Where to store magazines? [Archive] - Colorado AR-15 Shooters Club Discussion Forums

ray1970

10-20-2013, 10:37

So, I don't have room in the safe for all of my pre-Colorado ban magazines. In the past I just kept them in the closet. I figured if anything happened to them I would just buy more. Needless to say, I can't legally buy more of them now.

So, other than investing in another safe just for magazines, what would my best option be?

I currently have them stashed away in a hidden spot under lock and key.

Maybe that is good enough.

Thoughts?

rondog

10-20-2013, 10:43

30 rd. AR magazines? I'd have to go look, but I'm pretty sure I have 10 or 12 of them in a .50 cal. ammo can. Don't have it locked away, but it's a handy container.

ray1970

10-20-2013, 10:59

30 rd. AR magazines? I'd have to go look, but I'm pretty sure I have 10 or 12 of them in a .50 cal. ammo can. Don't have it locked away, but it's a handy container.

Mostly trying to secure all of my magazines over 15 rounds to prevent them from being taken should my home be broken into.

SideShow Bob

10-20-2013, 11:01

Some of the members here would need an extra large safe just for the magazines........ This is a good topic since the standard Capasity Pre-ban magazines are now priceless in the underground market in our fine state.

ray1970

10-20-2013, 11:22

Some of the members here would need an extra large safe just for the magazines.....

Those are the people I am hoping chime in. Buying a new safe just to secure a bunch of magazines seems a bit silly. Maybe putting a dead bolt on a closet door is good enough? Or locking them up in a cabinet in the garage or something?

funkymonkey1111

10-20-2013, 13:06

Do you have any clearance to make a magazine rack on the safe door?

bobbyfairbanks

10-20-2013, 13:41

Get a stack on metal gun closet. Mount it to the wall in your closet and then put clothing in front of it or something to that order.

mtnrider

10-20-2013, 13:43

Just put them in your attic or closet in a box marked "Christmas Decorations" No one will even bother with looking in it.

blacklabel

10-20-2013, 13:56

Get a stack on metal gun closet. Mount it to the wall in your closet and then put clothing in front of it or something to that order.

That was my thought as well.

kwando

10-20-2013, 13:59

I use to store ammo and mags separate. Now I load all my mags with ammo and store them in fat 50 cans. I can fit 28 pmags in each can.

Some people I know store them in plastic bins in their kitchen.

zteknik

10-20-2013, 14:22

I just store them in my footlocker,it has a top tray I have some molle geared stowed in plus it has a hasp that so I can keep it locked

kidicarus13

10-20-2013, 14:43

Wyoming

StagLefty

10-20-2013, 15:05

I just store them in my footlocker,it has a top tray I have some molle geared stowed in plus it has a hasp that so I can keep it locked

Same here !!!

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ray1970

10-20-2013, 15:40

Do you have any clearance to make a magazine rack on the safe door?

Not really. I could probably get ten or twenty of them on there if I really tried but I'd rather keep them all together in one place.

ray1970

10-20-2013, 15:41

Just put them in your attic or closet in a box marked "Christmas Decorations" No one will even bother with looking in it.

Not a bad idea. Heck, maybe even put some actual Christmas stuff on top of them in the box.

cstone

10-20-2013, 16:01

Won't the grandkids be surprised when they go to put up the Christmas decorations. Look what we found... giant Pez dispensers with no heads. That candy is pointy. [LOL]

wctriumph

10-20-2013, 16:17

Just put them in your attic or closet in a box marked "Christmas Decorations" No one will even bother with looking in it.

I keep extras in a tattered cardboard box marked X-Mass. I have some in a plain cardboard box stashed in a closet with extra jackets and the fold out dinner trays. You can stash extra mags just about anywhere. I keep ammo and mags separate from the guns and from each other, no reason to make it easy for thieves. All camouflaged and out of plain sight. Step into my house or garage and you would never know I own a firearm.

SideShow Bob

10-20-2013, 16:22

Not a bad idea. Heck, maybe even put some actual Christmas stuff on top of them in the box.

And after a year or two you will forget about them. Then the wife will donate the box to Good Will, and that is when you will remember the magazines stashed in the donated box...................

hghclsswhitetrsh

10-20-2013, 18:17

Behind drywall, under insulation in the attic, underwear drawer...

Great-Kazoo

10-20-2013, 22:54

Behind drywall, under insulation in the attic, underwear drawer...

So when needed, he'll have itchy balls after grabbing the mags while getting dressed.

I don't own enough mags to assist you, advice wise.

hghclsswhitetrsh

10-20-2013, 23:05

So when needed, he'll have itchy balls after grabbing the mags while getting dressed.

I don't own enough mags to assist you, advice wise.

It's the best advice I can give, since I destroyed all mine July 1st.

Great-Kazoo

10-21-2013, 04:12

Not a bad idea. Heck, maybe even put some actual Christmas stuff on top of them in the box.

Pick up a used file cabinet, off CL, for $10 - 20. Throw a few bricks in bottom drawer for weight. Put n eye bolt top & bottom, then a rod or flat steel, with a lock, for deterrence.

It's the best advice I can give, since I destroyed all mine July 1st.

I hear ya. Anything for the children. Besides, it's safer than riding fast tracks through 5 points.

crays

10-21-2013, 07:36

ray1970

10-21-2013, 10:38

My house.
What??!! Just trying to be helpful...

Sent via my Mobile Work Avoidance Device

Ha. I knew someone would offer up a simple solution.

[Awesom]

HoneyBadger

10-22-2013, 09:52

I like the Christmas decoration box idea... just don't lose track of them!!

davsel

10-22-2013, 10:23

Cut a very thin piece of plywood to fit into the bottom of your sock drawer.
Lay down the mags in the empty drawer and place the plywood on top - false bottom.
Either put a pull tab on the edge, or drill a finger hole in the false bottom for removal.

Get a used outdoor circuit breaker box.
Mount it on the wall in the garage.
Add some empty conduit going to the ceiling or to the real breaker box for authenticity.
They already have a tab on the bottom for a small padlock to keep the kids out.
http://images.grainger.com/B397_24/images/products/100x100/Breaker-Enclosure-100-Amp-2DP90_AS01.JPG

buffalobo

10-22-2013, 10:45

Won't the grandkids be surprised when they go to put up the Christmas decorations. Look what we found... giant Pez dispensers with no heads. That candy is pointy. [LOL]

Our grandkids would love it and hang them on the tree.

Or ask for red and green paint to decorate them.

rbeau30

10-22-2013, 11:56

I've been wanting to get one of these. Fill it with ammo boxes until it is a good 1000 lbs, and if the thieves can get it out of the basement, then they deserve it.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-32-in-x-19-in-Storage-Chest-2032-OS/100189569?N=c27g

35357

And storing empty magazines... that's just silly.

If you are using PMAGS, here is a bit of info for you. Don't ask me how I know but (16) 30-round pmags fit nicely in a 50 cal ammo can with enough room for a pelican 40 gram dessicant pack for long term storage.

From: Dan Hunter [mailto:dhunter@magpul.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:09 PM
To: RBEAU30
Subject: RE: PMAG Question (Long-Term Storage)

Thank you for your inquiry. The factor that truly wears out quality springs is compression cycles, not constant compression. However, we use a high-quality stainless steel springs in our PMAGs and if one ever does happen to wear out any USGI spec spring can be swapped out for the factory one.
Regarding the question of how long, we’ve had magazines fully loaded for over four years now with no Impact/Dust Cover on and have experienced no feed lip or spring issues. With the cover installed storage life is considered indefinite. There have also been PMAGSreportedly tested to hundreds-of-thousands of rounds (military vetting), and we know positively of ones that have gone tens-of-thousands, so usable life is quite excellent too.

cstone

10-22-2013, 16:04

rbeau30

10-22-2013, 19:28

Gang boxes are much more secure when they spend the weekend hanging 30 feet in the air from a crane.

Now I just need a crane

Lurch

10-22-2013, 20:09

And after a year or two you will forget about them. Then the wife will donate the box to Good Will, and that is when you will remember the magazines stashed in the donated box...................

or in twenty years then they will be worth thousands just like those damn Cabbage Patch kids.

I keep my magazines in a trash can in the bathroom next to the throne.

Great-Kazoo

10-22-2013, 22:37

or in twenty years then they will be worth thousands just like those damn Cabbage Patch kids.

I keep my magazines in a trash can in the bathroom next to the throne.

funny you should say this. I read one of the cheapest, secure, areas to store valuables is the dirty laundry basket. One guy said he put a few "soiled" pair of underwear in there. He was robbed and that was never touched. He used some reddish brown food coloring to "replicate" the look. Guess a trash can with 1 or 2 tampons dipped in red food coloring would do the trick. Unless some freak broke in, like that guy hiding in outhouses. [hahhah-no]

Great-Kazoo

10-22-2013, 22:40

Perfect and he's local.
https://www.ar-15.co/threads/117979-TL-15-Burglary-Resistant-Safe

SideShow Bob

10-23-2013, 16:20

funny you should say this. I read one of the cheapest, secure, areas to store valuables is the dirty laundry basket. One guy said he put a few "soiled" pair of underwear in there. He was robbed and that was never touched. He used some reddish brown food coloring to "replicate" the look. Guess a trash can with 1 or 2 tampons dipped in red food coloring would do the trick. Unless some freak broke in, like that guy hiding in outhouses. [hahhah-no]

Here ya go, not real skid mark underwear safe...... But I guess you would need the odor of real skid marks as an extra detourent.

http://www.cheatersspyshop.com/dirty-briefs-safe.html

LeftHandBlack

10-23-2013, 17:12

Just put them in your attic or closet in a box marked "Christmas Decorations" No one will even bother with looking in it.

Not to far off from what I did with mine!

rondog

10-23-2013, 18:30

Ok, I'd like to know how somebody "got 16 30-rd. Pmags nicely in a .50 cal ammo can"! A "fat .50" SAW can I can see, but the best I could do is 14 in a regular .50 can!

rbeau30

10-23-2013, 20:35

35419
okay, so the ones laying flat are alternating head to toe(69) 7 layers. The two that are there on the end are at an angle. Dust covers are filling up the rst of the space.

Ok, I'd like to know how somebody "got 16 30-rd. Pmags nicely in a .50 cal ammo can"! A "fat .50" SAW can I can see, but the best I could do is 14 in a regular .50 can!

Let me see if I can get a pic. I can get 16 in there. Without dust covers.

def90

10-23-2013, 21:00

Bank safe deposit box? You don't still have box of mags at mom and dads or your cousins house while you lived or went to school out of state?

sent from a soup can and some string..

Irving

10-23-2013, 22:16

All mine are in the local police department evidence room. Thanks for keeping them for me guys!

rondog

10-23-2013, 22:39

35419
okay, so the ones laying flat are alternating head to toe(69) 7 layers. The two that are there on the end are at an angle. Dust covers are filling up the rst of the space.

Let me see if I can get a pic. I can get 16 in there. Without dust covers.

Well, hell...no dust covers? That's cheating! I prefer to leave 'em on, and I don't need 16 per can anyway. I'm good as is.

rbeau30

10-24-2013, 07:33

Well, hell...no dust covers? That's cheating! I prefer to leave 'em on, and I don't need 16 per can anyway. I'm good as is.

Yeah you are right. :-D

I just figured if I am dipping into my stored mags, I don't think I will need dust covers, and probably will wish I had that extra couple mags.

osok-308

10-24-2013, 10:17

You can always store them at MY place! [Beer]

So, I don't have room in the safe for all of my pre-Colorado ban magazines. In the past I just kept them in the closet. I figured if anything happened to them I would just buy more. Needless to say, I can't legally buy more of them now.

So, other than investing in another safe just for magazines, what would my best option be?

I currently have them stashed away in a hidden spot under lock and key.

Maybe that is good enough.

Thoughts?

StagLefty

10-24-2013, 11:42

Since I have to have "continual possession" they are in King Soopers bags so I can take them everywhere. [Sarcasm2]

zteknik

10-24-2013, 21:52

Since I have to have "continual possession" they are in King Soopers bags so I can take them everywhere. [Sarcasm2]
Not a bad idea! [Beer]
I could keep 'em in my lunchbox next to my sammiches-but it would have to be one heck of a lunchbox!![Coffee]

Big E3

10-24-2013, 23:02

Get a used outdoor circuit breaker box.
Mount it on the wall in the garage.
Add some empty conduit going to the ceiling or to the real breaker box for authenticity.
They already have a tab on the bottom for a small padlock to keep the kids out.
http://images.grainger.com/B397_24/images/products/100x100/Breaker-Enclosure-100-Amp-2DP90_AS01.JPG[/QUOTE]

I was leaning in this direction but didn't know what to tell somebody when asked why I needed six breaker boxes for a three car garage. I figured they would think I must have a cave full of grow lights somewhere on the property.

ray1970

10-24-2013, 23:05

I was leaning in this direction but didn't know what to tell somebody when asked why I needed six breaker boxes for a three car garage. I figured they would think I must have a cave full of grow lights somewhere on the property.

[LOL]

rondog

10-24-2013, 23:25

If your garage walls aren't drywalled, you could mount a 2x4 between two studs, stack a shitload of mags on it, then hang a cabinet over them to cover up. You can hide all kindsa shit in walls all over your house with a little imagination and strategic placement of coverup objects. I've often thought about things like this, just too lazy and and not paranoid enough to actually do it.

The possibilities for hiding things are endless, depending on what you want to hide, how deep you want to hide it, who you want to hide it from, how accessable you want it, how much work you want to do, and so on. Guess I have a twisted imagination.

Great-Kazoo

10-24-2013, 23:31

Get a used outdoor circuit breaker box.
Mount it on the wall in the garage.
Add some empty conduit going to the ceiling or to the real breaker box for authenticity.
They already have a tab on the bottom for a small padlock to keep the kids out.
http://images.grainger.com/B397_24/images/products/100x100/Breaker-Enclosure-100-Amp-2DP90_AS01.JPG

I was leaning in this direction but didn't know what to tell somebody when asked why I needed six breaker boxes for a three car garage. I figured they would think I must have a cave full of grow lights somewhere on the property.[/QUOTE]

Tell them your spouse has a hair dryer addiction. End of conversation

Irving

10-24-2013, 23:33

Who would ask you in the first place?

StagLefty

10-25-2013, 08:18

Who would ask you in the first place?

SHHHHH "They're" probably reading this right now

james_bond_007

01-04-2014, 23:19

And after a year or two you will forget about them. Then the wife will donate the box to Good Will, and that is when you will remember the magazines stashed in the donated box...................

I lost some of my best electronic test equipment EXACTLY that way.[gohome]
I'm guessing ARC sold it for pennies...if they actually knew what it was.

james_bond_007

01-04-2014, 23:22

Mostly trying to secure all of my magazines over 15 rounds to prevent them from being taken should my home be broken into.

No one will break into your house...they have a law on the books to "prevent" that.[Sarcasm2]

ray1970

01-04-2014, 23:30

No one will break into your house...they have a law on the books to "prevent" that.[Sarcasm2]

Good point. I hadn't thought about that. I guess my stuff is safe. [Coffee]

HoneyBadger

01-05-2014, 21:19

Use empty paint cans. Clean out a few gallon cans and fill them with whatever you want. seal them up, maybe even add some extra paint for effect, then put them on your paint shelf or near your tools. I doubt criminal would break into someone's house and start opening up gallons of paint with a screw driver...

as an added bonus, when you want to move them, paint cans have a built in handle and stack nicely too.

HoneyBadger

01-05-2014, 21:28

Anything that could easily be perceived as junk really.... Hollow out an old printer, a box of old clothes or shoes (or Christmas decorations), a pile of old blankets, an old clock, etc. Making something appear undesirable, combined with harder access is the recipe for success for this scenario.

SideShow Bob

01-05-2014, 23:05

I've got an old computer tower if someone wants to gut it and use it as a hidden in plain sight hiding place for stuff.
I'm sure you could fit a bunch of magazines in it.

bogie

01-11-2014, 11:53

I'm not sure why this is an issue. No honest criminal is going to steal banned magazines.

lowbeyond

01-11-2014, 12:38

dude they are magazines, current replacement cost is 8-14 bucks each for a standard gi or pmag

mine are in a closet, most are still NIW, in the box they were shipped in

If i ever lose or break them or someone steals them or if i feel like building a pmag fort and i need more...

I'll just go get them and not care one fuck about what is written in the holy book of colorado.

TFOGGER

01-11-2014, 14:04

I have a whole filing cabinet for storing mags and ammo...filed under S for STHF...

StagLefty

01-11-2014, 14:15

I have a whole filing cabinet for storing mags and ammo...filed under S for STHF...

They're safe then-the only place I'd look would be under "M" [ROFL2]

rbeau30

01-11-2014, 17:58

Well good thing the criminals know that they cannot steal the magazines because that would be an illegal transfer.

ray1970

01-11-2014, 18:29

They're safe then-the only place I'd look would be under "M" [ROFL2]

I'd look under "C" also. In case someone thinks they are storing "clips".

SideShow Bob

01-12-2014, 19:44

I have moved the few magazines I have left to this, after the floods of 9/13 washed away my safe with all my firearms and most of the magazines that I owned.
I have this chained to the foundation now.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/13/e3uhubym.jpg
Sent from my ass using re-fried beans.

TFOGGER

01-12-2014, 19:58

I'd look under "C" also. In case someone thinks they are storing "clips".

Now moving them to F for "f*ck Hickenlooper"

Big E3

01-12-2014, 20:49

I'm thinking about pulling all the guns out of the safe and putting all the mags in it. Every gun I own is insured and I can replace them on line, but 3/4 of my mags can't be replaced in Colorado any more.

BuffCyclist

01-12-2014, 20:54

Is anyone else getting a hankering to break into HB's house and start ripping into his printers, computers, laundry hampers, christmas decorations, ski clothing, paint cans, used oil containers, etc?

Big E3

01-12-2014, 21:18

I think he's being crazy like a fox, he's thinking that by posting all this storage info when he gets burglarized they'll spend too much time looking through old broken printers and computers, dirty laundry hampers, broken christmas decorations, worn out ski clothing, dried up paint cans and dirty oil containers. They'll run out of time and leave with nothing of value, might be the way to do it.

HoneyBadger

01-12-2014, 23:17

Is anyone else getting a hankering to break into HB's house and start ripping into his printers, computers, laundry hampers, christmas decorations, ski clothing, paint cans, used oil containers, etc?
Hahaha good luck! Police response time in my neighborhood has been under 10 minutes lately because we had a series of break-ins. You'll spend at least 10 mins opening old cans of eggshell paint and looking for old computer equipment and I'll have plenty of security footage of your ugly mug digging through my Christmas decorations... [ROFL1]

I think he's being crazy like a fox, he's thinking that by posting all this storage info when he gets burglarized they'll spend too much time looking through old broken printers and computers, dirty laundry hampers, broken christmas decorations, worn out ski clothing, dried up paint cans and dirty oil containers. They'll run out of time and leave with nothing of value, might be the way to do it.
[Awesom]

Great-Kazoo

01-12-2014, 23:36