Where can I find a lockable ammo box/can?

[lovemachine]

Where can I find a lockable ammo box/can? My wife and I are preparing for a home study thru our adoption agency, possibly end of October, and one of the guidelines is that firearms and ammo have to be locked up separately.

I currently have everything in one large gun safe. And I don't have the money to buy a second safe. So, I figured I can keep the ammo locked up in separate boxes, stored inside my safe.

 

[eldirector]

Most any ammo can accepts a padlock. If you are like me, you have a whole box of those freebie cable "gun locks".

Will you be required to unload and lock up your carry and ammo (separately) when not on you?

I think I saw a stack of metal ammo cans at Menards a few weeks ago.

 

[bocefus78]

Locking file cabinet or a $100 stack on gun cabinet were my first 2 thoughts. How much ammo are we looking at here?
I bought my parents a small fire safe about the size of a dorm fridge for under $200.

 

[lovemachine]

Most any ammo can accepts a padlock. If you are like me, you have a whole box of those freebie cable "gun locks".

Will you be required to unload and lock up your carry and ammo (separately) when not on you?

I think I saw a stack of metal ammo cans at Menards a few weeks ago.

The normal metal cans will accept a pad lock? I thought you had to modify them? (I don't have ANY cans).

I really have no idea about my carry gun. They just asked if I had any firearms.

 

[eldirector]

The normal metal cans will accept a pad lock? I thought you had to modify them? (I don't have ANY cans).

Well, now I gotta go check... Dang it. Be right back....

 

[17 squirrel]

If your a mechanical guy this will give you ideas, if not there are quite a few different devices on the market for just what you are looking for.

http://www.amazon.com/Ammo-Lock-Hardware-Ammunition-Cans/dp/B00SNOQR4I

 

[KLB]

Why worry about an actual ammo box? Get a lockable storage container big enough to hold what you have.

 

[17 squirrel]

Well, now I gotta go check... Dang it. Be right back....

Haveing lockable ammo cans would be a bad thing in a combat situation.

 

[eldirector]

Well, drip me in bacon grease and call me Rhino...

No tab for a padlock on mine. I would have SWORN there was. Looks like it is easy to add one, though.

Wonder what kind of can I was thinking of?

 

[mdemetz]

Ammo can locks

 

[17 squirrel]

The MTM's ( zombies) cans have lockable tabs.

 

[lovemachine]

Why worry about an actual ammo box? Get a lockable storage container big enough to hold what you have.

Like this? Rubbermaid 35-Gallon (140-Quart) Action Packer - Walmart.com

What would keep someone from running off with it? At least my gun safe is bolted down.

 

[eldirector]

Three-fiddy at Rural King (on sale):
Bear Arms Field Ammo Can Box ACGRN by Retail Factory Direct for $3.99 in Gun Cases - Hunting - Sporting Goods : Rural King

Has a tabs for a padlock. Maybe that is what I was thinking of....

 

[KLB]

Like this? Rubbermaid 35-Gallon (140-Quart) Action Packer - Walmart.com

What would keep someone from running off with it? At least my gun safe is bolted down.

Are you really that worried about someone breaking into your house and stealing your ammo?

 

[KLB]

Also, how long do you have to keep them separate? Is this short term or until the child is grown?

 

[dudley0]

When my sister adopted I don't recall hearing how they kept coming back throughout the years.

It has been a while though. Her youngest is grown with a couple kids so things could be different. As much as they charge for the process you should have lifetime baby sitting with it as well.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Plano ammo cans are lockable and come in a couple different sizes so you can find ones that fit easily in your safe.

Amazon.com : Plano Ammo Can (Field Box) : Gun Ammunition And Magazine Pouches : Sports & Outdoors

 

[Doublehelix]

Plano ammo cans are lockable and come in a couple different sizes so you can find ones that fit easily in your safe.

Amazon.com : Plano Ammo Can (Field Box) : Gun Ammunition And Magazine Pouches : Sports & Outdoors

Beat me to it. This is what I have as well, and they have a nice rubber gasket on the lid to help to be moisture-resistant (I do not think they claim to be "water-proof", you would need to go with a Pelican case for that).

 

[rhino400]

Three-fiddy at Rural King (on sale):
Bear Arms Field Ammo Can Box ACGRN by Retail Factory Direct for $3.99 in Gun Cases - Hunting - Sporting Goods : Rural King

Has a tabs for a padlock. Maybe that is what I was thinking of....

I highly recommend these. I bought 15 of them when Rural King had their 12% rebate going on. Very nice can for the money. Has gasket to keep out moisture and a tab for padlock. And they are stack-able. I just stack mine two deep in the bottom of the safe. If they have to be kept separate from the guns though. I would recommend something like this Tough Box . Used to store my ammo in one of those before I had a big enough safe it weighed enough with all my ammo in it that no one was walking off with it easily.

 

[lovemachine]

Now that I think about it, I'm starting to like the idea of a large lockable container.....