Ammo cabinet project

Had all my ammo stored in my safe, taking up needed rifle space.

Before I got the safe, I had been using a stack-on cabinet for gun storage. It was just sitting around, so I decided to bolt it into my home office and use it for ammo storage.

Purchased some "pilaster strips" (had never heard that term before) from Lowes:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Style-Selections-0-2-in-W-x-72-in-H-x-0-63-in-D-Steel-Wall-Mounted-Shelving/3006365
along with some clips to go with them:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Style-Selec...elving/3006364

Got 2 of the 72" long ones, and cut them in half with some tin snips to make 4 36" long pieces. Used some simple pop-rivets to mount the strips to the inside of the stack-on cabinet, and made some plywood shelves covered with toolbox drawer liner.

https://i.imgur.com/6r9n9Ts.jpg?1

Was able to get all the ammo out of the main safe, and into the stack-on cabinet with a little room to spare. Used 2 lag screws thru the carpet into the subfloor, and 2 toggle bolts thru the drywall mainly to prevent tipping.

I like that. Good idea.

And now that I have more space in the safe, I can go buy another gun or two!

I am about to undertake a similar project. My ammunition and magazines are currently stored in several places around the house and I picked up another safe not too long ago with the intention of using it to store magazines and ammunition.

Good job.

Nice work!m and thanks for the reminder and inspiration. I certainly need to do this too.

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Originally Posted by ray1970

...My ammunition and magazines are currently stored in several places around the house...

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My Dad used to keep his magazines in the bathroom vanity under the towels.

Oh. Wait a minute...

Different magazines. Nevermind.

I like the toolbox drawer liner idea. Someday I hope I can have a better set up than the boot boxes I've got going now.