Do we all keep ammo in gun safes??

Don't have room to store ammo in my safe. The guns in my safe are all stored with loaded magazines.

All my other ammo remains in original factory boxes and is stacked by caliber in the bottom of a three unit wall cabinet that I have in the upstairs loft in my house. The house is temperature and humidity controlled which will prevent any deterioration or corroding of the ammo.

The ammo is out of view as those three bottom shelves have solid doors as opposed to the glass doors on the rest of the unit.

Recently have begun to run out of storage space in those units and have been storing ammo I buy by the case in the bottom of closet in an upstairs den near my range equipment.

With the price of ammo becoming increasing more expensive, my shooting buddies and I are doing bulk buys in quantity. Doing it this way, pardon the pun, we get more bang for our bucks.
 
My handguns are secured. My ammo is in cardboard boxes on open shelves. Ammo without a gun to put it in is pretty harmless.
 
good discussion Carguychris.

Ammo should not be stored in uninsulated unvented metal cabinets. Radiant heat will rapidly increase the temperature inside the cabinets to the auto ignition temperature of the powder/primer. When that occurs the ammo ignites. If the cabinet in not vented the burning propellants will generate pressure, accelerate the burn until until it reaches detonation velocity. Once detonation velocity is achieved the cabinet turns in to an excellent IED.

I store my ammo in wooden foot lockers. These lockers are locked and located in numerous locations throughout my property. I maintain a basic load with each weapon. 5 mags with my 1911 nest to my bed. 4 30 rd mags and one 10 rd mag with my ar.

Storage boxes are located were I may need them at strategic locations on the property.

By separating the storage I minimize the fire risk and improve my defense plan.
 
I keep them in the safe with all the firearms. I have enough room in safe because I only have 1900 rounds between three calibers. ( 9mm, 45 ACP and .223). I have rechargeable humidifier to keep moisture out.
 
Isn't locking up ammo the smart thing to do considering you can have thousands of dollars sitting on a shelf? I guess a thief can only carry so much.. but can you even insure ammo??
 
Naw, I keep mine in cardboard boxes out in the garage next to the extra propane tanks. Of course, virtually all of it is for guns I don't own anymore. I've never actually known another gun owner who had a safe anyway.
 
Mine are in a locked closet that also contains the gun safe.

If I'm not carrying a fire arm, it's locked in that safe.

This is the ONLY closet I've ever had that my wife hasn't moved into. It's the smell of the gun oil and solvent. It's a wife repellant.

And I don't have to keep my clothes in there either. She doesn't like the way my clothes smell when they are around gun oil etc. So, I actually get about an eighth of the big closet in the master bedroom for my clothes.
 
I have a covered firing line just off the garage (it's supposed to be a carport addon to the garage) 90% of our ammo is locked in the garage, the rest is in loaded mags or in firearms in the house. Only unloaded ammo in the house is SD ammo...not for targets or general plinking...no the ammo in the house is not locked up, it out where I can get to it if I need it.
 
Next to the safe

I keep my ammo in Cabela's ammo boxes stacked up next to the safe. One box for each caliber I have. It is just my wife and I in the house with no kids. For many of the reasons already cited here, I see no need to lock up the ammo as well.
 
My reloading bench is sort of in the middle of the basement because of all the demands for wall space from my wife. It's approximately 3x4 feet with two shelves. The bottom shelf is reserved mostly for ammo in waterproof ammo cans from Cabelas. The extra weight keeps the bench from moving.

The best I've seen is a friend who noticed all the empty space under his concrete front porch when his house was being built. For an extra $1500 the builder knocked a hole in his basement wall to under the porch and converted the space to a gun room. Concrete walls, floor, and ceiling. A safe door for a door (another $1500). It's probably 15 or more long and at least 10 feet wide at it's wide point. The entrance is concealed behind a screen in the utility room.

Pretty slick. However, he's so proud of it he shows it to everyone who comes to visit.

He has a gun safe in the garage too, in case he runs out of room. It could happen. He has 1000 rounds of .50 BMG alone on one shelf.
 
Back in 2011, I kept all my ammo (rifle/handgun/shotgun) in my footlocker. Enter 2012 - for some reason, I was compelled to be part of Obama's stimulus plan and stalk up on ammo. So now my footlocker is full, I have about ten GI ammo cans of various calibers, and a closet shelf lined full of .22 bulk packs. The only thing in my safe are my guns and small valuables.

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I'm surprised that $30 wire shelf aquired at Lowe's holds up to all the weight.

I also have about 30 ammo boxes with various calibers stored away elsewhere.

When I find a deal, I stock up. Over time, it adds up. :cool:
 
You get an EIGHTH of the big closet??? Wow, I can't even imagine getting so much
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I do not necessarily recommend it but a divorce will net you all the closet space and a comfortable spare bedroom to be turned into the gun room, also you do not have to talk about the new gun purchase with anyone but yourself.

I grew up with all the guns and ammo unsecured. Now I lock up some of the guns, for theft protection. The low use ammo and reloading stuff goes on a shelf in the gun room. The stuff I am using more is in cans and the stuff I am using a lot is probably on the floor in the back seat of my truck. The gun room has a pad lock but I do not use it much.

By the way I do still have one kid at home. She is a great hunting and shooting buddy. Mostly I use the gun room lock if she has friends over.
 
I have a secure room for ammo and reloading equipment. Years ago, I kept ammo in the gun safe, but quickly ran out of room for it. I keep a few loaded pistol mags and a few loaded AR mags, the rest is in my room. I do however keep extra ammo for my M-500 12gauge in my bedroom near the shotgun.
 
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