Just be sure to know the difference between a "Gun Safe" and a lower security: lockable "storage cabinet". Lock type and fire rating are things to consider. You can actually put a pretty good size safe in the average closet (door or sliding type doors). Take some measurements, consider safe door swing clearance. You may need more safe storage down the road so going a bit bigger should be considered.
Extra shipping fees may be required for a Web purchase. But you can window shop big box sporting goods stores online and buy/pickup local.
Thank you all. I'll probably will checkout lowes online and jimmy's. My only problem going to Jimmy's is that I usually end up leaving with a gun rather a safe lol.
Tell the Wife it needs to be big enough to hold ammo, important papers and the jewelry she will get during a long happy marriage! My Wife was still laughing when I returned with the Safe. Lol
Yes, it is a very good idea to also lock up your ammo and mags because of the cost and the fact that your firearms will be useless if a thief steals it all.
Old Class VI file cabinets are good for ammo storage.
When your container is in a fire and the ammo you have stored on the top shelf in there next to the paperwork... that you shouldn't have in there either.... starts going off it is going to shred the paper.
Me and jj are splitting storage POD for our "other than guns".
Ammo and mags in safe . . . how about powder and primers . . . don't forget the Tide Pods.
This forum is gettin' silly. Anybody that can get their ammo and mags in a safe isn't a "real" shooter and undoublably works at Best Buy part time. --- SAWMAN
I knew I shoulda locked my feeling in the safe before I came in here...SAWMAN done hurt it.
I keep a 1K round bulk box in the bottom of my safe...it allows you to put 2 of those shorter shorter rifles on top of it in there so they will reach the carpeted scallops...nothing wrong with that...just sayin
Is eating our young and discouraging folks just starting out what's best for them and our chosen endeavor? I don't think so! Few of us start out with more than their first firearm and a box or two of ammo, far different than what's collected over a lifetime.
Actually, I really was not kidding. If you have room for guns and ammo to be locked up (together or separately) in a safe (or safes) what would be the downside in doing so?
There would be no downside. Actually the UPSIDE would be more weight for the badguys to try and move.
It is just that some here on the forum have so many guns and thousands of rds of ammo that we would have to have multiple safes to contain them all.
I have fairly large Browning Pro Steel X3. One now is almost void of guns and holds other valuables. I estimate that I would need approx. 8 more to hold my ammo. Needless to say . . . it is stacked elsewhere.
To each their own. --- SAWMAN
ADDED: My everyday use ammo and emergency ammo is stacked in my reloading room for easy/quick access.