Ammo Storage in a Safe?

[moooose102]

my ammo (well, most of it) is in the basement under my reloading bench. i would be afraid to put that much weight on the floor joists in my house.

 

[erict]

They replaced a vault at the local bank a couple of months ago. I bought it, had it transported to my home, and that is now for my guns , ammo, and valuables. Yeah, it cost me only $2300 for the safe, but, with transport, construction, etc... I have $8500 in it now, but I added $20,000 to my home value!!

That is sweet, do you have any pics of that set up? I want to do a big safe room when we build our next house in a couple of years.

I can't keep ammo in my safe because it's too full and there is too much ammo. I do keep most of my loaded mags in the safe with the exception of 10 or so AR mags. I keep about 8,000 rounds of various ammo sitting in my supply room in the basement.

 

[chuckusaret]

I use the large surplus military ammo cans, 22 cans total, on a concrete floor to store excess ammo.

 

[chuckusaret]

Just keep a box or two handy for the gun of the day....bulk of it is stored elsewhere.

I see you have mini 12 ga shot in the safe. I have experienced many problems with the mini shells in my Mossberg 935 and 500.

 

[colorado_handgunner]

Keep self defense rounds in the safe, the rest in a locked plastic toolbox. Cheap box, seals tight, can lock. Works great!

 

[shadowalker]

I wouldn't store ammunition in a safe, safes are designed to create an air tight seal when exposed to high temperatures.

The steel stack on cabinets are not air tight and make a great way to restrict access to ammunition, plus they are affordable.

 

[Schuey2002]

texasredneck, 10,000 rounds is adequate for some, but it is child's play for many on here. Personally, I'd be freaking out to get down to that amount.

I'd give my left kidney to have that amount of .223/9mm on hand..

 

[crazy-mp]

I'd give my left kidney to have that amount of .223/9mm on hand

What blood type are you?....... Don’t let that rusty scalpel scare you

 

[EHL]

I only keep my 50 cal BMG in my safe. Those suckers cost close to $5 a piece. All my other calibers, I keep a few SD rounds in my safe, but I keep most in my army 50 cal cans.

 

[lamebums]

Currently no safe, working on that. I figure a smaller one for now (while the collection is small). Eventually that collection will grow in size. When it does, I'll buy a new (and bigger) safe, and simply migrate the ammo to the smaller one.

The weight of the ammo should be enough to prevent even the smaller safe from going anywhere.