Letter Re: #10 Cans for Ammunition Storage
Mr. Rawles, I have searched your site and others for detailed information on long term storage using sealed #10 cans. Are there any drawbacks? I can buy cans from the LDS cannery for around 1.00 a piece, which is much cheaper, by volume, than regular ammunition cans. Any information you or your readers could provided would be greatly appreciated. – John S. JWR Replies: The #10 steel can is awesome! For food storage, they don’t suffer from the gradual oxygen transmission (permeability) weakness of HDPE buckets. For ammo storage, they work nearly as well as military surplus ammo cans. But …