I store mine the same way. Keep a few in loaded guns/mags, and have bulk ammo stored in different locations for separation of assets in case of a loss or if I am at my weekend house.
How do you store your ammo?
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But ammo is bulky and heavy. Not a high priority to thieves.
I kinda feel the same way. If someone breaks in, unless its 10 guys with a 1 ton truck, I don't see them hauling out all xxx 50 cal ammo cans. I think if I kept them in a locking metal cabinet, that'd be good enough. I do like the fire protection aspect of a safe though.
It's not cost effective unless you just have the room. 1000 rounds of ammo takes up a lot of space.
Just stack it in cans with desiccant. Heck even the desiccant is probably overkill.
I think I would be more worried about kids getting their hands on it or temp and humidity causing an issue.
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Safe with inventory control worksheet. I know too organized!
Sure it is. You may not have much ammo but it's not hard to fit 20k in ammo in a safe even if it's just plinking ammo
Think about how much surplus ammo that is good 50+ years later. Do you think that was all stored cool and dry the entire time? Take precautions of course but my guess is a basement will be plenty cool and a decent attempt at humidity control won't give you any problems.
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