Fire Resistant Ammo Storage
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:43 pm
For a while, I've been contemplating getting something to store my ammo in that would give it some protection from fire. My main concern is if it all started cooking off, the firemen would high-tail it to the other side of the street and drink Bud while watching my house burn to the ground.
I considered getting another gun safe (which I am going to need for guns pretty soon, anyway), but didn't want to drop a large amount of cash.
So I cruised Craigslist for a few weeks looking for fire resistant file cabinets. I came across an old Remington Rand 4 drawer unit for $40. Sweet! It's wasn't in the greatest shape. It was painted flat black, had some dents in it and was missing the lock mechanism.
The interior and drawer faces are lined with about 1" of concrete. This thing is HEAVY. I'd estimate it at between 5-600#.
So, I took it home, hit it with a few cans of Rustoleum and patched the hole where the lock was and now it's happily housing ammo in my gun room.
I considered getting another gun safe (which I am going to need for guns pretty soon, anyway), but didn't want to drop a large amount of cash.
So I cruised Craigslist for a few weeks looking for fire resistant file cabinets. I came across an old Remington Rand 4 drawer unit for $40. Sweet! It's wasn't in the greatest shape. It was painted flat black, had some dents in it and was missing the lock mechanism.
The interior and drawer faces are lined with about 1" of concrete. This thing is HEAVY. I'd estimate it at between 5-600#.
So, I took it home, hit it with a few cans of Rustoleum and patched the hole where the lock was and now it's happily housing ammo in my gun room.