Ammo bunker for home?

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Ammo bunker for home?

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Looking for a good cabinet that will contain exploding rounds, Incase of fire.


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Most safes would be the best containment vessel for ammo. There are alternatives but in reality they really don't provide a huge margin of safety for the cost.

https://www.libertysafe.com/collections/ammo-can
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When ammo cooks off and it's not in the barrel of a gun, the bullet goes a very short distance and the shell casing goes maybe 5 or 6 feet or so.

In other words, I wouldn't worry about it in the slightest.

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Well I won’t drive a bulldozer over it but I’ll probably be OK then.
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buy a used old school filing cabinet- they are built like tanks- lots of room n very sturdy
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My neighbors barn burned to the ground.
It took the fire department several hours to get it out.
There was a filing cabinet in it that was full of ammo when it burned.
Some of the plastic cases the ammo was in melted , some were scorched pretty good , but none of the ammo went off.
It was just a regular filing cabinet , not fire proof at all.
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Not exactly filing cabinets, but metal storage cabinets. Should be plenty on Craigslist, etc.
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A big storage cabinet might be better. Volume wise
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All of your ammo fits in a filing cabinet????
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lol, yeah, i need a container, shipping container that is. lol
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lol, and know fellas who have multiple containers, fella can't have enough boom juice for sure ,the reset is coming, might have to use some :mrgreen: :twisted: :o :whistle:
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Gang boxes might be another way to go.
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I just use a coffee can. One for each caliber.
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Same here
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knockonit wrote: October 18th, 2021, 10:36 am lol, yeah, i need a container, shipping container that is. lol
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lol, and know fellas who have multiple containers, fella can't have enough boom juice for sure ,the reset is coming, might have to use some :mrgreen: :twisted: :o :whistle:
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If you do not have a container (40 foot), you are not trying... :naughty:
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