in ammo cans, store it neatly stacked in boxes all orientated the samy way because you're OCD, store it bullet down or bullet up in the boxes because that's how you like to pull them out when loading your guns.
Whatever floats your boat.
Ammunition ships with the bullets orientated in many different ways. For example, .22 WMR may be packed in small boxes with half the rounds pointed up and half down. They may come in plastic boxes with all bullets loaded pointed down in the plastic holder. .22 Shotshells come in packs with the bullets orientated on their sides. You can buy milkcartons of .22lr with 550 loose rounds in the box.
I'll quit worrying now and I'll go back to stacking them all the same way, because I am indeed a bit OCD about things like this. But now I won't worry which direction. Thanks, y'all.
rcmodel
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50 years ago, .22 & centerfire handgun ammo all came packed in 50 round boxes, half up, and half down, so the nested and took up less space.
They always worked and still do.
Thats still the best way to do it.
Course, that was before they more then doubled the price per round and started putting half as many rounds in the boxs to keep the price the same for 20 or 25 rounds as 50 uesed to cost.
rc
50 years ago, .22 & centerfire handgun ammo all came packed in 50 round boxes, half up, and half down, so the nested and took up less space.
They always worked and still do.
Thats still the best way to do it.
Course, that was before they more then doubled the price per round and started putting half as many rounds in the boxs to keep the price the same for 20 or 25 rounds as 50 uesed to cost.
rc
marv
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I load pistol. It gets dumped into plastic 1 qt screw top jars.
Ramone
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Tip UP in the Northern Hemisphere, Tip DOWN south of the Equator!
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clamman
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This has to be the dumbest thread ever in a gun forum.
MachIVshooter
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When stored in trays or plastic boxes that organize the rounds, rifle rounds go up because they sit nicer that way, handgun rounds go down because it's difficult to remove them nose-up.
All of my bulk ammo is in larger boxes or ammo cans with no regard for orientation.
All of my bulk ammo is in larger boxes or ammo cans with no regard for orientation.
joecil
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It really depends if factory loads with jacketed bullets it doesn't matter to me. However if lead cast bullets using a lube it is nose down so any lube won't run and mix with the powder. This is especially true if loaded with black powder.
It can make a difference
A few years ago, I bought a box of Winchester Power Point 7mm WSM -- a soft-point hunting round. The cartridges came in a styrofoam container with a hole for each cartridge with the cartridges shipped point down. Just about every lead soft point in the box was knocked out out of whack -- visibly so. So I don't buy Power Points anymorea and I try to store all of my soft point rounds with the tip up.
A few years ago, I bought a box of Winchester Power Point 7mm WSM -- a soft-point hunting round. The cartridges came in a styrofoam container with a hole for each cartridge with the cartridges shipped point down. Just about every lead soft point in the box was knocked out out of whack -- visibly so. So I don't buy Power Points anymorea and I try to store all of my soft point rounds with the tip up.
xfyrfiter
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And Clamman you were never a new shooter, and wanted an answer to a question?
I remember asking a lot of dumb questions when I was a new shooter, there's nothing wrong with that.
Now, not knowing, and being afraid to ask, is the definition of ignorance.
There's no such thing as a stupid question.
(You learn this when you have 5 children, and 3 of them are teenagers.)
Now, not knowing, and being afraid to ask, is the definition of ignorance.
There's no such thing as a stupid question.
(You learn this when you have 5 children, and 3 of them are teenagers.)
rugerman
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According to the white house you should store them bullet down so that when the go off by themselves people will get shot in the foot not in the head. Think of the children.
SharpsDressedMan
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I'm thinking sideways, and then rotated 1/4 turn every other month.
JTHunter
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Try looking at some of the after-market plastic boxes for storing reloads, such as Casegard.
CountryUgly
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I just toss them in ziploc bags with a tag containing the reload data and then cram as many as I can into the big coffe cans. The Rifle rounds with the fancy bullets are stored tip up in MTM ammo boxes.
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