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The Pros & Cons of Various Ammo Storage Solutions?
I’m at the point where my safes are filling up and I need to either a.) Buy a whole new safe. b.) Buy an ammo locker and move all ammo to that, freeing up more space in safes for guns. or c.) building a shelf and just stacking bare ammo cans onto that.
Obviously the shelf w/ cans is the easiest and cheapest but also the least secure. Does anyone think a cheap ammo locker would even be worth it? Just to have them behind a lock. Should I prioritize the fire rating of a full safe for my ammo? What do you guys do? I have about 14 cans total spread between my two safes and closets lol.
I had an idea to use a lockable [Jobsite Box](https://www.amazon.com/Knaack-4824-Jobmaster-Jobsite-Storage/dp/B000022694/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2EIF3S8BLN963&keywords=jobsite+box&qid=1655933936&sprefix=jobsite+box%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-4), but those can be just as pricey as a small safe
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Imagine having so little ammo you can still practically lock it up.
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I store ammo in surplus ammo cans under my reloading bench.
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I use my old husky toolbox for ammo
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Why the hell would you lock up ammo? Just put it in ammo cans and stack it up on the floor or some heavy duty shelves.
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Of the 29,490 rounds I have (yes that is an accurate number according to my spreadsheet inventory) I keep about 2/3s in a closet and the remaining 1/3 shelved in my reloading room. My method isn’t for everyone, but it works for me.
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I have a huge shelving unit that holds my full cases and ammo cans. Works great so far. I have a cabinet that holds odds and end calibers for my surplus stuff I don’t stack deep
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My front door has a lock. That is good enough for my ammo.
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Home Depot has those orange ridgid boxes for like half the price of the one you posted.
Edit: I guess they’re black now.
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My method: cans piled in the closet.
Pros: it’s climate-controlled.
Cons: I have no closet, my wife hates it, I can’t find anything without moving forty-seven cans, like an idiot I filled one of those tall mortar cans with revolver ammo and now I cannot lift it, I have nowhere to put my shoes.
10/10 recommend
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Thing is when you say safe that can mean anything from $400 new to tens of thousands of dollars new.
From my perspective and since I don’t purchase the cheapest thing with the word safe on it safes are to valuable of a resource with limited space for me to attempt storing my ammo in it as well. I know ammo prices have recently done nothing but get more expensive but from my perspective I only store my guns and other high dollar valuables in my safe. When it comes to my ammo I store that in a separate wall locker that I keep locked. It stays organized and it stays locked up this way.
The wall lockers I use have shelves which are much sturdier than the quality of safes at the same price point.
