Ammo can storage.

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Alright, What do you guys use to store your ammo cans in? Im thinking of something like a job box, like you see on construction sights, they usually have built in locks also. Any ideas?
 
if your concerned about theft of ones in long term storage just loop a chain through all the handles and chain em to something immovable or at least very heavy.
 
Stacked on shelves in my bedroom, right beside my head. If anyone breaks in and feels like making off with 'em while I'm not here, they're welcome to the hernia they'll get trying to lug 'em all down the stairs and out of the house.
 
20mm cans don't really lend themselves to being stored. They're just put up against the wall spread far enough apart that I hope they never break through the floor.
 
They're just put up against the wall spread far enough apart that I hope they never break through the floor.
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Pretty much so - I have to spread them across three rooms, since I was storing them on the second floor. I'm debating moving them to the main floor and finding a better home for them.

One thing I've been told to never do is put them in an enclosure of any kind that might allow a buildup of pressure in the event of a fire. <shrug> I'm no FireMarshallBill, but that seemed like good advice to me.
 
I keep my ammo cans in a bedroom closet (on the floor) and in the garage. I spread the weight around a bit. The ammo that I'm likely to be using is in a metal storage cabinet in their factory boxes. When the shelves start to sag, you know it's time to move some of it to another location.

The lockable job box is a very good storage idea if you want to lock the ammo up.
 
ok, i have a shtf footlocker i had to put on casters so i dont get a hernia moving it, all "extra ammo is in cans stacked in a closet. either way youd have to be built loke swarzeneger to move the lot
 
Contractor's job box from Home Depot. Too heavy to tote off when it is filled with loaded ammo cans.
 
Neither the safe nor the job box ideas are especially smart. You're putting powder into what becomes an enormous hand grenade shell. When the gases build up -- *BOOM*

I'd designate a closet or build a reinforced one up on a ground floor and install an exterior grade steel fire door on it with a decent Medeco lock or better and a steel surround.
 
Neither the safe nor the job box ideas are especially smart. You're putting powder into what becomes an enormous hand grenade shell. When the gases build up -- *BOOM*
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The ammo can is many times more airtight than a safe or job box.
 
Soybomb said:
The ammo can is many times more airtight than a safe or job box.
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There is a way around that. It isn't pretty, and it involves a drill, some silicone, a rubber stopper, and a mallet.

PA, you got written-out plans for your shelf system?
 
PA, you got written-out plans for your shelf system?
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Nope, sorry. I just measured the cans & my space, then built to fit. Shelves are made with 2x3 frames and 1/2" ply for decking. Frames are screwed together, attached to the uprights with carriage bolts, then decking is glued and screwed to the frame. Not going anywhere (I have a tendency to overengineer stuff, but we're talking some weight here). :D
 
PAshooter, That's one heck of a nice setup.

I have a four foot tall, concrete floored crawl space. Been thinking of doing the same. Great idea. What type of stencil did you use to mark the cans?
 
I cut the stencils myself. Traced what I wanted on cardstock using a plastic stencil, then cut them out with a razor knife. Took a while, but gave me something gun-related to do on days the weather was too lousy to head to the range :D

They have stood up quite well, and I've been pleased with the results.
 
I am jealous of PAs set up, but my cans serve double duty in the secure/ tornado proof room as furniture.
 
Geeze guys, you're makin' me feel bad. It was just a fun (and slightly anal) project to occupy the winter months. Don't hate me because I'm (I mean... because my ammo is) beautiful. :D
 
That' okay. I'm sure more than a few are harboring private opinions that the cans are probably full of his wife's Beanie Babies!

(Crap, are all those "fat fifties" actually FULL?)

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I use heavy-duty metal shelving from Lowes (I think it was?) myself. Supposedly, it supports five hundred pounds per shelf or something outrageous like that. I'm not quite pushing it yet, and I've spread some of the joy elsewhere, but I'm a second-story bet hedger as it is. After all, in a bit of a panic it's easier to work with gravity insted of against it.
 
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