vacuum storage

[Ghost]

Has anyone ever tried storing mags using a vacuum food sealer? I could not find anything on search. It sounds like it should work. :usa: :beer:

[Oswald2001]

You can seal up anything that won't crush while you seal it.

A friend of mine sealed up a bunch of mags for me years ago. Maybe he had a cheap unit or something, but, all of them un-sealed in pretty short order.

Now, if I could get some military/industrial grade machine that would seal up things in heavy plastic...YEAH!


Ammo Battle Packs.

Mag Battle Packs.

Web Gear Battle Packs.

Do-It-Yourself MRE Battle Packs.

Spare Batteries Battle Packs.

I could just go on and on... :ar15:





Hey, this might be a good idea for someone to do as a business. Go around to all the big gun shows and label and seal Custom Battle Packs.

[bwraven]

I use my vacuum sealer to seal many things, including most of the above mentioned.

You want to be sure to use a quality bag.

And you need to find a way to "take the edge off." Any sharp edge on the item you are sealing will puncture the bag. Sometimes upon sealing, sometimes when it bumps against something in storage.

I have even vacuum sealed firearms by first wrapping the really sharp points with a clean rag, then placing them in a silicon impregnated gun sock, then vacuuming them. I have also vacuum sealed magazines this way. A light coating of oil is also a good idea, as long as the magzines aren't loaded (the lubricant might get forced into the primers, ruining them.)

I seal loose ammo in mini-battle packs. .223 and .308 are a bit tougher to seal-up than .22LR, 12 gauge, or 9mm, but with a little practice, it can be done.

Silver coins also seal really well. I just modify a bag into a tall, skinny pouch, and seal them in roll form. A great way to keep them from tarnishing.

I have also vacuum sealed the clothing that I keep in my BOB. It GREATLY reduces it's size. And of course it's waterproofed, too.

When I seal-up my own MRE's, I don't take all of the air out of the bag. I vacuum it until about 85% of the air is out, then hit the manual seal button. I carry them around in my tail bag on my dirt bike, and have yet to have one lose it's seal.

[Mannlicher]

I loaded 400+ rounds of 30-30 this summer. Just for grins, I vac sealed them, 40 rounds to a bag. So far, and this is almost 4 months later, they are all tight and sealed.
I did toss in a few of the desicant sacs in each sealed bag.

[pdog]

Can I list my wife on certain days?????

[cajungeo]

Maybe try double sealing a Magazine?

[surbat6]

As an experiment. I cleaned a few guns and mags and packed them in plastic bags with VCI paper (Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor - available from Brownell's). No vacuum seal. I just closed the bags. 2 years later, I opened them. No corrosion, except for a bit of green tinge on a couple of brass parts.
...Just an option to consider, as long as you're not storing ammo.