Project - a DIY ammo locker

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Ammo chest

Preacherman you have done yourself proud.
A+ for construction, engineering and sharing.
I think a lot of people have been helped and the
component manufactures blessed.
 
Preacherman,
The bottom shelf of the cabinet, is it hollow under nether it or is it sitting flat on the floor? I know you said that you were not worried about it being damaged, however if it is hollow, I would of placed solid blocks in the corners under the cabinet. Just one more over engineered step. I like it, good job. When are you starting the second one?

Glad you were myth bust'n the ammo in the fire. Hollywood always shows rounds going off and able to severely wound a person a mile away. What I believe is worse is a Spray can.
 
The bottom of the cupboard is flush with the floor. You're right: if it was raised from the floor, one would need to put some sort of reinforcing under it to take the weight, but fortunately that's not necessary with this cupboard.

As for the second one, that's already complete - I built it up two or three years ago. It has only four shelves, wider spaced than the six shelves in the new one. I've moved all the ammo over to the new one, and will use the old one to store other components, shooting equipment, and related stuff (as well as ammo overflow, if any! :D ).
 
JennYe, I bet you thought I'd forgotten your request, eh? Well, here are my two helpers... CJ is the ginger cat, and Calico is - well, the calico cat! :D

They're "helping" again in this picture (taken just after midnight today). I had just changed my bed, and put a clean comforter, sheets, etc. on it. I think they were both determined to make me feel more comfortable in it by putting a few cat hairs on it - they both jumped up as soon as I'd finished, and stayed there all night, to the detriment of my sleeping position! Every time I turned over, I'd get these dirty looks about how inconsiderate I was being in making them readjust their positions... :D

For more about their firearms-related predilections, see this thread...



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I think they were both determined to make me feel more comfortable in it by putting a few cat hairs on it - they both jumped up as soon as I'd finished, and stayed there all night, to the detriment of my sleeping position! Every time I turned over, I'd get these dirty looks about how inconsiderate I was being in making them readjust their positions...
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Funny, my beagle does the same thing. She keeps shedding on people. I think that she thinks that we will all freeze to death with so little "fur" on us...;)
 
When a Sears Roebuck closed down, I bought some employee purse lockers (about 6" tall, 12" across & 18" deep). There are 10 lockers per unit and I bought two of them. Got the combinations from MasterLock and now it holds a lot (but not all) of my ammo.
 
hey preacher man, he is asking for the bottom number on your ammo closet. Well, need any help lifting that 2,000 pounds of ammunition? ;)

i bet it is pretty hard to get under there!
 
Say...

Couldn't somebody puchase a slightly oversized steel cabinet and then line the inside wall with 3/4" or 1" fire-rated drywall and get a modicum of fire resistance?

This is pretty much what my American Security safe has for its fire protection - of course, it also has 1/4" thick steel walls. But still... I think it wouldn't hurt.
 
Gypsum board when used as a fire retardant inside a Residential Security Container depends on the release of moisture to help keep the inside temperature lower than the outside.

The locker as shown isn't even close to being airtight so there'd be only minimal protection.
 
ammo storage

{Doing what i do best...searching the archives (keyword: archives}, reviving an 'older thread'. Any updates are welcomed and encouraged.}

Ah, th' P'man shines through once again. And pleased to walk in the footsteps of the B'Bear.

Did a search on "ammo storage", thinking ahead to a near-future time when i want to store a few K rounds of 9mm, 12 ga, .22LR, maybe some .30 for larger game, & perhaps some .357 rnds...

Mostly concerned about temp and humidity issues, more so than security or fire.

I find this thread (along with a dozen others).

Conclusions:

1) I'm likely to have less rnds to store for quite some time than P'man, but am still considering this idea...i can put academic papers on the shelves unused for ammo.

2) After reading about 5 or 6 threads, I have far less concerns about temp and humidity than I did earlier. (Keep the extremes low, all is good.)

Life is good. Guns are ...

Nem
 
AZLibertarian said:
sm,
Have those American Chopper guys teach some girly-man how to arc weld.
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Heh, heh... I remember my art classes... Some of the "girly men" were artists (doh...) with a torch...

You know you hang out on TFL too much when you NEED this sorta dealie for your ammo...
 
BluesBear said:
I hace noticed from several threads that many of y'all are using the blue Dillon AkroBins for storage.

I have found a source for AkroBins in twelve sizes and ELEVEN colours.
(Green is available in several sizes but isn't shown on the colour chart.)
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Aha! And here we have a designer...

Never, ever, watch Trading Spaces or Monster House while drinking.
 
Most of my "spare stuff" that isn't packed in various "go bags" is in ammo cans in The Bunker, where it serves as part of the decor.

I was _going to_ look for some ammo crates what would be nice paneling (when cut up...) at this Fall's Knob Creek, but I had to work...
 
Preacherman,

Your ammo locker looks real similar to the one I did. I just used a little different locker for mine.

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I scavanged an old Allen Bradley electrical cabinet from a job site, (it was being discarded). The thing weighs a lot even empty. It took several hours and an angle grinder to remove some of the interior structure that was in the way. I bolted on some angle iron and layed in some 3/4 plywood for the shelves. It works pretty good for what we need it for.

As to the contents, the top three shelves are mainly reloads for our centerfire stuff, the middle of the locker is generally pistol stuff, (reloads and new). There is also some surplus 30 06, 303, and 223 as well as the blackpowder supplies. The pink bucket and the crack spackle bucket were handy containers when I ran out of places to store some 45 reloads. The bottom part of the locker is case lots of 7.62*39, 223, 12 gauge and yet more pistol ammo. The very bottom is our SHTF bug out ammo, 7.62*39, 223, 12 gauge, and 22LR.

Semper Fi
 
Where are the pics now. I am looking for a fairly cheap diy ammo locker but cant find any pics.
 
Eaglessj - the pics are gone because this thread is six years old. Preacherman hasn't been here in quite awhile, and the pics have likely been moved to another location.

If you're looking to start a similar project, you're better off starting your own thread and asking for help rather than ressurecting ancient threads. :)
 
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