Food Saver for long term storage?

[TheArmedFarmer]

I have read that vacuum sealing devices has the potential to unset the bullets from your cartridges. I'm not sure that's valid or not, but the risk wasn't acceptable to me.

I store my ammo in good condition surplus 30cal and 50cal ammo boxes. Mrs.ArmedFarmer made me some moisture baggies; basically they are small beanbags filled with oil-dry product from an automotive store. After filling a box with ammo, I place a bag therein, and that will keep the inside of the boxes dry.

Now the only trouble is I have much more ammo than boxes, so I've been looking for another batch of boxes locally!

[CompVest]

Get an old pirates chest and a bigger dryer bag.

[skip]

Wife-Unit suggested we start vacu-sealing some food items with the food saver we got for Christmas a couple of years ago...

We just haven't figured getting much use out of it till now...I told her we could put sets of spare pins and springs for some of the firearms we own, and they would be well protected, and together in the event they are needed...

Ammo would be the same...Just keep it in the boxes (small) and seal them up...I don't think the negative (vacumn) pressure environment would cause any problems at all with this stuff...

Just remember...Someone may come up with a plan to register, and regulate food savers, since we found a neat use for them...

HA!!! Now that right there is funny....

[O6nop]

I use it for ammo, but not necessarily intended for long term storage. It's easier to stack "bricks" of ammo as opposed to loose boxes. Not that I have that much ammo...

Curious how you form 'bricks' out of the ammo, are you talking loose ammo or in containers?

[Skiprr]

I couldn't find my old post on this subject, so here's the image I posted then (probably about two years ago):



You can see the case is bulged a bit a the sides, but even with the bag they were still stackable...up to a point.

Most of my ammo is stored indoors in milsurp cans--either in original boxes or loose--with a desiccant tossed in. Works just fine for me. But vacuum packing pricey ammo for long-term storage seemed like a good idea at the time.

As I said, though, the bags leaked within several months, releasing the vacuum. So I gave up on the idea. I have an early generation Tillia FoodSaver, and the sealing area isn't as wide as newer ones, I believe. So YMMV.

[Lodge2004]

I use it for ammo, but not necessarily intended for long term storage. It's easier to stack "bricks" of ammo as opposed to loose boxes. Not that I have that much ammo...

Curious how you form 'bricks' out of the ammo, are you talking loose ammo or in containers?

Boxes of ammo. If you have ever purchased 7.63x39 at a gun show, they ususally package rectangular 20rd boxes into a 500rd brick (these were about $39 each a few years ago ). I do the same thing with 5.56 and 7.62.39. Line up six 6 boxes in a bag and seal. The size of your bags will determine how big your brick can be.

Somebody else mentioned clothing...when I went to Saudi back in 1990, I sealed several months worth of clothes (underwear/t-shirt/socks) in individual bags. They looked like golf balls when completed. Everytime I popped the seal on one of them it was like a little bit of heaven...fresh, clean and smelled like home.

[Nicolai]

Forgot to mention this earlier--when our son was deployed to Qatar and later assigned to Greenland, we used the Food Saver to seal almost everything (particularly containers for things like shampoo) that went into his packages from home. When we saw him at Thanksgiving, he remarked on how well the vacuum-sealed items held up to the rigors of being shipped.

[thankGod]

Food Saver for long term storage? - They work great for food! I'm putting half a brisket in one today.

For weapons and ammo? Not so much.

[Adain21]

Ok, thanks for your experience. Anyway that's possible.

[persia]

yes food saver is for long term storage...

It keeps your food fresh and flavorful!...

there are few qualities of food saver are...

*Preserve foods for 3 to 5 times longer than their regular life.
*Frozen foods can last up to 2 years in the freezer sealed with food saver compact.
* Foodsaver compact you can easily protect all kinds of food.

Eat fresh Keep Healthy

for more information u can take from here...

http://www.foodsaverblog.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mrvmax]

I would also think that may be a good option for Primers and powder for reloading. I have a food saver with seal able jars hummm

Question?? Would the negative pressure possibly cause anything to go boom in regards to powder? I would think "no air no ignition" but I am not a expert

Heat, shock and friction are what makes an explosive "explode". Explosives are normally made where two of the three are needed to make them explode. I can not see how vacuum sealing would provide anything that would cause it to explode.

[slinco]

Glad to heat I am not alone here, I vacuum seal everything! Wife thinks I'm nuts..