Alternative Gun Storage (no safe)

[Frankh21]

Don't know if this idea has been discussed but for those that currently don't own a safe for their guns here's what I did prior to purchasing a safe. When not at home I basically field stripped the gun and stashed the pieces (frame, slide, barrel) in different "hiding spots"(use imagination)throughout the house/apt.

I didn't do this of course when I'm at home but I made it a regular routine when I left the house and took me about a minute to do.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

[RikSors]

Good idea.

Reminded me of "The Shooter". He took out the firing pin in his guns when stored.

It is still good to have a safe.

[neouser]

So what do you do if you buy several more guns?

[Frankh21]

Well, at the time I only had the one gun so it was easy. But if I had several, I'd do the same thing but I also wouldn't start hoarding guns knowing that I didn't have a safe at the time.

[Czsp-01-9mm]

Gun cabinet

[JDay]

Good idea.

Reminded me of "The Shooter". He took out the firing pin in his guns when stored.

It is still good to have a safe.

He actually put them in rifles they wouldn't function in.

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[Frankh21]

Gun cabinet

Yes, definitely an alternative but I think they're much easier to break into than a safe. Probably a good alternative if you have rifles but the fact that they're easily visible and a pry bar would prob defeat the locking mechanism quite easily.

[jbooker9]

I know this is not what you had in mind. But I vote for a vault door. My wife let/made me build a man room in our unfinished attic to get the safe ammo and tackle out of the kids room. I now have 360 sq. ft. of man heaven. Complete with rod racks for my 20 or so fishing poles, a tackle station, gun cabinets and ammo storage and a full size miss pacman machine.

[Frankh21]

I know this is not what you had in mind. But I vote for a vault door. My wife let/made me build a man room in our unfinished attic to get the safe ammo and tackle out of the kids room. I now have 360 sq. ft. of man heaven. Complete with rod racks for my 20 or so fishing poles, a tackle station, gun cabinets and ammo storage and a full size miss pacman machine.

You just had to rub it in.

In an ideal world I wish we all could have that.

[dyson]

If you only have one rifle you might be able to split the upper and lower and fit it in a regular house safe.

[CBR_rider]

Thoughts? Yeah... Why do people post this stuff on the internet? I'm sure 99% of the people on this site won't be burglarizing someone's house looking for firearms, but you would be amazed at how fast criminals disseminate information. If some kind of internet search can't help you figure out how to stash your firearms, you don't need to be condensing all the information you couldn't figure out into one place for someone to use it against you (or any other firearm owner).

[The Original Godfather]

OP, that's actually not a bad idea. Especially considering most people wouldn't even know how to reassemble the firearm if the actually found all the necessary components of the gun.

I would only use this method if I did not have a sturdy secure safe, and had another gun. I wouldn't want my only gun field stripped with the parts scattered throughout the house in an emergency. Ideally, I'd have a carry permit and keep a gun on me at all times, but where I live, at least keep a handgun in my car so that way I'm not walking into my home without protection and a disassembled gun I'd have to scavenge for...

[Dannicus]

I've been thinking of this same thing lately. I used to only have handguns and I have a small safe but since I've started to get into long guns I've been putting the bolts in the safe. It's mostly for child safety until I can get a serious fire rated gun safe.

[TheExiled]

I keep some C&R rifles in a box with glass much like the traditional gun cabinet - All of which are stored unfireable due to the temporary removal of varying vital parts

[Zedrek]

Thoughts? Yeah... Why do people post this stuff on the internet? I'm sure 99% of the people on this site won't be burglarizing someone's house looking for firearms, but you would be amazed at how fast criminals disseminate information. If some kind of internet search can't help you figure out how to stash your firearms, you don't need to be condensing all the information you couldn't figure out into one place for someone to use it against you (or any other firearm owner).

Really? Someone is going to go through all that trouble to rob him? I seriously doubt it. If I was a burglar in need of some firearms I think it would be easier to just follow someone home from the range.