Howe much ammo are you allowed to store?

[MichiganMilitia]

Um, lessee....

.22lr
.380acp
9x18Mak
9x19Luger
.38Special
.40S&W
.44Magnum
.45acp
.30Carbine
.30-06
.303British
7.62x54R

Guess that's actually 12.

Oh, forgot the shotguns....
.410
20 guage
16 guage

Still have some room to grow.

Oh I forgot one! I have

5.56
6.8x43
.30-30
12 gauge

I forgot the .30-30 because it's in storage right now.

I have lots of room to grow!

[theGinsue]

How come no one has suggested "However much your wife says is okay!" yet?

'Cuz I just got around to reading this thread.

Of course, availability is better now than 6 months ago, but I think my wife would "allow" considerably more than I've been able to acquire.

[SA Friday]

13-3.7 Smokeless propellants intended for personal use in quantities not exceeding 20 lb (9.1 kg) shall be permitted to be stored in original containers in residences. Quantities exceeding 20 lb (9.1 kg), but not exceeding 50 lb (22.7 kg), shall be permitted to be stored in residences where kept in a wooden box or cabinet having walls of at least 1 in. (25.4 mm) nominal thickness.

this is from the National Fire Protection Association;Explosives Material Code

I dont make this stuff up LOL.

another fun fact:

11-5.3 No more than 25,000 small arms primers may be transported in a private vehicle.

11-5.4 No more than 10,000 small arms primers may be stored in residences.

I read this to my wife and she asked what idiot wrote this code.

[Troublco]

I don't need no stinkin' badge. Uh, I mean permission. Fortunately for me, my wife has known of my hobby/obsession from the beginning and doesn't mind aiding and abetting my pursuit of it. In fact, I knew she was a keeper when she bought me a 1911 our first Christmas together.


I find that since I outgrew the safe I dedicated to ammo storage that the best thing to do is use a P-Touch label machine to label ammo cans so I can keep track of what's in them. If you label the front and the top, you can pull a can off if it's stacked on top of one and still know what's in it. A spreadsheet can help with inventory purposes.

What?

[MichiganMilitia]

I don't need no stinkin' badge.

Nice Blazing Saddles reference...

I just have a few .50cal cans in good shape that I keep all my ammo in. it keeps my ammo airtight, (there's lots of moisture around) and easy to organize. I've found efficient ways to stack boxes or magazines in different size cans for example, the width of a Winchester .30-30 ammo box (20 rds) is the same width as a standard .50cal can.

And a have a few cans filled with once fired 5.56 and 6.8 brass. Someday I hope to start reloading...

[Irving]

I have two ammo cans about a quarter full. I set them on top of the little potty bench my 2 year-old has so she can better reach the sink. I should take a picture of it some time.

[ryanek9freak]

11-5.3 No more than 25,000 small arms primers may be transported in a private vehicle.

11-5.4 No more than 10,000 small arms primers may be stored in residences.

Uh, whoops. Cuff me officer. LOL

[Great-Kazoo]

How come no one has suggested "However much your wife says is okay!" yet?

because she has her own ammo storage.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Troublco


I don't need no stinkin' badge.

Nice Blazing Saddles reference...

that originally is from High Sierra (We don't need no Steenkin badges) brooks utilized a parody of it as he did in all his movies (vague factoid # 867)

[scratchy]

Oh I forgot one! I have

5.56
6.8x43
.30-30
12 gauge

I forgot the .30-30 because it's in storage right now.

I have lots of room to grow!

Lessee:

17hmr
22lr
9mm
40 SW
223/556
6.8 spc
243 win
30-40 krag

Looking to add 308 and then I'm done. (well, maybe a 45 acp)

[newracer]

22lr
17hm2 ( I don't even own a firearm to shoot them)
17hmr
.38
9mm
40SW
.223/5.56
.204 Ruger
30-06
7.5 Swiss
300 Win Mag
12 ga