How much 9mm fits in an AMMO CAN? Surprisingly HEAVY

Trying something a little bit different. I need to practice more for the next Patriot Games, and I'm tired of carrying my ammo to the range the way that I was.

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[marktownsend]

Why is it so satisfying to watch an ammo can get filled? Lol
Good video

[ExplicitBoricua]

I went the bare ammo way and have recently gone back to the boxes. Smaller 50ct boxes (norma, magtech, fiochi) give me easily 1k per 50cal can with a couple 100+ more. Reason for switching back was after taking a coupe ranges classes and getting miss fires I had no freaking way to know which ones they were. So back to the boxes so I can identify them. And don’t forget the silica packs!

[bigbossman]

Really appreciate all the gunnies out there that do videos, it certainly helps and even entertains the rest of us.

[ngraves]

I store my 9mm in a 50cal can. 2000 per can, 200 per quart ziplock bag, then all 10 bags in another 2.5 gallon bag that fits nice in the 50cal can. Triple sealed ammo when done.

[nolagospeltracts]

Very heavy! Never fool around with your ammo cans without shoes on.

[eaglespetty]

I want to do this just so I can run my fingers through it.

[SCH]

Yep. That's what I learn a few years ago so for me I switched to 30 cal cans. Metal cans. For 9mm I can loosely fit about 1200 to maybe 1300 but I always settle at 1000 rounds in a 30 cal can.

[ericvonp]

“In war, prepare for peace; in peace, prepare for war.”

[carlitosantiago]

You should get a couple of those plastic cases used for reloads. That way you can keep track of how many you have shot plus you don’t need to haul 60 lbs when you go to the range. I like keeping track of what I am shooting just in case I get a bad batch. I recently got a box of Fiocchi that were not sized correctly and jammed my wife’s carry. I took pictures and contacted Fiocchi and they sent me 150 rounds of replacements.

[traderpete]

It’s just so much more satisfying to get sweet deals on bulk ammo and buy enough for practicing for the next 6 months. It drives you to practice more and saves a ton of cash.

[GypsyMoFoJoe]

For quality control lot numbers I prefer boxed stored inside the ammo cans

[The.Monk]

Glad to see you've joined the loose ammo in the can gang. I've got a few cans of 9mm. I keep an even 2, 000 in each. I put a piece of paper in each with the count and date that I sealed it up. Using them as my next shortage insurance. Plus it'll be fun to open them in a few years and see the exact date that I stored them away.

[granddad-mvef]

Andrew, I began stocking my .45ACP in surplus 50 cal cans four years ago, soon after that 9mm. Now all my ammo is in cans, I even have range cans full of charged mags for whatever I will be shooting. BTW, if you think that 9 is heavy--I have a loaded-to-the-limit .45 can and I am getting too old to lift it. LOL. Now I have a fairly good idea how much 9mm I have. Never enough!

[arrobrewer]

Don't forget a moisture/oxygen absorber if you have one.

[Gmar]

What's even better is if all this ammo was already loaded in mags, but this isn't a perfect world and mags are f'ing expensive. Great video!!!

[frankhinkle]

Very helpful video. I have cans of ammo in bulk like this, but they are too heavy for me to be carrying around to the range. So I scoop out what I think I need into smaller plastic boxes and such for range use. i put masking tape on the end and top of the boxes and then write with a wide tip marker what is in each box so I don't have to handle them unnecessarily. Because they can get VERY HEAVY!

[petergraziosi]

I use the 30 caliber plastic ones for my loose ammo and it fits around 1100-1200 rounds per box. I figured it was just over 30 lbs although I have never weighed it. I have the larger 50 caliber plastic ones but the ammo is in the original boxes. I need to rotate my ammo as some was bought early in the pandemic and is 2.5 years old. My main calibers for shooting at the range are .380 (14.5K) and 9mm (21k) and 22 cal. (26-27K). It may sound like a lot but I go through about 800-1000 rounds centerfire and 2000 rounds 22 cal. each month.

[robertvick]

2A Warehouse sells 500rds in a plastic ammo can for like $118. They are a little weighty I can't see myself toting a ammo can with 2100 rds in it. I'll stick with my Mini cans of 500. Great Vid.

[caesar]

I’ve got mine in ammo cans but I took the wife’s vapor seal machine and vapor sealed 50-100rd bags with the batch and ID tag from the cardboard boxes and sealed them up with the desiccant bags then put them in ammo boxes. Also labeled the ammo cans with the amount and ammo type. Only ammo I didn’t seal in vapor bags was shot gun rounds it took to much of the vapor seal and the wife got mad so there just in marked ammo cans. She even got me some plastic ammo cans for range day because she couldn’t pick up the steel ammo cans. I have one ammo can full of .22LR that weighs 68lbs and I use a hand truck to move it and all of it’s in sealed vapor bags each labeled. Took awhile to accomplish this but I’m retired and it gave me something to do and the ammo should be protected for a long time if I can’t shoot it all.

[lawrencehawk]

Place a couple of silica gel packs you get from beef jerky or vitamins bottle in the .50cal box. I place my ammo in a waxed canvas bag.