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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper there's a lot of ways that you can organize your
emergency survival disaster and prepping gear one of the ways is with ammo cans boxes yes
you might want to use ammo cans boxes to organize your ammo you need them for all the
different calibers and the styles of ammo that you need but they're also great sturdy
storage organizing containers you can choose an ammo can box that's the size that you want and you
can choose them made out of a can or out of a box there are different
reasons you might want either one and there are different reasons you might
want a different size so one of the things to look at when you want to get
an ammo can box is first decide do you want a plastic ammo box or a metal ammo can the metal ammo can
of course is going to be heavier so if it's something you want that's
portable consider getting plastic ammo box you can get them all the way from little
tiny sizes up to great big sizes when I fly to a hunting camp I use the small
plastic ammo box to hold the ammo in my luggage and then I have my guns in a different case
that I check when I go through the airline's you have to keep them in
separate containers if you're ever traveling by air to go to a hunting camp
that's a tip you need to remember anytime you want to get an ammo can or ammo
box the first thing you want to look at is to make sure that it's sturdy and
it's well-made then you want to open it up and look whether it's plastic or
metal make sure that the rubber gasket is in good repair if the rubber gasket
is missing or it's broken or cracked then you need to pass on that and shop
until you find one that it's good that's going to keep the water and the moisture
out of whatever contents you keeping your ammo can or box you also want to
make sure that the lid fits sturdily and then it seals up correctly the metal
ammo cans tend to be completely waterproof so if you wanted to do some
geocaching with emergency supplies these would be a great option because you can
put in any emergency supplies you want you could bury them somewhere or keep them in a
shed put them out in the garage keep them in a remote location and they're
going to be safe from critters can't chew through them water isn't going to
penetrate them and they're pretty much the sturdiest container you can find the
downside is they're extra heavy so the container itself is already heavy it's
not something that you're going to want to pick up and take with you unless you
really are in an emergency it's just not a comfortable format to bug out or to
have to transport things a long way you would want to choose something that was
more lightweight and easier to carry that's why we usually think of a bug-out
bag as a backpack that you can strap it on and go you are going to want to carry
this with limited supplies through the woods if you had to evacuate in some
kind of a terrible emergency so consider that when you're choosing your options
the nice thing about the plastic ammo boxes is that they have a little spot here where
you can lock them you can put a padlock on plastic ammo box here whether you choose one with a
key or with a combination so you don't have to worry where the key went but you
can also even just put a zip tie through here because then you'll know if
somebody messed with your stuff or if somebody raided it and took out some of
the supplies things that you count on having so you don't know if somebody got into your
metal ammo can but you would know if they got into your plastic ammo box
plastic ones are the same thing make sure it has the rubber gasket that it
doesn't have any cracks and that it seals up well one of the great uses for
the plastic ammo boxes ones with a locking area is you can put prescription drugs away in your home
because that's one of the big problems with prescription drug abuse is that
people have drugs in their home and then other family members or people who visit
can get into drugs that are left out drugs that are left out are easily
accessed by people who shouldn't be into them and you can prevent that by
keeping them in a locked box then if you want to use it for emergency survival
situations you can get all kinds of different sizes of ammo boxes cans this is the biggest one
that I have but they come way bigger because it's the largest one that I
could actually fill up and still be able to carry it and put it where I want it
so that's something to think about don't get things that are so big that then you
can't move them and the other thing is when we have bigger containers we tend
to put more in it and then we have weighted ourselves down with things that
aren't really necessary so think about what your use is what you want to
actually have and maybe even set out the supplies you want and then figure out
which ammo box which type of ammo box they'll fit in the metal ones and the
plastic ones come in different sizes so you can still find one that'll fit the
spot you want in your car the Shelf you have in your shed there's all kinds of
there's no one right answer one right way to do this it's what fits your needs
and that's what you should be preparing for a great organizer that I found was
an ammo can organizer it has plastic boxes with dividers so you could
organize things in your ammo camp it fits all metal US fifty caliber ammo
cans this would be a great way to organize first-aid supplies in an ammo
can the ammo can organizer fits all US fifty caliber ammo cans so get one of
those you can get these organizers and it would be a great way to organize
things like first-aid supplies or small parts that go to some of your guns gun
cleaning kits there's a lot of things you could want to put in an ammo can you
can keep things organized in the sturdiest container possible what are
the supplies you'd want to put in your ammo can emergency survival kit the same
things you'd want in any of your other containers bug out bags or disastere preparedness boxes you
want the same kind of emergency supplies you would put in
any survival kit make a list of the supplies that you would want for any
survival kit gather them together and decide which of these containers would
be the best fit one of the bonuses of storing emergency supplies in a metal
ammo can is you could use the container itself to heat up water and to cook in
it would give you more versatility than you get with a plastic ammo box if you
want to store things like MREs then you're going to need a larger size and
if you just want a granola bar the supplies that you choose to put into
your ammo can survival kit are going to be the ones that mean the most to you
there's no one right list of things that belong in your survival gear it's what
means the most to you the things that you feel are most important to you
prioritize those items find them in the size that makes you feel like you have
what you need and then put them together in a way that makes sense for you put
together an ammo can or an ammo box survival kit and see if that doesn't
help you be more prepared for whatever comes your way
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