Where do you keep all your gun manuals?

[glug]

I am sort of a neat freak and keep going in circles trying to keep things organized yet accessible, and wondering what most people do.

In the original box the gun came in? -- Sounds good in theory but most of the time the box is buried in the back of a closet somewhere and it's a pain to dig it out.

In the case you most often use to transport the gun? -- This seems to only work well if there is one case you always use for the gun. But I have a variety of cases I use depending on what guns I am taking out to the range on any given day so things inevitably move around.

In a dedicated range bag with other tools? -- This is what I've settled on for now. I keep all my essential tools, manuals, eyes/ears and some targets in the bag at all times and always take the bag to the range with me. Problem is it gets pretty bulky and I don't like always having to lug the whole thing. Especially as I've acquired more guns it's gotten increasingly cumbersome to try to keep everything consolidated in a single bag. At the very least I've thought of splitting into separate handgun and long gun bags....

Safe, filing cabinet, etc...? -- Haven't gone this route yet. I like the idea of having the manual with me at all times in case I need to reference it on an outing. I know I *should* have everything memorized for every gun I own, but the fact is I don't and there always ends up being some time I need to reference the manual for field stripping or sight adjustment when I least expect it.

I guess this doesn't just apply to manuals, but other knick-knacks like magazines, speedloaders, special sight-adjustment tools, spare parts and the like. Hoping to hear what systems work well for others.

[vintagearms]

Toss them in the trash along with the original box. If you cant memorize how to load/unload a rifle or figure out where the safety is or even how to remove a bolt/BCG, then perhaps you might not be competent enough to take it out of the house yet.

[stormvet]

On the Internet.

[toby]

In the trash who needs em? well I take that back I forgot there is always that one guy....

[bassbones]

I take everything apart multiple times the day I get it then throw everything away.. Actually I burn them and any cardboard or paper that came with it ..

[E92335i]

Trash

[michaelthetrojan]

whats a gun manual....

[4DMASTR]

I throw everything in a cardboard "file box" Like most have said I don't need them, they for the most part go unopened but I like to keep that stuff. Its fun to go back later and look at the receipts and see what you paid for stuff. I bought a Mosin off my dad and he gave me the receipt for it when he paid $69 for it at Barnwood

[dls]

I keep all the original boxes and any paper work that came with the gun in a storage locker.
One day my boy or grandchild may want to read about the firearm he or she inherited.

[spetsnaz]

i keep all manuals, misc items in ammo crates

[gorn5150]

I keep them in the box the firearm came in. That way if/when I sell it the new owner has it. I also have electronic versions of them. I keep them on my Ereaders and computer.

[CrippledPidgeon]

I keep them all in the original boxes, in a van down by the river.

That way if for whatever reason, I have to sell the guns, then I can include all the paperwork in a van down by the river.

Besides, if I ever have to refer back to them, I just use the internets.

[henmar77]

On the internet..

[far from tactical]

Have them somewhere if I need to look up anything that's why I got YouTube to answer my questions

[Linh]

Trash

Could you imagine keeping manuals of all the electronic and other stuff that comes with a manual.