Ammo storage has been and continues to be challenging. Sturdy shelves are great, but limit accessibility by not being able to quickly identify and access ammo that’s stacked in the back. Plus, it’s hard to secure ammo on a shelf.
I tried a storage cabinet with shelves and locking doors, but it was a pain trying to identify the ammo stacked deep within the back of the shelves, not to mention having to nearly lay down to access the bottom shelves.
A dedicated safe/RSC would be nice, but again, there would be accessibility limitations due to the shelving, not to mention the expense of the containers. But, then again, a decent ammo of ammo is very expensive, costing more than many of my firearms, so a nice RSC could be a wise storage option. Ammo is very heavy, thus limiting adequate storage solutions even further. Either way, finding space for the secured ammo can be a challenge in and of itself.
For now, I’ve settled on a media storage cabinet with drawers, coupled with a tool base-cabinet with drawers in the corner of my home office. The drawers make it super easy to identify and access all stored ammo. But, drawer height is limited and of course, it’s all too easy to exceed the drawer’s weight capacity.
My media cabinet and tool box drawers are only rated for 100#, although several drawers currently exceed that limit. Both have decent locks for a cabinet and the bearings/tracks are robust enough to pull the drawers with just a finger, without over-stressing the drawer. I use the big cabinet for range ammo and the smaller box for SD/HD ammo, makes it easy to find exactly what I need.
1340 rounds of 223/556 takes up a little space when laid out on a desktop.
But, hardly makes a dent when stacked in a drawer.
Be curious to know how other folks store all their ammo, perhaps a separate thread would be prudent.