Sleeping with/next to a loaded firearm?

[K9paulc]

Camping

[naimad]

Loaded pistol on the night stand every night those neoprene computer mousepads work great for sitting your gun on the night stand no scratches and keeps gun from sliding around

[NRAhighpowershooter]

1911A1 cocked and locked.........

[Centurion_D]

I keep my 1911 at condition 1 within easy reach at night.

[HUTCH 7.62]

I keep my springfield 1911 or sometimes my smith 686 loaded with hornady TAP in my night stand in a pistol rugI like the smith better because you never have to worry about it failing in times of need. My MOD. 66 use to be the gun of choice until I realized that I never want to lose it if something bad happens or I get robbed. I've done it so long that it's hard to sleep without one

[Cpl_Peters]

sig226r with x200 condition one, hammer decocked, under pillow, 870 tactical magnum with 6v surefire pump handle leaning against nightstand, bird shot in chamber followed by 4 000 buckshot, then 2 slugs. Sig 239 condition one in night stand, 1911 with loaded mag next to it in closet. 2 loaded 10 round busmaster mags in rifle bag with OLL. Everything else I keep locked up Paranoid...yes...i live in irvine haha.

All handgun ammo loaded in Mags is Winchester whitebox JHP

When I go camping, I bring the Ruger GP100 with 4 speed loaders 2 with 38+P and 2 with .357 JHP (Thanks Ryan for those other 2 speed loaders! they work awesome). Loaded in unlocked case next to my head.

[Spiggy]

keep my SKS within arms reach with the clip on the guide and the magazine open.

by my bed i keep a club mallet I made in machine shop
Things you can do with an aluminum tube, steel stock rod, and nylon stock rod

[battlehatch]

At home I sleep with my Mossy 500 Loaded with the slide action open and a round in the elevator ready to return to battery. 00 buck is the round of choice. If I were out camping, I'd have ready to go, safety on, and my XD45 ready with one in the chamber under my pillow...

[LECTRIKHED]

While sleeping Su-16 loaded and chambered, no safety. 5 Magazines sitting next to it. During the day. SU-16 loaded and chambered, safety on.

Camping, nothing. I'm not really concerned about bears, and when I go backpacking, not very many people get out there. I think my knife could do a good job.

[lonewolf]

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[M. Sage]

Just wondering what people's thoughts are on this.


Let's say you are camping out in the open, or in a small tent, and you want to keep your rifle/shotgun nearby. How do you do it safely?

Wanna hear a funny, maybe scary one? October I was in bear country. We found a reasonably fresh bear print not far from our campsite. I was sleeping with a pistol loaded inside my bag. It takes way too long to get out of a bag if a bear's on you. The safety was on, the hammer was down (SAO pistol) with a round in the chamber.

How did I sleep with it in my bag? Carefully.

[grammaton76]

Heh, amazing... I remember posting 'chamber empty, mag full' in the past on another board, and getting jumped on for being under-prepared.

However, I think in bear country I might be persuaded to go with the PTR-91 in a collapsed stock config, hot chamber with the safety on. Handgun-ish handling, 308 punch.

[Santa Cruz Armory]

Ruger P91 .40 within arms reach. Mossy 500 in the safe.

If I have to open the safe...the crap is definitely hitting the fan! I feel sorry for whoever is on the receiving end. I have MANY options!

[madjack956]

shotgun, loaded empty chamber..
1911 loaded, empty chamber, safety on..

[Bishop]

xd-9 loaded, chambered with winchester SXT, and a glock light between the bed and the nightstand on the carpet.

Cocked and locked springer 1911 loaded, chambered with winchester SXT, also within arms reach in case I need backup from my better half!

Benelli tactical nova 12 gauge loaded, chambered, safety on with 3 #4 shot, followed by 3 00 buckshot.

OLL in closet nearby, loaded, chambered, safety on, hi-cap mags (and maglock allen ) nearby

What good is an unloaded gun?

... oh yeah, G22, locked in a case in the other room... Not really planning on bringing that out ...