Was looking for a nice TA-50ish storage locker with shelving for ammo, reloading supplies and some gear.

I already have a safe in another location in the house for firearms and things that should be in a safe, this is more of a locker where ammo/reloading supplies can be stored and not overly easily gotten to. As a bonus, it would probably serve as a great decoy from the real sage if someone would break in.

My problem has been that I either can't seem to find one that is all shelving (I just want 4-5 heavy duty shelves per locker), doesn't have a cheesy/weak locking mechanism or its dimensions don't work where it needs to go. I could easily get an actual TA-50 cabinet, but they are all 24" deep where I only have 20-21" of depth. Additionally, the reloading bench I have in the room is handmade and custom, all the floors and wood in the room are new from us buying this house and redoing it; I've turned this large room into half armory/half nice office. I really didn't want a cheap Stack On cabinet to against the wall, right next to the large L shaped reloading bench. I literally just want a ventilated front, locking, TA-50ish type cabinet with 4-5 heavy shelves in it and either 36 or 42 inches wide. Why is this so hard?

I looked around and saw a ton of TA-50 cabinets and manufacturers and they are either too large (depth), won't talk to me since I'm not looking to order 5000 units or have ridiculous .mil pricing. Had Wirecrafters quote me on a 4 shelf, 20" depth TA-50 cabinet and wanted $2k for it. I couldn't LOL fast enough as you can find them all over for under $800. If I had 24" depth apparently this would be easier.

Any ideas? I'm not against spending some money, I mainly need something thats quality and will 'fit' into the look of the new room. Was hoping someone had an idea of what to look at or where else to look.

Thanks

Global Industrial

I've ordered a couple of 14 guage storage cabinets for both gear and ammo.  Very heavy duty.

I actually got a quote from them earlier today. Prices are much better than others; I'm starting to think that if the company puts out any kind of NSN cabinets (even if they are not what you are asking about) that their prices are going to be ridiculous.

I was looking at these; are they similar to what you got? I'm only wishing they came in different finishes as I was after olive or sand but I'm guessing they can be refinished.

http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/storage/cabinets/see-thru-door/extra-clear-view-storage-cabinets

Hi,

I just ordered a cabinet for the same purpose as you.  I wanted something with a decent shelf weight capacity for ammo but that did not weigh too much overall to be difficult to move into my basement.  This seemed the best compromise between shelf capacity and overall weight of the cabinet:

http://www.zoro.com/durham-storage-cabinet-16-ga-72-in-h-36-in-w-2501-4s-95/i/G9948653/

It's 16ga, 700# shelf capacity, and weighs 320# overall.

I haven't received it yet, but I will let you know how it goes.

They do make a ventilated version that seems what you are looking for:

http://www.zoro.com/durham-storage-cabinet-14-ga-72-in-h-36-in-w-emdc-361872-95/i/G9936473/

The nice thing about this company is that shipping is included which can be substantial at other companies.  Also, if you register to their site, they send out occasional 20% coupons for even more savings.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the heads up. Just grabbed a 12 gauge 78" tall cabinet for my stuff. With the 25% coupon from the email it was around $450 shipped. Pretty happy with that!

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