Ammo storage ?

[Dave 101]

I belive I have this correct section 2 shotgun ammo doesnt need to be locked away .
But for my own purpose if I stored it in a locked free standing gun cabinet on its own ie no guns in said cabinet , that would be OK .

Dave

[phaedra1106]

Under the bed, in the attic, in a locked cabinet, as long as it's out of sight and not within easy access for kiddies you're fine.

[ovenpaa]

Under the bed, in the attic, in a locked cabinet, as long as it's out of sight and not within easy access for kiddies you're fine.

Two out of three of these in this house

[Blackstuff]

As Jeff says you have it correct, you don't have to securely store S2 shotgun ammo, but its a good idea if theres a chance of kids getting at it to keep it out of reach.

If the cabinet is not on the ground floor i would be careful how much you put in there though, especially if the cabinet is mounted in the 'normal' vertical/standing position as this may put excessive strain on the floor/roof structure :-P

[phaedra1106]

i would be careful how much you put in there though, especially if the cabinet is mounted in the 'normal' vertical/standing position as this may put excessive strain on the floor

Have you been looking in my cupboards again?, I may get round to working out what 2500x.308, 2000x.44, 1500x.9mm bullets, 2500x12 gauge shells and a thousand or so brass cases actually weigh (plus the loaded ammo!)

Then again, I may not want to know the answer :shifty:

[AL8]

I think you will find its better not to know

[forward observer]

I wager the the chaps who hold. Only. Sgc. Will keep quite a bit of it around the place,I wonder. How they store it,perhaps a look on a clay shooting forum for a definitive answer,for my part I keep slugs with rifle ammo and I've got like 2. 250 slabs of 32g. 6 shot in a hidden dry cool place...........in answer. To the op,blackstuff has it absolutly right,out of sight somewhere sensible. I.e. Not in front of the tv,on the stairs or on the table!

[Blackstuff]

I may get round to working out what 2500x.308, 2000x.44, 1500x.9mm bullets, 2500x12 gauge shells and a thousand or so brass cases actually weigh (plus the loaded ammo!)

Then again, I may not want to know the answer :shifty:

My guess would be it weighed somewhere between - severe back strain and a call to the insurance company because your cabinet is now in your front room and theres a hole in the ceiling :lol:

[ovenpaa]

I just asked for my holding of 7,62x51 to be upped to 2500 rounds, I doubt I would want to carry that lot in one go.

Nice to see my FEO allowed me a 'sensible' allowance of the 5,56x45/.223 and .22LR I just applied for.

[Polchraine]

I keep mine in a few places ... in my office/study, a little in the main loft, mainly specials and have not bothered to move it and the majority in a second small loft where I have all of my comms equipment - modems, routers, hubs, network switches &c. Stays nice and warm and dry!.

Why I had my extension built, I had a small store included which houses my gun cabinets and wine stock. It is about 1.8x2m and the joists are 150x75 (6"x3") on 250mm centres. The structural engineer was told it had to take 400 bottles of wine, 3 cabinets (7-9 gun) and several thousand cartridges. And it does!

Cartridges do weigh a lot but the equivalent to an average person will be abound 2000 to 2500 cartridges.