GREYLUPO 358 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) I went ahead and bought some food for my FN-awesome SCAR 17. I kept a bunch to shoot and wanted to store some long term. Heres what I did. Each ammo can can hold 400 rounds, so each can I put in 3 100 rounds bags and 2 50 round bags and tossed in a couple d packets for good measure. The bags are half way vac sealed with a food saver with 2 d packets inside. The desiccant packets I made. I went to wally world and bought 100 tea packets for $3, and I already had 900 grams of silica gel beads from a few years back which were bright pink when I put them in the oven for 4 hours to recharge. I then sliced open every tea bag, poured out the tea and filled them with the gel beads which were bright blue by the time I took them out of the oven, then stapled them close. It was a huge pain in the ass, but worth the effort. I think my ammo will keep for a long long time. Check it out! Silica SCAR Cans Ammo Edited March 18, 2012 by GREYLUPO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Sounds like a good job, can ya convert the .bmp to .gif or .jpeg? They wont show up for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GREYLUPO 358 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Sounds like a good job, can ya convert the .bmp to .gif or .jpeg? They wont show up for me. For some reason its not letting me post pics, Ive done it tons before but I gots a prob now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devildogdakota 804 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I use Tidy Cat (silica) crystals poured about a cup full into nylon panty hose stockings that are knotted off at about a five inch lengths, and tossed into my ammo cans. About every four months, I take them out and throw them in my dehydrater for a few hours to dry them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D.C.MORRISON 494 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 sounds well worth the effort. years ago i always picked up military desiccant bags at gun shows. lately iv'e been using these...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GREYLUPO 358 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) http://farm8.staticf..._0a15146b47.jpg TEABAG Edited March 18, 2012 by GREYLUPO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GREYLUPO 358 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Silica packs http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6993199125_20310061a8.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6847084382_31ab285c5c.jpg BEADS http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6847101452_ac46ebd86b.jpg" Ammo http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6993233315_5944455d5d.jpg" SCAR http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/6847116836_b9e625ea5d.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6847122878_75f6f9ff37.jpg SCAR 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YARP 300 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Love that rifle...... What optic are you planning on running? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GREYLUPO 358 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Love that rifle...... What optic are you planning on running? Thanks man, I love it too lol! Ive had lots of rifles over the years, M1As, FALs,HK 91s, this beats them all. Its light, and the recoil is on par with an AK. I was even lucky enough to get a few extra mags which are hard to find now. I plan on running an Aimpoint micro T1 4 moa with a magnifier Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 that rifle is badass sir! i want one badly, but dont have sufficient funds. good choice of optics too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GREYLUPO 358 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 that rifle is badass sir! i want one badly, but dont have sufficient funds. good choice of optics too. Thankyou! I had to say goodbye to my saiga 12, my FAL, 2 mosins, a remmy 700 and a couple knives to help pay for it lol. NO REGRETS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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