New gun safe , store ammo in or out ?

[moooose102]

IMO, store enough ammo in the safe for an emergency situation. how much that is depends on you, and your suroundings. most ammo, should be stored in a different location. preferably in a cool, dry place inside ammo cans.

 

[chuckusaret]

I store +/- 5000 rds in of 9MM and 40 cal in my safe in military ammo cans. Makes it a little heavy to carry out the door.

 

[crazy-mp]

Help me out here. You're saying that if the house is on fire, the floor will fall in. But, you saying that you shouldn't put the safe in the basement. You mention next to an exterior wall, but how does that keep the floor from falling in?

1. Not all homes have "full basements" many have areas that are built on concrete foundations. Many people also prefer to place their gun safes in a garage because they would rather have the safe bolted sown to a concrete floor where there will not be a roof and a floor falling down on it.
-Yes I know there are a million arguments about "your neighbors may see it and try to break in..." most criminals go for soft targets, I don’t know too many in the few years that I have done Law Enforcement that look for large objects that are difficult to get into, most like plasma TV’s purses left in cars, and wallets left in your shorts at the pool.

Anyways everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter how wrong they may be

 

[MostlyHarmless]

It doesn't matter much. Do what's convenient.

Fears about ammo going off in a fire are overblown. I once had several boxes of obsolete #2 lead shotgun shells, no longer legal for waterfowl, and certainly not something I was going to go out and shoot for fun out of respect for my shoulder. I threw them in a fire to get rid of them. They ignited slowly, one at a time, nothing spectacular.

Besides, temps in a safe would have to be at the point where polymer and wood components in guns are starting to be damaged before ammo is going to ignite from the heat.

 

[a1abdj]

Fears about ammo going off in a fire are overblown. I once had several boxes of obsolete #2 lead shotgun shells, no longer legal for waterfowl, and certainly not something I was going to go out and shoot for fun out of respect for my shoulder. I threw them in a fire to get rid of them. They ignited slowly, one at a time, nothing spectacular.

You're talking about two different things. A cardboard box with a few shells is not the same as a stack of cardboard boxes packed tightly in a steel container.

There's a reason the military uses ammo cans. They are designed to vent explosions.

Besides, temps in a safe would have to be at the point where polymer and wood components in guns are starting to be damaged before ammo is going to ignite from the heat.

Which is normal.

It's not damage to the guns you should be concerned about. It would be your ammo stash turning your safe into a bomb and killing somebody.

 

[ServiceSoon]

HOw often have you heard of an explosion injuring somebody due to ammunition in a gun safe?

 

[RoboDuck]

Store your ammo separatly in anther locking cabinet if possible.

 

[SoCalShooter]

I have far to much ammo to store in my safe...not to mention I need the space for guns. As far as the ammo cooking off it usually takes direct heat and or extreme tempuratures like in an oven, store them in mil spec ammo cans and you should be fine.

 

[OOOXOOO]

If you can store all your ammo in your safe you don't have enough guns or ammo.

 

[a1abdj]

HOw often have you heard of an explosion injuring somebody due to ammunition in a gun safe?

I've never heard of it happening. However, that doesn't mean that it hasn't happened, nor does it mean that it won't happen.

 

[shotgunjoel]

I keep about 4000 rounds in my safe with my guns It is a cheap safe made of crappy sheet metal so it would pop open if ammo started going off.