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I have recently received my SGC and now have my Beretta safely locked away.

 

Just starting to think about getting a storage safe/cabinet for cartridges. I know there's a good choice available - but does anyone know if any particular make is fire and/or heat proof ??

 

I've looked at a few on Ebay just out of interest but none mention anything in terms of fire or heat resistance and I've not yet got to the local gun shop to look at their cabinets.

 

It's just that the house across the road had a serious fire last week, and that made me think about keeping ammunition safe if our house should go up ( our house was seriously damaged in a fire 20 years ago, before we moved in, so statistically we should be OK as I would imagine the chances of a house having TWO fires are remote - that's MY theory anyway ! ).

 

Any help/advice/thoughts appreciated.

 

Thanks.

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As Tightchoke has said, really. They will burn, but are not likely to explode.

 

However ... if you did lock them in a safe, you're then storing them in a confined space. Confined space means that IF it does happen, a blast is far more likely to be serious than in the open.

 

Was taught that many years ago in the cadets. The Army trainer wanted us to see what a thunderflash was like in a restricted space, so put one under a steel helmet. Which promptly got launched 80-100 feet into the air. Out in the open it was pretty harmless though

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As others have said , I tell the other half they are all in the garage which keeps her happy, but then she never looks in the spare room where i keep my shooting stuff

 

Far cheaper when you buy cartridges to buy a thousand at a time and some places will give you a thousand rate even if you buy a thousand of mixed types or makes so dont be afraid to ask for best price

 

Try and keep them in a dry place at a constant temp to avoid condensation, so if in the garage place a couple of blankets over them

 

If your gun has multi choke just put something like 1/4 and 1/2 chokes in and leave them in until you have been shooting for a year, the reason is keep to the same chokes and cartridges and the only thing left is where you point it and your mount, the playing with chokes and cartridges will just complicate things without any gain

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Weirdly there are far more explosive products in your house than your shotgun ammo.

 

Anything pressurised like deodorant, paint or other cans can go pop. Any small gas canisters or calor gas cylinders are more of a problem. If you had a scuba tank to refill a PCP that would be FAR more dangerous and the sort of thing the fire service would need to know about.

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If my house went on fire just about bottom of a long list of things that I'd be worrying about would be a couple of thousand shells. I keep them upstairs in a wardrobe in the spare bedroom and if the Fire Brigade attended I'd tell them.

 

Think about it this way. If there were real danger of explosion from fire we'd be required by law to store them in a fire proof environment.

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I keep mine in the top of wardrobe out of reach of grand kids

Thanks for the replies everyone. Was thinking about security as much as safety as I have a very inquisitive grandson living here too and I'd rather be on the safe side.

'Er indoors will just have to get used to having them in the house - she didn't want guns in the house at first, wanted me to keep 'em at the shooting ground, and now she's got used to it and forgets they're there.

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I Keep mine in one of these under the bed;

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151246753380?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

12 bore boxes of 25 are exactly the same depth and whilst I don't lock it, the clasp is strong enough that the kids can't get into it. I also keep a cartridge bag of 100 out of reach of the kids for ready use. I imagine the wood would burn through before the cartridges got hot enough to do any harm.

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