Ammo Storage

[rbeau30]

Couldn't find any thread dedicated to this. I thought perhaps some people were like me and want a good place to store ammo. Since I don't have any firearms, and my executive safe I just bought is full of various documents and other Liberal-Friendly items, I don't have enough room to put my Investment-grade ammo.

I figured this would be better than having stacks of Ammo cans laying around. This is by no means the best way, but once I got the ammo cans in there I was surprised at how well they fit in there so I thought I would share.



The middle pic is the boxes 2 layers high. If I had more .30 cal boxes it would be completely full. If I didn't use the tray that the job box came with there is enough vertical room to put another row of boxes in there.

Feel free to post your ammo storage ideas in here as well!

[SouthPaw]

Tagged for this. I was going to post something very similar asking how others store ammo. My only idea so far was shelves in an old closest/book case.

[rbeau30]

I figure that if people trust their livelihood by storing thousands of dollars of their tools to this type of box, it cannot be all that bad.

[J]

Can you post pics of how it locks up? I'm curious to see how secure it *looks* and how accessible it is.

[rbeau30]

Can you post pics of how it locks up? I'm curious to see how secure it *looks* and how accessible it is.

First one is the hole on the front that accommodates the padlock, you can see the latch that is attached to the lid it is vertical.
The second one is the lid open (it is heavy and will get your fingers!) The latch goes in the space that holds the padlock.
The third one is the instructions on how to mount the padlock that is pasted on the lid.

There is two of these holes one on each side of the front of the box. Approximately 2 inches from the front corner of the box.



One of the weaknesses I have heard is that the lock tumbler is generally softer metal than the lock itself, so it can be drilled out. I don't have a lock installed now because I plan on doing some research and finding a good quality set of locks that will work well for this box.

Ohh the Box is model 2048-OS

[Irving]

Looks like Rigid sources out the paint job to Maaco.

[Wulf202]

Thats the welds that look like drips

[HoneyBadger]

I have some (8gal?) rubbermade tubs that fit three .50cal cans in them with room for more stuff on top. I label them "winter clothes" or "old kitchen stuff" and stick them down next to a bunch of other rubbermade tubs in my basement.

It's really obvious if you try to move one of the ammo boxes... they weigh 100+lbs each.

Since HoneyBadger Jr is getting more mobile (he's almost walking now) I need to come up with a new solution. I'd like to finish the basement soon, which will give me an opportunity to build in a secure closet to keep things out of his reach.

[rbeau30]

Since HoneyBadger Jr is getting more mobile (he's almost walking now) I need to come up with a new solution. I'd like to finish the basement soon, which will give me an opportunity to build in a secure closet to keep things out of his reach.

I think I might ask Tim K to help me hide this room.

[Wulf202]

Why did you get this size? it's already full