ATAK, Inc.
11-19-2010, 12:47 PM
I wanted to see how durable Com-bloc ammo tins are, so I buried a tin of 7N1 and a tin of chinese x39(zinc tin) under the house in April of 2008. This test was only meant to run a year, but with all that went on in my life, I simply forgot about it. So it turned into a 32 month test.
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Bottom line; Don't bury these tins where there is moisture in the soil, mine went thru a wet/dry cycle thruout the year. I would recommend sealing the tins with pitch, or whatever else is good, for burying these tins.
BTW, they were still sealed, but on the way to having rust-thru in many spots. Glad I remembere the 3,160 rounds I buried before I moved out!!!
http://www.gunsnet.net/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_0192.JPG
Bottom line; Don't bury these tins where there is moisture in the soil, mine went thru a wet/dry cycle thruout the year. I would recommend sealing the tins with pitch, or whatever else is good, for burying these tins.
BTW, they were still sealed, but on the way to having rust-thru in many spots. Glad I remembere the 3,160 rounds I buried before I moved out!!!