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Posted: 11/18/2008 3:35:48 PM EDT
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So I may have put the cart before the horse. I bought the gun before I was able to get a safe to put it in. It is currently locked in the case that it comes in, and hidden away somewhere in my house. Will it be okay to leave in the travel case for awhile before I get the safe? Part of me gets the feeling it needs to 'air out' (at least as far as in a safe v. case) and the other half of me says it's fine.
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So I may have put the cart before the horse. I bought the gun before I was able to get a safe to put it in. It is currently locked in the case that it comes in, and hidden away somewhere in my house. Will it be okay to leave in the travel case for awhile before I get the safe? Part of me gets the feeling it needs to 'air out' (at least as far as in a safe v. case) and the other half of me says it's fine. Thanks, Chris More secure in a safe, depending how good your luck is. How bad of a neighborhood do you live in. The case can be carried away unless you bolt it to the wall  Seriously I would find a good hiding spot till you get a safe or lockable gun cabinet. Hopefully you don't have children that love to snoop around.
ETA: Becareful about telling friends and coworkers about your new AR. Loose lips sink ships. Word gets out, that the scumbag you have never met, knows a coworker,buddy, etc,. gets to snooping around and finds your rifle. I'm just a little paranoid about thing like this. |
Before I had a safe (and only 1 AR), when I left the house I would separate the upper from the lower. I would stash the upper in an air duct, and the lower would get a Kryptonite locking cable run through it and it would get locked to a 2X4 in my attic, and hidden under some insulation. 
Then I bought a good safe. 
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A heavy duty metal cabinet (bolted to the wall, floor, or both) is at MINIMUM a MUST. That's what I had before I had a safe. It's made by Homak. If you can afford a safe, do it. If not, get a metal cabinet and secure it really good.
If you get a safe, buy a bigger one than you think you'll need. If you get a cabinet, get a smaller one, that way you force yourself to upgrade to a safe when you start running out of room for the guns you keep buying, when you should've been saving for the safe. 
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So I may have put the cart before the horse. I bought the gun before I was able to get a safe to put it in. It is currently locked in the case that it comes in, and hidden away somewhere in my house. Will it be okay to leave in the travel case for awhile before I get the safe? Part of me gets the feeling it needs to 'air out' (at least as far as in a safe v. case) and the other half of me says it's fine. Thanks, Chris More secure in a safe, depending how good your luck is. How bad of a neighborhood do you live in. The case can be carried away unless you bolt it to the wall Seriously I would find a good hiding spot till you get a safe or lockable gun cabinet. Hopefully you don't have children that love to snoop around.
ETA: Becareful about telling friends and coworkers about your new AR. Loose lips sink ships. Word gets out, that the scumbag you have never met, knows a coworker,buddy, etc,. gets to snooping around and finds your rifle. I'm just a little paranoid about thing like this. Yes a good gun case like a pelican can be secured from nosy fingers with padlocks but can still be stolen. Just save up for a good gun safe in the meantime. Also what Stonerriflefan44 said is very true about keeping quiet about your AR. Back in college a guy who worked at for the same company i did had his home broken into in a violent home invasion where his parents were killed. The cops caught the suspects and from what I was told by the regional supervisor, the suspects were either his coworkers or relatives of his coworkers who were after his gun collection. |
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Before I had a safe (and only 1 AR), when I left the house I would separate the upper from the lower. I would stash the upper in an air duct, and the lower would get a Kryptonite locking cable run through it and it would get locked to a 2X4 in my attic, and hidden under some insulation.
Then I bought a good safe. I did the same thing when I went out of town. I would separate all of my glocks, and other pistols, shotguns and my AR, of course when I got married and was out of town for 3 weeks needless to say I hid some parts to well, took me a week after I got back to find the slide to my glock 22. LOL But I have safe now, and worry less when I leave to go out of town. 
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Before I had my safe, I used the following storage method:
Obtain the following from your hardware store: 1) Four fairly large long shank eye bolts (1/4" or greater diamter steel, ~3/4" eye, and ~4" shaft with fairly course threads. 2) Two long shank padlocks that will fit thru the eyebolts. 3) Fairly heavy duty steel cable with nylon sheath around it with each end crimped back onto itself. (bicycle cables are good, but tend to self coil which can be frustrating) Find two studs in your closet and drill two small starter holes in each one, one about 2 inches above the other, then screw the eyebolts into the holes. If possible, get enough distance between them so there isn't a whole lot of slack. Once you've done this, you can take the padlock, slide it thru the first eyebolt, thru the cable loop and then thru the other eyebolt and lock it. Do this to the side that is least accessable. Slide the cable thru your guns (ie, magwell and ejection port on an AR) and then put the padlock and bicycle cables on the other side. All told, you've spent maybe $20 in material, and you've got more secure storage than leaving everything in a box under your bed ready for a theif to carry it off. Should you decide to give this setup a try, you'll find it's a bit of work to get the eyebolts in the wall. I had to use a big screwdrive to turn them in. ETA: You could also purchase a relatively small safe and remove the bolts or slides from your guns and keep them separate to render them inoperable. |
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I was hiding my firearms in home before buying my safe, even had iron bars installed on all windows and iron barred doors on all outside entrances. Well a Cop friend told me they will get past the bars and hunt till they find your firearms it has happened many times.
Take my advice get a safe if you value your firearms he told me. I sucked it up and bought a really good safe a Fort Knox, now I feel much better when I am away from my home. 
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I put it in its case then leave it wherever I put it down. Eventually the woman asks me to get the guns and crap out of the living room. 
That sounds familiar. Not with firearms but with everything else. 
Like everyone else has said. Get a safe or 2 before too long. If for nothing else it makes you feel better. I bolt mine at least to 2 points (a wall and the floor or ceiling...or all 3) using 3 bolts minimum per point. I like to know that if they got my stuff they had to work for it! Edited for spelling. |
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