Holstered in the safe

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I live in upstate NY: cold, dry winters and hot, humid summers. Pistols that I keep loaded in a bedside safe are in either Blackhawk nylon holsters or DeSantis Nemesis pocket holsters, never leather. I have never had a problem with rust.
 
A gun you carry will get lots of wear anyway so even if it did get some rust who cares it’s a cheapo pistol your using for a tool. Wipe it down with an oily rag once a week or so any you’ll be golden no matter how you store it.
 
I’ve never had a rust issue with a nylon holster and I live in a humid area. Leather is a different story entirely.
 
I want to make sure you understand I'm talking about an SFA gun. Does that change your answer?

SFA? I’m not sure what that means.

Yes, I do have a loaded Colt Cobra in my large safe, along with my 870. There is also a loaded LC9 and LCP in a quick access box in my bedroom with 4 spare mags each, and a G34 in my duty holster on my nightstand beside me when I sleep with 5 extras upstairs and down. I also keep a .22 loaded with Colibri rounds accessible in the garage for bunny patrol.

And yes, I always think and act as if every firearm is loaded when I see one, be it at the range, in my house or at someone else’s. Only when I am sure by personally checking do I believe it’s unloaded... but I still treat it as if it was. :thumbup:

And no, I won’t keep a non-duty gun holstered in the safe, or anywhere else, for long periods. Sadly, the M-19 is proof why that was my mistake. :(

Stay safe!
 
The question I asked was pretty straightforward do you think the gun will be okay sitting in a holster in my safe? That really doesn't call for a lot of editorializing on whether or not I should load and unload the gun
Gotcha.

No, I have no problem leaving a loaded gun in a safe, although they don't have a round in the chamber, and no I don't worry about removing a round from the chamber and re-chambering it a few times, and watch carefully for bullet setback from doing so. Plus I shoot carry ammo every now and then to keep it fresh. YMMV

So, why not, just curious why you are concerned about it. I'll continue to do what I do, you continue to wonder what to do.

If you are going to be thin skinned, don't ask questions. :)
 
Don't over think this and worry. You are fine. Most all semi pistols have stainless or well coated slides anyway. 16% humidity is very low and not conducive to moisture accumulation.
 
why not, just curious why you are concerned about it. I'll continue to do what I do, you continue to wonder what to do.

First understand that this is going to be a long-term thing that gun is going to be coming in and out of that safe 4 times a week for as long as I'm going to the gym.

So the loading and unloading it just seems to me like it would be hard on the ammunition because I'm going to have to rotate it all through that chamber to keep from getting setback on the one round. I would prefer not to have to do that.

As far as the holstering goes I am absolutely convinced that leaving a loaded, on holstered handgun sitting on a shelf is an accident waiting to happen. I would be less concerned if I had a revolver or a TDA or something with a manual safety but I don't. By leaving the gun in the nylon holster I'm hoping to avoid grabbing it wrong and getting my finger inside the trigger guard.

But leaving it in the holster rust was a concern.
 
I've had an LCR that I've put in my safe ever night for years in a Nemesis Holster Loaded. Safe stays around 71degrees F and around 50% humidity. Never any problems. BTW 16% humidity is to low if you have any wood stocked guns in your safe.
 
But leaving it in the holster rust was a concern.
Depends on the humidity and if you put it away sweaty. Against all advice, I keep guns in pistol rugs in the safe. It's often very hot and humid here in Alabama, but I make sure they are dry and acclimated to the inside temp before putting them away, and I wipe them down with RIG grease on a rag. Sweat is a big issue and must be dealt with before storing. I tend not to shoot blue guns on 98 degree days, but either way, they need to be cleaned up real good after using.

I can't recommend storing pistols in pistol rugs, since it has obviously caused other people issues before.

I don't really see an un-holstered gun as any more dangerous than a holstered one myself, but I understand why now and since you want to keep it holstered I would advise you do a couple of things, let it sit in the house action open next to the safe for a bit when you take it off to acclimate to the inside temp/dry out, and wipe it down good before putting it in the safe.
 
Agree again about keeping loaded guns holstered, or under my personal control. Since I lock up my carry gun, and switch between a couple, and want to avoid wearing out the cartridges from repeated loading (I mark and only load 3x) I leave them loaded, in the holster, in a shelf in the safe.

Safe is in a corner of the basement, nowhere near gas lines, storage of fuel, chemicals, pyro or anything else that will get hot. In a pre-war residential neighborhood with less than 2 minute FD response. No fear of safe getting too hot, even if I am not there to tell them about it, in a catastrophic enough fire it should loose heat to the concrete and get plenty soaked by water flowing from the rest of the house.

I also use almost all Kydex, but my safe has a dehumidifier, and I only carry pretty modern (good metal, good finish) guns, touch my guns pretty much every day, shoot regularly enough, etc so am not worried about rusting or anything.
 
Trunk Monkey it sounds like this is a gun you regularly will be using, which means hopefully you are regularly cleaning it as well. If so, leaving it holstered in a safe for a day or two at a time will be fine.

Still, I always take my guns out of their holsters when putting them away. I left an LCP in Desantis Nemisis in a safe for a few months and it developed a lot of rust in that time. It was my fault for not cleaning it first and letting the holster dry out, but I’m not going to leave any of my guns in holsters in the future just in case.

I keep one loaded handgun in my main safe, it’s on a shelf completely by itself. My carry guns go in 2 different Ft Knox pistol boxes, both loaded with their holsters sitting next outside the lock box. Besides worrying about rust, if I ever needed them in an emergency I wouldn’t want to worry about needing two hands to remove a holster.
 
My loaded pocket pistol is in its pocket holster so I can just put the whole rig in a pocket on my way out of the house.
I guess there is some risk of sweating through the pocket, sweating through the holster, and rusting the gun; but it hasn't happened yet.
 
My comments have somewhat upset the OP, so let me explain in detail:
Generally, I don't think that storing a loaded gun in the same space with unloaded ones is a good idea, but that is just me. Because we, as humans, tend to forget. We forget important, life or death issues (like our wedding anniversary...) let alone if the gun is loaded or not. My friends call me "a..l" about gun safety, but every time my gun lefts my sight, when I take it back I check to see if loaded, or not. Because I might forget. I might forget that I unloaded it 5 minutes before that - stuff happens, no one is insured against "brain farts". So I don't advise in just taking your holstered carry gun and putting it in your pants without checking it first.
Secondly, if you treat all your guns the same, like "Unloaded guns DO NOT exist, period", than holstered or no holstered does not make a difference - just keep your finger off the trigger and pointed in a safe direction until you need to do otherwise, no exceptions.
And last, if your holster becomes sweaty from your gym activity, than a simple drying is not sufficient - the salt contained in the sweat will stay there, and as being hygroscopic it will attract humidity and soon or later it will cause rust, even on a stainless gun. If that is the case, than a cheap Fobus holster mounted on the safe's door for instance might be a better idea.
In a nutshell - always check your guns, a holstered gun isn't good indicator about it's condition at all.
 
Let me try to explain my thought process here.

1. Unnecessary administrative handling is bad. I don't fiddle with my guns. I don't unload my carry guns unless I have a reason to do so.

2. Unnecessarily loading and unloading a handgun is hard on the ammunition.

3. I don't leave random unholstered, loaded guns laying around my house. Yes, I get they concept that we treat all guns as loaded but if I slip taking my factually unloaded M&P out of the safe and get my finger in the trigger guard I'm not going to get the same negative result as I am with my loaded LC9. We mitigate known risks.

4. Leaving my LC9 in the pocket holster in my safe doesn't seem to present a significant risk of rust and seems to mitigate the other 3 known issues.
 
Then why ask? Seriously, if you are going to have an issue with the responses, why ask? Do what you feel is best for you. All we can do is give opinions, but you have to decide what has merit and what doesn't. You ask, members give opinions, you say thanks I think I will do it my way anyway.

I am for whatever works for you, good luck with it.
 
I don't see where being in a safe or not matters in regards to being in the holster.

My EDC (LC9S coincidentally) stays in the holster on the dresser when I get home. Can't imagine the conditions in the safe being that much different than the rest of my house.

Anyway I agree with you Truck on the unnecessary handling of firearms daily, and leaving loaded guns around unholstered. I think you'd be fine just leaving it in the holster. I know I am.
 
Then why ask? Seriously, if you are going to have an issue with the responses, why ask? Do what you feel is best for you. All we can do is give opinions, but you have to decide what has merit and what doesn't. You ask, members give opinions, you say thanks I think I will do it my way anyway.

I am for whatever works for you, good luck with it.

I am going to try to honestly answer this as politely as I can. If it doesn't sound that way I'm sorry.

I got annoyed because I asked a specific question "is a nylon holster going to cause an issue?" Everything else was just background information. I had no intention of loading that gun every time I go to the gym no matter what and I thought I made that pretty clear in the OP. That's why I didn't ask that.

It annoys me when people don't pay attention to what was said and I'm going to use you as an example. I flat told you I had no intention of unloading that gun between gym trips and you told me I'd be OK as long as I left the action open (IOW unload the gun). I also specified a nylon holster and had 2 responses in the first 6 posts telling that keeping a gun in a leather holster was sure to cause rust.

Remember I never solicited the Kollectiv's opinion on whether or not I should leave the gun loaded. If you give me an unsolicited opinion I'm under no obligation to follow it or even acknowledge it.

Having said that, I did pay attention to the people who answered "Is it OK to leave my gun in a nylon holster in my safe?". and I thank them for sharing their experience
 
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