Thread: ammo storage

This is straight off NZpolice website:
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/def...e-guidance.pdf

Sec 2.2.6 on page 11 should answer your question.
Cheers

Liked the line about having a dog able to roam on the property. Line 2 out of 10 for property security.
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I recently added a trigger lock for my lever action as you can't remove the bolt.
Not sure I'm convinced this is the best option but short of a winding something around the action and lever and locking that in place it meets the requirements for travel.

So also make a note of the requirements for storage of your ammo and rife when traveling.
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Originally Posted by Ftx325

so is the inner locking box in the top of a gun safe for bolts/ammo not legal anymore ? Am I missing something here ?
for just small amounts of ammo obviously ....

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/def...e-guidance.pdf
Photo examples on pg13 shows ammo stored in the top box of a gun safe

Originally Posted by 223nut

So do folks drill holes in the side? In the event of a house fire surely a metal box full of ammo with no way for gas to vent is a 'bomb'

No, ammo when in a fire, doesn't explode. The heat causes the powder to burn and the projectile, being heavier than the case, stays in place and the lighter case pops off. I've done experiments on this, subjecting live cartridges to the heat of a small gas cooker under a carton. No piece of the cartridge penetrated the cardboard.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

so is the inner locking box in the top of a gun safe for bolts/ammo not legal anymore ? Am I missing something here ?
for just small amounts of ammo obviously ....

The issue is, if someone gains illegal access to your firearms in the safe, they then will have access to the ammo as well. Is that what you want? There is a well documented case of a firearms owner arriving home, to be confronted by a ninja pointing one of his firearms at him, and the owner assumed the firearm was loaded because he stored the ammo in the gun safe.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I just put the bolts and mags in the upper locking section of safe with the 'going to use' ammo, that is why it's there after all, and have a separate locking cupboard , which is about to have another safe installed in it for bulk ammo.
Never been a problem before.
Wouldn't be surprised if they want trigger locks on semi's, pump's etc but a trigger lock on a bolt action with no bolt installed seems pointless...

The fact that the safe manufacturer puts a small safe in with the main safe, doesn't mean to say it's legal. They don't know what the local regulations are.

Don't call it a safe, it's a steel cabinet, there for no certs required

The law does not require ammo box to be locked down. It has to have a lock . it has to be metal. Basically a child who somehow has access to Farm cannot get access to thebox.

The best option is to have a second small 50 RND lockable box that can be padlocked using a metal strop under a car seat . The Cop videos on safety issue in Nz assume that EVERY car has a lockable glove box. Plenty do not. Ie the video is created around a b_shit premise. That transfer box does not legally have to be metal but most plastic boxes won't have alock down tab on them.

If the ammo is stolen out of the car when you are out in the shooting or range expedition , because it'snot locked down then you could easily lose yer arms licence.

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Ammo and bolts can be stored in a small built in lockable cabinet within the main gun safe,as long as the keys are stored,hidden separately.

Originally Posted by Trout

Ammo and bolts can be stored in a small built in lockable cabinet within the main gun safe,as long as the keys are stored,hidden separately.

Ooops!. Noted, I made my safe myself including the ammo safe, they are separate but bolted together, the safe has 5 dead bolts and ammo jobbie has 2 dead bolts. But the 7 sets of keys are locked away together...I'll sort that out today!.