Where do you put your ammo?

[azhunter122]

You don't have to go into any details on where exactly you keep your ammo because I know some people feel weird about that but I was just wandering because of my situation. Here's the deal, I keep most of my handgun ammo in a couple of dresser drawers and I keep my shotgun shells in the closet because they don't fit in the dresser. Where should I put them? I don't think think that the dresser is the greatest place to keep them but it has worked for the last couple of years so... I don't know.

 

[ScottyB]

I've only got a couple hundred rounds, but they're in a shell box just a few feet from my handgun safe. It's basically a tacklebox for shooting a shotgun, so it works fine for my purposes.

 

[JonB]

In ammo cans piled up in my office closet. drybox full of .223, several cans of 7.62x54r, several cans of 8mm, drybox with 10mm and 9mm, and another for 12ga. then a stack of 22LR bulk packs in there somewhere.

Where you put stuff depends on a)where you have space b) how much ammo you need to store c)access requirements like keeping little ones away

 

[AllAmerican]

LOL

My wife brought these 3 nice boxes home from work. Wood boxes with dovetail joints even.

I keep pistol and ammo rifle in one and I keep Shotgun ammo in another which is a bit different in design. Holds plenty O rounds LOL

I keep some of the rest of it in the gun case and some scattered around the house.

 

[Auburn1992]

It stocked all on one shelf in my gun safe above the guns. I would store it outside the gun safe, but moisture is pretty bad, and I have a dehumidifier so it keeps the ammo dry.

 

[Nugilum]

Multiple US mean-green metal surplus cans

 

[Dragk913]

I keep rifle in the tuna cans, in the wooden crate, and the rest in a desk drawer.

Hopefully, I'll have a lot more soon so I can upgrade to something more mobile/versatile.

 

[archigos]

Honestly, I just leave it wherever I happen to. Then again, that's definitely not for everyone - I probably would keep it hidden or locked up if I had mini-mes to worry about.
I just had to be absolutely sure there was none left in my car before crossing the border into Canada this weekend.

 

[Prion]

In quality plastic tool boxes w/ locks for the kiddies. Don't know if I need to but I throw in some dessicant and VCI chips for good measure. These are stored w/ my other toys in a small safe-room that I keep locked, dehumidify, and VCI. Yes, I have OCD when it comes to corrosion and security.

 

[TIMC]

I had a walk in gun vault built in my house when we built our home. There are shelves above the gun racks, that is where I keep my ammo.

 

[rondog]

I have way too much, and components to make waaaay too much more. I keep it all in Army ammo cans. I've got it in the basement now, but going to the range means toting multiple cans of multiple calibers up the stairs and into the garage, then back down again. And my knees DON'T appreciate that.

So, I'm planning on building a locking ammo cabinet in the garage for range ammo, and I have a storage loft in the garage with an electric hoist rigged up, so I can put the cans full of extra stash ammo up there, out of sight. Man, if I ever get all my brass filled up, it'll be a sight to behold.

 

[Clifford]

Lockable file cabinet, loaded ammo in bottom drawers. I also keep brass in plastic dog treat containers in the upper drawers along with powder and primers. Makes for a tidy and secure reloading room.

 

[Riss]

Got one of those US Navy footlockers. The big metal kind. And yes, it is full.

 

[Colorado Luckydog]

In the back yard under the shed about 10 feet deep!

My garage was converted to a gun, bow, hunting type room. I keep all of my ammo locked in a seperate ammo safe in the garage. I renamed the garage MANLAND!

 

[jbauch357]

Get yourself some .30 or .50 cal cans and store your ammo in those, then throw them into the closet.

Toss a couple packets of dessicant in the cans and you'll have an air tight humidity-free storage container.

 

[bigfatdave]

Mostly in the range box (multi-level toolbox from craftsman) on the bottom so the box isn't top-heavy.
Some in the pistol cases.
What isn't in those places tends to be in the spare bedroom.

Of course, we have no kids around, and don't have huge stockpiles of ammo, so this plan may not work for anyone else.

 

[sm]

Ammo?

Heck if I know.
I am not sure where the guns are, much less any ammo.

Nope, I moved, and since leaving a serious place, I have not shot a firearm, nor carried one since moving.

I have looked at one, once since moving to answer a question for someone I assisted via PMs, and that was a few months ago.

I do know my 8" cast iron skillet in on the stove.
I used it to "persuade" two feral cats to quit doing what they were doing on my front porch the other day, in the wee hours.

I mean they sailed off da porch and rolled down the property.



Use Enough Cast Iron.

 

[Doggy Daddy]

Heck if I know.

Yeah, right...

 

[Fleetwood_Captain]

Well I wouldn't keep the shotgun shells in you dresser drawer, their just too damn heavy. I used to keep a junk drawer in an old dresser and the bottom fell out of the thing.

The best setups for ammo I've seen are old kitchen cabinets. People usually just throw out their old cabinets when they remodel, so you can get them for nothing. Their completely modular and are usually built well enough to store heavy things like ammo.

 

[neverjeg]

If you have kids or they somehow get in from time to time.. Consider

When I was about 8 my friend and I got into his dad's ammo. We took it outside and smacked it with a hammer.

No one hurt.

Just food for thought, kids can be resourceful!

 

[tasco 74]

i came across an old metal welding rod cabinet at a garage sale a couple of years ago an it makes a great ammo magazine as the slelves fit the plastic 50 boxes prefectly.......... it does need some handles on it so i've keeping my out for some heavy duty handles.......... all the ammo i have except for what's in my range bag is in a dry spot in my basement..........

LIFE IS SHORT.....

 

[Hungry Seagull]

I discovered a old Grey (Lid is rubber lined inside edge) 20mm Ammuntion Container about at least a foot wide, two high and three long. It has four large clamp locks on top and a sort of a rounded on the bottom that saves the carpet pretty good. That one stores 12 and 20 gauge shotgun ammuntion.

There is a chest box with a handle for 50 cal machine gun rounds that I use to store handgun ammo.

Flea markets can be quite.. bountiful in wonderful things that can be cleaned up and placed into service again for a few dollars if that.

I used to have two plastic boxes but they have since been converted to range boxes for each of us.

I am currently haunting other flea market places in our area, I smell a bit of profit in selling those online.

 

[X-Rap]

In the neighbors north 40

 

[RP88]

in my 19-gun stack-on, with all of my guns and cleaning crap, at least before the boat trip. I only had ~500 rounds for each rifle, excluding .22LR and about 100 12ga. buckshot shells.

Now it's all gone...

 

[hadmanysons]

In my safe, with about 3lbs of desiccant.