I bought one of these for ammo storage. You can actually fit more than you think.

SAFE

I also recently purchased a old nonfunctioning Coke machine that I plan on gutting out and storing ammo in it.

quote:

Originally posted by Expert308:
I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and go buy some of the $16 ones. If they're still $16.

At the local Rural King store, they're 18 bucks. They're Chinese, though.
At the local surplus store, they're genuine, and they're $25.

quote:

Originally posted by vthoky:

quote:

Originally posted by Expert308:
I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and go buy some of the $16 ones. If they're still $16.

At the local Rural King store, they're 18 bucks. They're Chinese, though.
At the local surplus store, they're genuine, and they're $25.

Somebody followed up my post with a link to a Walmart page. I clicked on the link and found a .50 ammo can for $12.74. On the same page was another price, also for a .50 ammo can, for about double that price. I assume the cheaper one was a Chinese knockoff. I didn't buy any. I just clicked the link again today and the page is still there, but only the knockoff one now.

I did go back to that surplus store a couple weeks ago, they still had the same somewhat rusty .50 cans for $15. I bought a half dozen of them this time.

I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned Clean-Ammo-Cans

Much better ammo cans than the cheap Chinese knockoffs you see at Walmart, etc.

ensigmatic, Thank You for the link!

" Contain the pressure " ? That's funny .
Anyway , spend the money and buy U.S. GI cans . Mine went under 4 feet of water and stayed dry inside .

Timely and informative thread. I have heen looking for ammo cans as well.

Ordered from your suggested site, ensigmatic....Thanks to all!

I keep my ammo in ammo cans, in a closet.

You could get yourself a couple of wall lockers with padlocks and store the ammo cans in there.

quote:

Originally posted by abnmacv:
Do have a toddler grandchild so protection is an issue. Didn't plan on having strangers in my basement and then the furnace died which meant someone I could not watch all day. In today's world I take precautions I wouldn't have considered a decade ago.

Job site box is on my list. "Most" of mine is in the workshop connected to my garage in cans or original cases: 1/3 in a metal foot locker; 1/3 in in a large rolling plastic bin, the rest in cans on top of both. Realized other day termite inspector probably saw more than he needs to. The job site box should look relatively normal in the workshop.

An older friend sold his house and downsized into a 2 bedroom apartment. He had one of those cheap Stak-0n gun safes that are really just a locking cabinet. I gutted it and repainted it, then added shelf brackets and 3/4" plywood for shelves. The OEM locks were toast, so I put a pair of hasps over the keyholes. It has a set of small drawers that are perfect for spare magazines, and enough shelves for my ammo.

I need to find another solution. I'm running out of room.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: walker77,