Ammo cans

cmdrdredd · October 19th, 2009, 05:12 PM

I know you can find ammo cans online, and at local surplus stores. However they are always used.

How come you can't buy them newly manufactured? There has to be someone who makes them right? Maybe I'm wrong and the government has special facilities that manufacture the actual cans, but I wonder.

Anyone know?

C9H13NO3 · October 19th, 2009, 05:21 PM

No idea, but if they are worn, you can pretty easily sand and refinish them.

ocadmirer · October 19th, 2009, 05:39 PM

Barrett Rifles lol you can buy an ammo can there with their name on it. Keep in mind though it's for 50bmg ammo so it's pretty large!

cmdrdredd · October 19th, 2009, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ocadmirer

Barrett Rifles lol you can buy an ammo can there with their name on it. Keep in mind though it's for 50bmg ammo so it's pretty large!

Awesome, thanks.

Majorlk · October 19th, 2009, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmdrdredd

I know you can find ammo cans online, and at local surplus stores. However they are always used.

How come you can't buy them newly manufactured? There has to be someone who makes them right? Maybe I'm wrong and the government has special facilities that manufacture the actual cans, but I wonder.

Anyone know?

The military has someone make them under contract. You can probably find them new, but you wouldn't want to pay the price.

If you just want a water-tight ammo container, Cabelas has them for sale. Just do a search on their site for dry boxes. They have several sizes.

gdm320 · October 19th, 2009, 08:45 PM

I bought a couple of ammo cans (at like $5 a piece) at a gun show a few years ago.

HotGuns · October 19th, 2009, 08:49 PM

Gun shows are a good place. A guy had a whole pallet of them and they didnt seem to be selling so well, so I offered him 10 bucks for 3 .50 cans and he took it.

Of course that was in the Pre-Obama period. They may be at a premium now.

October 19th, 2009, 05:12 PM	#1
cmdrdredd Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 698	Ammo cans I know you can find ammo cans online, and at local surplus stores. However they are always used. How come you can't buy them newly manufactured? There has to be someone who makes them right? Maybe I'm wrong and the government has special facilities that manufacture the actual cans, but I wonder. Anyone know? __________________ No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. -Thomas Jefferson You can trust to luck or fate if you want but as for me, I carry a Glock.

October 19th, 2009, 05:21 PM	#2
C9H13NO3 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,188	No idea, but if they are worn, you can pretty easily sand and refinish them. __________________ -Ryan All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

October 19th, 2009, 08:45 PM	#6
gdm320 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 187	I bought a couple of ammo cans (at like $5 a piece) at a gun show a few years ago. __________________ "Politicians are like diapers: they should be changed often... and for the same reason." -- Robin Williams, Man of the Year

October 19th, 2009, 08:49 PM	#7
HotGuns Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,582	Gun shows are a good place. A guy had a whole pallet of them and they didnt seem to be selling so well, so I offered him 10 bucks for 3 .50 cans and he took it. Of course that was in the Pre-Obama period. They may be at a premium now. __________________ AR. CHL Instr. To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson

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October 19th, 2009, 05:39 PM	#3
ocadmirer Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: pace, fl Posts: 36	Barrett Rifles lol you can buy an ammo can there with their name on it. Keep in mind though it's for 50bmg ammo so it's pretty large!