Ammo Storage Cabinet

[Caveman Jim]

I use a cabinet designed to store flammable products. Thinking I should put labels on the outside [thinner, solvents, paint, etc.] at different heights to suggest the contents. Back door reinforced. Saw that video that @rickysays posted several years ago and secured the door release immediately. Don't expect to keep a determined thief out of the house when we're not home, just want to slow them down long enough that the neighbor's call to Police gets a response.

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Nice garage Sir, I can't remember when my 24 x 30 room was it organized as yours for woodworking. Now mine is a glorified brass prepping area with a dance floor and a booming rack stereo.

 

[FourTeeFive]

The biggest issue I've seen is the typical individual shelf weight capacity of a simple metal cabinet is pretty low. So you have to look at commercial cabinets designed for storing heavy things like tooling, chemicals, etc. While not cheap, Durham is a good brand. Have to shop around a bit, and shipping can be really high.

Cabinets Archives - Durham Manufacturing

www.durhammfg.com

 

[The Heretic]

The biggest issue I've seen is the typical individual shelf weight capacity of a simple metal cabinet is pretty low. So you have to look at commercial cabinets designed for storing heavy things like tooling, chemicals, etc. While not cheap, Durham is a good brand. Have to shop around a bit, and shipping can be really high.

Cabinets Archives - Durham Manufacturing

www.durhammfg.com

That is why I have my ammo on a HD shelving system meant to hold that kind of weight.

 

[Catfishmoon]

Another vote for JobBox, place labeled containers inside... Hard to beat that level of security at that price.

 

[Old Noob]

I picked up this HON locking file/shelf cabinet at a thrift store for $35.00 then bought some new keys for it on line.
Has been working out great. Heavy duty.

 

[AllDayRay]

Since the price of ammunition has doubled and tripled I have taken my firearms out of the safe and loaded it up with my ammunition. If ammo prices fall, I may switch them back.

 

[sobo]

I'm looking for an ammo cabinet to store my ammo. The safe is finally too full to keep it in there. What are people using for cabinets. I'm looking at something metal around 3 ft wide and maybe 40 in tall. Preferably on wheels. Any pictures or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

A standard HON lockable 4-drawer file cabinet that I got free as Hanford surplus works pretty well for me.
For a capacity comparison, each drawer easily holds 4,500 rds of 5.56 x 45 (9 boxes x 500 rds/box).
I could stuff a few hundred more rounds in there, but that would require more Jenga skilz than I want to mess with.
I imagine you could put a dolly under it if you really wanted mobility.

I have since relocated the 5,000 rds in the boxes on top and the 1,700-odd rounds in the ammo cans to another file cabinet in another closet.
The cabinets remain locked and they live behind closed closet doors in my office/study and den. They just look like ordinary file cabinets now.
Very unassuming...

 

[The Heretic]

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[SPSharpshooter]

Nobody is concerned about fires?

 

[The Heretic]

Nobody is concerned about fires?

I think I mentioned that my intention is to wall in my shelving with fire resistant drywall. I have not quite figured out how to put doors in front of the shelving to allow access though.

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[SPSharpshooter]

I think I mentioned that my intention is to wall in my shelving with fire resistant drywall. I have not quite figured out how to put doors in front of the shelving to allow access though.

Basics of Fire-Rated Type X or C Drywall

Fire-rated type X or C drywall is used in key areas of the house to slow down the progress of fire. Learn about fire-rated type X or type C drywall.

www.thespruce.com

My bad I must have missed that.

 

[Graingodguy]

I'm looking for an ammo cabinet to store my ammo. The safe is finally too full to keep it in there. What are people using for cabinets. I'm looking at something metal around 3 ft wide and maybe 40 in tall. Preferably on wheels. Any pictures or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

I use a Vidmar Cabinet.
Guy

 

[Graingodguy]

I have a 30 x 30 stacked on top of a 30 x 60 they both lock with slides down the drawers

I'm looking for an ammo cabinet to store my ammo. The safe is finally too full to keep it in there. What are people using for cabinets. I'm looking at something metal around 3 ft wide and maybe 40 in tall. Preferably on wheels. Any pictures or suggestions is greatly appreciated

 

[FourTeeFive]

Nobody is concerned about fires?

Concerned, yes. But definitely don't want it cooking off inside a sealed safe. So best to have in a locked steel cabinet; better yet to have it in a relatively fireproof room.

 

[WAYNO]

Retired school lockers and uniform service lockers both work well.


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[Dungannon]

Nobody is concerned about fires?

Yes, but if I'm so unfortunate as to have a hot fire that isn't extinguished quickly then I actually want combustible items to burn without harming fire fighters. While my firearms are in a 2000# safe rated 2 hrs @1200*, the ammo and powders are stored in a vented double walled steel cabinet. And the primers are in a plastic ice chest [not locked] as I want it to blow open without any resistance. Fuel and tools that use fuel are in a separate shed, with double drywall on the interior.

 

[The Heretic]

My ammo is in my shop, along with 55+ gallons of gasoline, some diesel, alcohol, mineral spirits and other flammables. The man door facing the driveway has a large (a 16" red diamond) "flammable" sticker on it with the flames icon. Up here, any shop is considered to have flammables inside it and a LOT of houses have 500-1000 pound propane tanks nearby, not to mention 250 gallon gas and diesel tanks for farm equipment.

 

[Old Noob]

Nobody is concerned about fires?

Look into FireKing file cabinets.

 

[FourTeeFive]

Look into FireKing file cabinets.

You can sometimes find those used on Craigslist and used office equipment stores. They were sold to hold removable digital media and were pretty common years ago before cloud backup became a thing.

 

[SPSharpshooter]

Look into FireKing file cabinets.

Just looked those up. Spendy!