So far, much of what I'm reading says to store your ammo separately from your weapon...I understand the safety concern that if someone can get to your gun now it is also immediately loaded...

So where do you guys store ammo? I would prefer to store it in my safe with the gun since it is a biometric safe and a "safe" place to keep it, but apparently it's a no-no.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance

RxB

You can store it in the same safe. You can keep the gun loaded if you so choose as long as you're home. You don't need to keep the ammo in separate containers until you travel to the range.

 

Some one will probably come along with a better explanation though.

Uh, if you have children it might be a good idea to keep it seperate (or even locked in the same safe with your firearms). Otherwise, there are no laws I know of to prohibit storing of firearms and ammunition together.

So far, much of what I'm reading says to store your ammo separately from your weapon...I understand the safety concern that if someone can get to your gun now it is also immediately loaded...

So where do you guys store ammo? I would prefer to store it in my safe with the gun since it is a biometric safe and a "safe" place to keep it, but apparently it's a no-no.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance

RxB

I don't believe there is many here that store ammo separately from their guns other than their surplus.If you have a large enough safe and little enough ammo on hand, by all means store them together but there are no law that I know of requiring the separation of ammo and firearms in your home.

I don't believe there is many here that store ammo separately from their guns other than their surplus.If you have a large enough safe and little enough ammo on hand, by all means store them together but there are no law that I know of requiring the separation of ammo and firearms in your home.

 

Careful! They might be listening... :ph34r:

My AR and shotgun are both kept with a full mag/tube and empty chamber. The rest of my ammo is in a bunch of ammo cans just stacked on the floor in my room.

I also keep my ammo in the same place as my guns. Most of it is in the safe, what doesn't fit is in ammo cans in the closet. All my guns are stored loaded, with at least 2 full magazines. Keep in mind that this is in a house will all adults, and there are never any unsupervised children.

 

While I expect to never need to use my weapons for self defense, if you keep the ammo separate you might as well just have a club instead.

If you are a sport shooter or hunter or you only use guns for fun, it is "safer" to keep them unloaded with the ammunition separate.

 

That being said, I can take a gun, load it, and leave it on the kitchen counter for the next 20 years. It will never go off unless I pull the trigger.

 

If you are keeping a gun for self defense, I think that it should be loaded. An unloaded self defense gun will rapidly become the bag guy's gun.

 

Now there are stages of "loaded." I use the same terms that the Army uses:

 

Red : Meaning magazine in, round in the chaber

Amber: Magazine in, empty chamber

Green: Empty magazine, empty chamber.

 

I have two guns in my home that are "set up" for self defense: My Kel Tec PF9 is red and in a small safe by my bed. My wife's CX4 is locked up in a case in the closet. That is red as well.

 

Everything else is kept in a safe downstairs in my basement. I used to keep the guns in that safe green. Meaning empty with the ammunition stored in the safe. After hearing about Dr. Pettit, and realizing that I may be locked in my own basement with my family burning to death upstairs, I started keeping those guns (mainly sporting shotguns) amber.

 

So, yes, I do keep the guns loaded. I also keep the ammunition in the safe with the guns. I do believe that ammunition should be locked up in addition to the gun, although I would not call you irresponsible if you simply stored it on a shelf. It's just what feels right for me.

 

But if you don't have kids, or kids never come over, there are no laws requiring that you keep ammunition separate.

You can store your ammo anywhere you'd like; In the gun, out of the gun, on the kitchen counter, with the tiddlywinks, or anywhere else on your property.

 

My H&K is always loaded and at max a few seconds from reach 100% of the time I am at home unless my niece is over, then it gets locked up.

Thanks for all of the answers, I'm married but we don't have kids yet and kids don't come over, the reason why I was asking is because I've read a few places to keep them separate from each other, even the manual of the gun says to keep them separate, but I want to have them both locked and I'm not about to go out and buy another safe just for ammo...when I have more guns and need another safe then maybe I'll consider that.

I'm not really worried about break ins, although I know they happen and I know that what I read in the police blotter in the local paper isn't everything that is happening out there, but I guess the best thing to do is maybe keep one mag loaded in the safe but maybe not in the gun for me, but if I need it, let's hope none of us ever do, it will be there almost ready to go.

Thank you again