moooose102
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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.
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?
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.
HOw often have you heard of an explosion injuring somebody due to ammunition in a gun safe?