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Posted: 12/8/2007 8:04:51 PM EDT
| how well do the battle packs store if buried or in a cool semi damp place. i have no experience with this. |
| And make sure you remember where you put it and have a hacksaw ready.Good spot I did same in 1998 for Y2k was in silicon sealed ammo cans,dessicant in both containers inside a three gallon bucket sealed the same way buried under pet grave markers,worked like a charm and shot some this past summer |
Next time you tell this story change the first part to. "For no particular reason, I was curious so did a little test in 1998..." 
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| Good One!!!!! I actually did do that.At the time the year 2000 was reckoned to be a big deal and after the gun an ammo bans in the years previous I was not going to get caught short but forgot couple things.I put packing peanuts around the ammo can in the pail and only had them buried about twenty inches.Marking them with dead house pet grave markers seemed to be an easy cheap fix also got on sale at the feed joint on a closeout.On mine did not need a hacksaw,a utility knife opened it nicely and just reefed on the lid of the ammo box to open it up.Did not have a lot to bury but ended up with a seemingly nice pet "graveyard" out in the back and that remains some of the cheapest ammo I ever got compared to recent times |
I still have UNopen cans full of ammo from 98/99 
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If anyone asks I can say I am a VPA (Veterinary Pet Archeologist) while retrieving some of the stash |
PVC is best, no doubt. Plant it vertical, use a post hole digger. Have a few feet of nylon rope wrapped in a double clove hitch around the tube and trailing up to just below the surface to help pull it out after it's dug up. Vertical means not that much digging, more tubes per area, and a small signature for a metal detector. Don't forget where you planted it, GPS co-ords and a good map you can triangulate from should mark the storage area. |
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