How do you keep your gun?

[FerFAL]

Loaded Glock 31, Bersa 9mm or Hi Power 9mm. Sometimes next to the bed, hidden under a pillow.
Anyone else has a wife that puts like 12 pillows and cushions of al sizes on the bed? Well, found a use for one; conceal my piece right next to me, along with a Surefire. A body armor vest and other weapons are also near by, in a locker I open before I go to bed, I lock it first thing in the morning when I wake up and carry the key around the neck all day.

FerFAL

 

[ripcurlksm]

sm said:
Now sometimes, like at the moment, I happen to have two bone stock 1911s with 15 or 20 mags magazines loaded with hardball

sm, you have helped me a lot on this forum and you always have great things to say. You said 15+ loaded mags at the ready, are you a LEO or the like where your job requires it or you just being prepared in case? Please excuse me if I am being rude, but a lot of folks seem to be to the point of paranoia... like the thread 6 months ago titled "Gun In The Shower".

In my book you can have as many mags as you like (at any capacity ) but at first read it just makes me think maybe my 3 mags are not going to cut it vs. your 15.

Respectfully,

 

[sm]

LEO,
Not hardly.

Read the post again, these guns belong to a lady.

She has I guess 50 or 60 mags for 1911s. She has her carry mags, and when she goes to a range not uncommon to shoot already loaded up mags.

1911Tuner has shared he goes out and shoots already loaded up mags. IIRC I think he posted going to the range with 50 often.

I have gone out and done this, so do a lot of competition folks, for regular practice sessions.

15 mags times 7 rounds each is only 105 rounds. Quality range practice, even if she only shoots 10 of these mags, heck maybe even only half the mags she has loaded up.

4rounds of skeet is only 100 rds. If one shoots all 4 gauges, that is 400. Add the doubles event - another 100, add a special pump gun event ,another 100.
No big deal to shoot this in 3 days. Add any practice rounds, or shoot offs.

She and I like others , prefer slugs for serious use.
So no biggie to shoot quality practice with slugs.

Some folks are shooters, some just happen to have guns- there is a difference.

 

[ripcurlksm]

Thanks for the details sm...

Gotta love skeet... still workin on my trap game. Its nice to move away from target shooting from time to time.

I have some clear 12ga 00 buck shot and I was looking at it closely one day at the size of the shot and thought... this is not big enough. Slugs are where its at and I love target shooting with them... its so darn accurate (from 25 yards at my indoor range ) that I cant stop laughing and lose my concentration when I put 5 gaping slug holes into the head of a silhouette paper target with my Franchi I-12.

Always nice to chat with ya sm.

 

[Big Calhoun]

For HD, at the moment... A Beretta in a shoulder holster that hangs on the bed post and a case with lock that holds two other firearms and sits under the bed.

 

[Notch]

Edited to add: Notch, you have a AR18? As in the FA version of the AR180?
Tell us about it...

Yupper... It is a AR 18 Costa Mesa. I love it. In Minnesota it is ( I believe ) the most modern MG we can own being a CnR MG only state. The internals are a dream. I can put 1K rounds through her and when ya open it up ya just wouldnt think it had just done so. A much cleaner system than my AR15 ( which I love too). It is a blast to shoot as well! My other MG is a .45 suby (Reising) so the AR pushes ya around a little more which to me is a great thing. It just feels great against the shoulder, I'm not talking punishing in any way ( after all it is a .223) but you know you are firing a machine gun. It has a Costa Mesa brake on it that REALLY keeps the muzzle down, I was impressed with the job it does. The folding stock is great too, makes it sooo easy to store or transport, I actualy have a padded tennis raquet (sp?) case that it fits in although I prefer a hard sided case most of the time. If you have a chance to do so I suggest getting one!

 

[scurtis_34471]

My loaded and chambered handgun is on my person most of the day. When I go to bed, it goes into my bedside drawer. When I get up in the morning, it goes into a locking steel strongbox until I get dressed. I have children, so its always in the lock box or on my person except while I'm sleeping at night.

 

[Werewolf]

Right now i have mine in a case in the closet with 2 clips ready to bust hyrdashocks. The guns are unloaded, none in the chamber, no magazine inserted. High in the closet, we have no small children.

Why even bother then...

In the event of a real home invasion (or other HD situation) by the time you got to that gun you'd either be dead or tied up on the floor watching the armed home invaders gettin' busy doing armed home invader things; hopefully just to your stuff and not to you and yours.

In other words those guns stored as described will not ever be used for home defense and with no children I have to ask why stash your weapon so far out of reach?

Put it where you can get at it. If you're concerned about guests then wear it on your person when you have guests over. When none are around wear it or keep it close at hand where you can get at it almost immediately.

If you're gonna stash your HD weapon where you cannot get at it almost immediately when you need it then you might as well not have it. At least don't delude yourself into imagining that you will use it for HD.

 

[RNB65]

I have no kids to worry about, so I keep my primary HD gun loaded, chambered, and in a kydex holster on the floor next to the bed. Next to it are a flashlight and a spare magazine.

 

[kellyj00]

also notable... keep your first aide kit up to snuff and always know where it is!

There's been more than one occasion where I've massively cut myself on something or ran a nail through my foot and just kinda dripped until I could find the gauze.

Also, keep needle and polymer thread on hand. It costs just over a thousand bucks to visit the ER on a weekend in my parts. Two stitches...that's over $500 a stitch!

 

[Ari]

On papa bears side


Momma bears...


There's gonna be alot of slow singing and flower brining if my burglar alarm starts ringing. I'm in the camp that says a locked up gun in a controlled home with no children used for Home defense is useless. I have 3 safeties, one on either hand and between my shoulders.

Here's my story. In my younger years I shared an apartment with my room mate. When I hear the door open. I think it's my room mate and think nothing of it. About 5 minutes later I hear the door bell. It's late and I thought my room mate just got in and is up and I can hear him in the living room so I wait for him to answer. After a few minutes I hear the door pounding. Ticked off I finally get up, open my bedroom door surprised to see all the lights were out, but I answer the door. It was our neighbor Linda, she explains someone just tried to force his way into her apartment, and she watches him run into MY apartment. Stupid me, we always used to leave our doors unlocked because we were in a secured building and I've locked myself out a few times going to friends apartments in the same building. So we go back in and turn on the lights, and sure enough, some guy high on meth is in my living room and rushes me and my neighbor, we scramble and get out of the way, and my shotgun is useless locked up in my closet, unloaded, I'm desperate and have never been so scared in my life throwing anything I can at him while being chased around in circles through my kitchen and living room. After being chased around, and my neighbor screaming at the top of her lungs "HELLLP" he finally runs out of my apartment and is aprehended downstairs by the police my neighbor called before she knocked on my door. He was found with a big knife and they have to taze him to control him. He was a big guy.

From that day forward, I will never keep my firearm locked up and unloaded. Had my neighbor not knocked on my door, I would have been another statistic. He was wanted on kidnapping, robbery and drug charges. I even had to testify against him in Superior court.

 

[the lone gunman]

1911 45acp cocked and locked , one in the pipe, beside my bed. no kids in the house , just my wife and I, She has a taurus #85 38 special ready to go on her side of the bed.

 

[K5mitch]

1911 condition one, either on my hip, or on a table/nightstand right next to me. Benelli nova, condition one with a full tube of 00, 2 00 and 3 slugs on the stock.

The bad (or good?) thing about my situation is I work 3rd shift. I'm up all night, but I sleep like a rock during the day. The only thing that will wake me up is the alarm clock I've had for 18 years

 

[BBQJOE]

Pants on, 9mm (hydra shock) on side, condition one.
Pants off, my side: 9mm, HS 44 mag HS
Her side: 38 spl HS

After reading this thread, I may move my shotgun into the house.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

I keep the 870 in the corner next to my bed.

I keep it simple.

 

[scurtis_34471]

The need to balance the safety of a toddler with the ability to have the gun when I need it is why I carry in the house most of the time. When the kids are in bed and I'm in bed, I feel ok about putting my gun in the bedside drawer. Other than that, its in the lockbox.

I don't worry about my 9 year-old. She knows the Four Rules cold and follows them very well. She also knows I'll kick her butt if she ever messes with a gun without supervision and its a complete non-issue because we go shooting together several times a month. Its the 2 year-old I worry about. She is almost old enough for me to start teaching her about gun safety (never touch a gun, get an adult, etc), but not quite. I'm not taking any chances and I don't think there is any good reason to take chances.

 

[scout26]

I have a 13 year old and and 6 year old. They, I don't worry about they know the Four Rules and Eddie the Eagle, they also get to shoot alot at our club so there is no mystery about guns. It's their friends that I worry about, so all the guns are kept in the safe in the master bedroom closet, one dedicated HD shotgun is kept cruiser ready. All the other firearms are unloaded but have a "basic load" that is also kept in the same safe. (All other loaded ammo is securely stored elsewhere in the house.)

The killer attack beagle is the alarm system. NOTHING breathing comes within 200 feet of the house without him howling and letting everyone within 2 miles know, or as Mrs Scout says, "How can that much %#@#$*&#*! noise come from that a dog that small ???"

Yes, Mrs Scout can make a sailor blush when she's good and mad.

 

[M2 Carbine]

No kids and no visitors that aren't gun savy, so when I'm home and that's most all the time, there's several loaded guns within reach no matter where I am.

 

[FireArmFan]

anyone knows of any websites that sell those attach onto the bed holsters? I don't really have a nightstand or anything next to my bed to put a pistol on and i dont want to keep one under my pillow or anything like that. I'm thinking of buying a small nightstand but if there is a holster i could attach to the side of my bed that could be a good route too i think. I could always rig up a cheap owb holster to attach to my bed i guess.

 

[PistolNewbie]

They are each covered with an old sock and kept in carrying cases. I'm extrmely anal when it comes to keeping my guns looking as new as possible. We live in the most boring neighborhood in this city and since our buildings have security systems, I really don't feel compelled to keep one next to the bed at this time. I hope it stays that way.

 

[Lupinus]

Winny 94 loaded with silvertips incase the werewolves attack. Noooo its not optimal but the house is nice thick brick as are the surrounding houses and theres about a 75% chance that the direction a bullet would travel is out to open pasture for a comfertable distance. Not optimal but at the moment its doing the best I can do with what I got.

 

[Rem700SD]

Glock 19 loaded/chambered w/taclight and spare flashlight in the nightstand. Everything else in the gunsafe. If I'm in a firefight that lasts more than 45 rds, it's time to exit the building. My house is neither bulletproof nor fireproof.

 

[Geno]

Fully loaded, and ready repel any and all illegal entries. Usually I have my Warrior and Bushmaster at the bed's edge. It makes little sense for me to post pictures of proper shotgun or AR presentation for defensive purposes. Pistol, that's a different matter. Some homeowners place their pistol on, or worse, in the nightstand. For me, that is awkward at best.

I prefer to have my pistol at-the-ready, as if someone were handing it to me. Therefore, I submit the following pictures and the corresponding captions detailing why the example is good or bad:

Example #1: Very Bad Set-up. The pistol is inaccessible at best. Worse yet, the pistol is likely to entangle in the sheet upon extraction:
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Example #2: Better, But Still a Bad Set-up. The pistol still is not immediately accessible. Because the sheet is bunched, not rolled, the pistol remains likely to entangle in the sheet upon extraction:
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Example #3: The best! Note that the sheet is rolled and tucked away. There is little possibility of the pistol entangling with the sheet on extraction:
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[davhina]

How do you keep your gun?

Loaded and close at hand(no children in the house, just me and annie oakly{the wife})

ARI,
Nice pics, but you sleep on the wrong side of the bed

 

[envonge]

Glock 20 10mm with 165gr doubletap under pillow cocked and ready.