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Liberty wrote:

lawrnk wrote: I'm agreeing with this. I think/hope the fire would be out by the time the safe temp got hot enough, and I tend to believe the safe is the safest place for a cache of ammo. It also weighs it down to inhibit being mobile to thieves.

A refirigerator is also a good place. Especially for a lb or 2 of black powder.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Dan20703 wrote:You are worse off keeping them in a safe. Pressure buildup might cause a more violent explosion than if they just burned.

I would disagree with that statement for three reasons:

1: If you have a fire resistant safe, the temperature inside the safe will likely be lower than outside the safe. For instance, my safe will maintain temperatures of no more than 275º for 45 minutes, with an outside temperature of 1,200º. The ammo is not likely to cook off inside the safe, whereas it is quite likely to cook off outside the safe.

2: Since the pressure inside the safe isn't going to be all that high because it has a lot of cubic feet of airspace, and because the heavy gauge steel walls, lined inside by plywood and foam liner is probably more than capable of containing a round that cooks off.