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Posted: 11/23/2011 6:21:51 AM EDT
| I was cleaning my office the other day and I came upon the realization that I have a lot of ammo, enough that if stolen I would be out a sizable chunk of money to replace. Anyone have a separate safe to put their ammo in? I was thinking that an inexpensive Stack-On or something similar would be just the ticket for my ammo stash. |
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Quoted: Are they lockable? Most job boxes are. Any RSC will do the job, you just want to make it very hard for them to get into the case, and make it heavy/bulky enough that the average smash and grab thief won't even bother. One thing you can do with a box like that is to weld on brackets and put a serious padlock on it, and bolt it to the floor. Its NEVER moving if you do that, unless a pro gets to it (and the pros will get literally anything, regardless of the container). |
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This has come up a few times on here.
The issue is once you have a sizeable amount of ammo (several shelves like this one), the space and weight concerns pretty much preclude ammo-dedicated secure storage. 
At that point, most of us focus on securing the house around the ammo. Ammo is heavy and generally replaceable, though certainly valuable like you said. Keeping that in mind, its pretty far down the list of things I think badguys would target in my home in the very limited time they'd have there, if they got in... |
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Not my original idea, but this is what I did. Got a jobox on craigslist. did a little painting and loaded it with ammo. Not as secure as a safe but it sure isn'g going to get moved in tact! http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/walt_l/P1000022.jpg http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/walt_l/P1000018.jpg Looks good. I've been thinking about doing something similar. Need to start scouring craigslist. |
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This has come up a few times on here. The issue is once you have a sizeable amount of ammo (several shelves like this one), the space and weight concerns pretty much preclude ammo-dedicated secure storage. http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad156/Todd_Pegg/ARFCOM%20pics/P4250326.jpg At that point, most of us focus on securing the house around the ammo. Ammo is heavy and generally replaceable, though certainly valuable like you said. Keeping that in mind, its pretty far down the list of things I think badguys would target in my home in the very limited time they'd have there, if they got in... Right now I have old tall school style lockers that are stacked full of ammo, I can not lock them though. The ammo is out of site, but I would like to be able to secure it. I disagree with the part in read, tweekers will steal anything that they can sell for meth, and there is no shortage of meth heads out this way. I really am digging the idea of a job box though. |
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Inventory it and make sure it is covered by insurance. Once you have 'enough' an RSC or similar is not going to hold it, and it is less expensive to have it on your insurance if it is not already covered. Be mindful that many insurance companies cap undeclared firearm 'stuff' to $2500... which is nothing.
If you can, have a 'room' dedicated to it and secure the room. |
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Inventory it and make sure it is covered by insurance. Once you have 'enough' an RSC or similar is not going to hold it, and it is less expensive to have it on your insurance if it is not already covered. Be mindful that many insurance companies cap undeclared firearm 'stuff' to $2500... which is nothing. If you can, have a 'room' dedicated to it and secure the room. If you find a company that will do that, let us know. Most of them have in their fine print that ammo is not covered- even under firearms policies. |
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