[GreggieBoy]

A two drawer lockable filing cabinet is a good option. What I've been using is plastic ammo cans then locking them with cheapy locks. It won't stop anyone determined but it does slow down young hands. Harbor Freight or your local gun shows should have them.

https://www.harborfreight.com/ammo-dry-box-61451.html

Good luck

 

[Rider357]

My guns are locked in climate controlled Liberty safe in my bedroom closet. The ammo is in a wood cabinet with glass door in my basement, cool and dry environment.

 

[DGF]

Wally World was selling a Plano trunk style box that is lockable. I think it’s 24x20x20 there were 2 sizes on the shelf and this was the smaller size. Once I filled it with ammo it wasn’t going any place fast

 

[TrblShtr]

My first gun security cabinet was a stack-on style steel locking cabinet with twin barrel keyed locks, cost about a hundred bucks. After buying an actual residential security cabinet, the original one was pressed into service to help secure my ammo. I can fit 22 .30 caliber ammo cans inside or various combinations of .50 and .30 cans and/or boxes of shotgun shells and still have a top shelf for smaller quantities of SD pistol ammo or to place what you're going to take on the next range outing. Put some lag bolts into the floor or wall and it's reasonably secure against smash and dash style burglers and much more than adequate against toddler fingers. Kind of a pain if you need something on the bottom row of cans but you soon learn to put the stuff you use most up front and high.

 

[rc.]

Go buy a steel job site box at Lowe's or Home Depot. Put it in a cool dry secure location. Block the bottom in a few places to hold the weight without bowing in the middle. Fill and lock. May not keep the good crooks out of the ammo but surely will keep the grand kids out and the dumb crooks too. A file cabinet even a dumb crook can pry open. A job site box is at least equal to a thin steel gun cabinet in security and maybe a little better. rc

 

[cmatera]

A lockable freezer-unplugged of course.

 

[rc.]

Only use a freezer if you can figure out how to selectively trap criminals inside

 

[SilverGoose]

I found an old four drawer file cabinet that has a one-hour fire rating @ 1250 degrees F. I found it at an auction of business furniture. Paid almost nothing for it, the problem was moving it. The cabinet weights over 800 Lbs, the good side is it is lockable.

Good Luck

Larry

 

['ol shooter]

Depends how much ammo we are talking about. Stack-On makes a decent locking cabinet that has three shelves and will easily hold several thousand rounds, doesn't take up a lot of space. I found it on sale at Walmart online at the lowest price, $99 delivered to the local store, only took four days or so. i have one and keep all my powder in it. I have a big used locking cabinet and a locking file cabinet to hold my ammo, in the tens of thousands of rounds. You can also find good file and general storage cabinets at used office supply businesses.

 

[bearcatter]

I found a very heavy made three drawer file cabinet at Goodwill for five bucks, no keys. The guy at the lock shop said it was what's called a banker's cabinet. About a foot and a half square and three feet high. Five more dollars for three keys.

It's full, got 30k of .22, and 3k of centerfire handgun ammo in it, in my den. It's mostly welded sheet steel, with heavy nylon roller glides. The bad thing with most file cabinets is that they won't take much weight. I figure mine weighs around 350 lbs right now. I can't open but one drawer at a time, or it tips forward.


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[jon p]

plastic 30/50 cal ammo cans

they all have padlock loops on them, this is what I use. will keep the kids out, maybe not an adult with tools !!

 

[thudd3r]

stack on makes one...