Thread: New life in .30 cal ammo can

Hiya all, thought I would share something I have just finished today, started in Dec last year but weather was yuk to get it done sooner.
I started tinkering with old ammo cans for ammo storage, after alot of reading on the web and trial and error i have completed my 3rd ammo can.
Sadly i got stuck with long drying glossy olive drab instead of my quick drying non gloss.

My first 2 cans nicely fit 1600 rounds of boxed CCI 100 packs of ammo each, I have one for subs and other for HV, they sit in the gunsafe I dont take them out would break my heart seeing the paint knocked about.

Here i picked up 2 ammo cans from kiwi disposals on K road, Auckland man have they jumped in price $30 each spent a bit of time hunting for good gasket lids and not too many dents






with the help of the wheelie bin



yes I know try getting that big sander into the nooks and crannys but the primer would cover up most of that



onto the paint I used olive drab



I am going to use this can as a single "go" can throw in a couple of 100 packs of ammo, the bolt, cleaning kit etc and head out so I lined the inside with felt which I picked up from Spotlight using double sided tape tp stop things banging around inside.
And not to forget the silicon grease



hope you like it.

Very nice looking cans you have there.

NICE ,

Good job , somethnig I have seen done before to the Ammo cans is basically a steel tab with hole welded to the can so when you close the can & put a padlock thru the hole you have a locked steel container , for ammo or bolt / silencer etc .

It looks to me you have the smaller 30cal can , the 50cal can is a lot bigger & is very handy , I have used them for the last 15-20yrs , BUT I have never got around to painting them UP .


Later Chris

Nice work. I have oodles of the friggin things. Now I have to tidy them up a bit.

Excellent work

Originally Posted by R93

Nice work. I have oodles of the friggin things. Now I have to tidy them up a bit.

I could go one if you have to many

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I could go one if you have to many

No worries Cam they are a tad bigger than those old ones but your welcome to one. I have a feeling they are an oddball size and things dont fit as snug as Survy can get his stuff. I just remembered I have those .303 projectiles sitting on the bench I was meant to give Morange for ya as well.

Hey thanks everyone for the comments,
i managed to take some snaps of my first 2 cans I did couple of years ago, as you can see its a different shade of olive drab, I did the stencil via printer and cut out each letter using masking tape as the backer... took ages, i tried magnetic print sheets but they didnt seal around so well giving fuzzy edges so i used it for the bunny logos instead.
but as you can see 1600 rounds of CCI boxed sits in well.
In 2 of the pictures you can see my first ever attempt of camo can, it was an old ADT cash can from the 1990's was a yukky blue, took to it with odd camo colours and used what leaves and branches I had around my garden to give it the outline, I even got to spray the padlock although in poor light I cant see the combo numbers to unlock it half the time.

Originally Posted by R93

No worries Cam they are a tad bigger than those old ones but your welcome to one. I have a feeling they are an oddball size and things dont fit as snug as Survy can get his stuff. I just remembered I have those .303 projectiles sitting on the bench I was meant to give Morange for ya as well.

Sweet send em up and ill send ya a bottle of my mates home brewed "whisky"

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Cans are $18 locally here

Those are really cool
I think there would be a market for them

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Sweet send em up and ill send ya a bottle of my mates home brewed "whisky"

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Will I need supervision whilst consuming it?

If you can stomach it you might need supervising afterwards.
Put ya helmet on and enjoy with a few crayons

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

If you can stomach it you might need supervising afterwards.
Put ya helmet on and enjoy with a few crayons

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Lent my helmet out for a bit so so I cant go far. Only have yellow crayons left.........I dont like the yellow ones

Originally Posted by Spanners

Cans are $18 locally here

Those are really cool
I think there would be a market for them

$18 is a bargin for good nick cans, pitty am stuck with Auckland prices, next one I am giving a crack at I am going to see if I can get it bead blasted, and may hunt around for someone who does stencils.
When I'm in welly next I will see if you can point me in the direction of those $18 cans

Comrades where I got the cans from. I got some from serious shooters cheap also last year