storing ammo in fire resistant safe

[Ned Kelly]

I haven't decided to store ammunition in a fire resistant safe before. I know full well if it cooked off the projectiles would never make it out.

I am just curious if ammo can be stored in a fire resistant safe. Say one rated for 1200 degrees. Would the temperature get high enough to cook the rounds off? Would it be safe to have a magazine loaded in your gun?

With ammo getting so expensive what I have could amount to a small fortune.

 

[a1abdj]

I haven't decided to store ammunition in a fire resistant safe before. I know full well if it cooked off the projectiles would never make it out.

They wouldn't make it out if it was loose ammo. If the ammo was chambered in a weapon, it could very well make it out.

I am just curious if ammo can be stored in a fire resistant safe. Say one rated for 1200 degrees. Would the temperature get high enough to cook the rounds off? Would it be safe to have a magazine loaded in your gun?

Assuming that the safe works as advertised (it probably won't), the interior temperature isn't supposed to exceed 350 degrees. Ammo can start to cook off in the high 200s. It's very possible that your ammo will cook off.

Storing small amount of ammo in a safe is OK. Filling a safe full of ammo is probably going to create an explosion hazard, as safes are not designed to vent a pressure build up that could result in your safe turning into a bomb.

 

[CWL]

Not a major hazard. You'd be wasting your money putting ammo into a safe.

Bullets do not explode like bombs when they are exposed to heat. The primer will cook-off and the propellant inside the shells will burn, but because loose cartridges are not held inside a gas-tight chamber like your gun, the escaping gasses won't push the bullet out with much force.