Do you store ammo in your safe?

[horsemen61]

I supported the bottom shelf with all the ammo cans by stacking scrap plywood underneath until it sat touching the bottom of the lowest shelf. (Those cans are all full, double stacked. They weigh a lot!)

I then cut pieces of 5/8” Plywood that fit under each particle board shelf. On center I screwed in place an upright 2x4 brace with a 4” square 5/8” plywood topper so that it basically makes a straight column from the upper shelf all the way to the bottom. All of the shelves are stacked full, 2’ deep and 4’ across.

I’ve had this set up in my garage for at least 15 years with no warped beams or shelves sagging, etc.

Stay safe.

I see thank you for sharing the info!

 

[jmorris]

Only if it’s in a firearm.

 

[BJung]

Gun safes should be primarily for guns and not for ammo. I once had a fireproof safe that I kept extra rifles and a few hundred rounds of ammo in it at my brother's house which borders suburbia and the countryside. Anyhow, his house was caught in one of those major fires and was burned down. The fire was so hot that an iron beam in his house bent from the heat and car engines melted. My guns were safe but the gases bulged the safe and any other powder inside went bad anyway from the heat. Ammunition stored in 50cal ammo cans looked like Swiss cheese. My suggestion is to put most of your guns in a safe and leave the ammo out. At most, leave a few rounds. If you could, get a small jack hammer and built a vault lined with fireproof material under your foundation or away from your house. My brother's house literally burned to the ground but his doghouse which was 30 yards away was untouched along with the chickens that hid in it since the doghouse was being used as a chicken coop. Why keep most of your guns in your safe. Well, I have a cousin who returned from work. Three thugs were waiting for him in his house and stole everything they could find. If there were a safe, they would get the combo.

 

[klcmschlesinger]

I have a safe just for ammo, when I out grew my old gun safe I upgraded and just filled the old one with ammo.

Same thing for me. Upgraded my safe this pass fall and now have more than enough room with lots of room to spare in the new safe, so i used the old safe for ammo. Didn't have anything else to put in it for now.

 

[DeepSouth]

Same thing for me. Upgraded my safe this pass fall and now have more than enough room with lots of room to spare in the new safe, so i used the old safe for ammo. Didn't have anything else to put in it for now.

I knew a fellow that took his old safe and emptied it, put 2 80lb bags of quickrete in it and left it in his garage, just visible from the road. Inside was a note that said “if you worked this hard at getting a job you would something to show for it”

I always thought that was funny, haven’t seen him in years so I have no idea if it ever got stolen. And I must admit I was tempted to do that with my old one, but I needed ammo storage worse.

 

[AK Hunter]

I store ammo in ammo steel boxes sitting on a pallet on my basement floor. I have the top of the ammo box marked of what is in them with a desiccant bag in each one. I have yet to have any rusty or bad ammo.

 

[BJung]

After the fire, I had a useless gun safe, the combo still worked but the door was jammed. I have the door frame and door to a friend suggesting that he use a backhoe to dig spot and build a concrete blockhouse to be buried with that safe door as the entrance. I don't know if he's done it yet but he agreed that it would be a good project.

 

[74man]

I store my ammo in a gun cabinet inside the garage, reloaded ammo goes in a filing cabinet, all my storage cabinets are on frames with wheels so it there is a fire I can push them down the drive way along with the sade. All will be well, at least that is the plan!! Got the filing cabinets at our local county surplus sale, about $15.00 per!!