I Need AR Pistol Storage Solution for my Safe

Wooden dowel down the barrel.

weblance said:

I suppose I could make a shelf/box/something to raise them up so they could reach the long gun notches. What intelligent solution have you figured out...?

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My safe allows for just that and it's what I did for my shorter rifles. When you can't lower the river raise the bridge. You can also, as mentioned, use wood dowels in the barrels but I prefer raising the floor which leaves a nice little space for storing other stuff.

Ron

I have 2 AR pistols. I'm storing them barrel pointing down in my safe. They are nestled in there with my other AR and 6+ AKM's. If you are concerned about finish - get a couple gun socks to protect the finish of the guns they are resting on.

Here's my old gun locker before purchasing my Liberty:

I just stand mine up in the corner, next to it's 16" big brother. My AMD-65 is too short for the rack, too. Dowels work, too.

Wood attracts moisture; a Delrin rod or similar does a better job

FWIW, I stopped storing my ARs as complete firearms.

With them broken down into the 2 assemblies I found that my gunsafe storage options improved.

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EDIT: My 8 ARs (among other things) in the top of my north basement gunsafe ...



OOPS, only 7 AR Upper Assys in that pic ... one was on the bench.

Reloadron said:

My safe allows for just that and it's what I did for my shorter rifles. When you can't lower the river raise the bridge. You can also, as mentioned, use wood dowels in the barrels but I prefer raising the floor which leaves a nice little space for storing other stuff.

Ron

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With reference to my post #2 here is what things look like. The safe has 3 long gun compartments. The left most has shelf rails allowing me to move the floor up. This works well for all my shorter rifles like my short AR rifles, M1 Carbine, a dew lever guns and anything short. The rails which support the shelf can be had in any home improvement store.





Sorry about the image rotation but you get the idea.

Ron

I used these a while back, until I moved to a new safe and it didn't matter or didn't work. I still have them just in case though. Personally I switched to gun socks on everything for "protection" and just let them lay against each other now. I too thought about the 'broken down' storage method as well, but given i'm stuck in New Germany I have to have all my stocks pinned, and they're too long when laying down perpendicular to the door for it to close.

Hooks on the door? Could work maybe...

milemaker13 said:

Hooks on the door? Could work maybe...

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I like that idea if it's practical.

Ron

First World problems; which I'm about to have, because it wasn't a problem with a single pistol AR and plenty of room in the safe, but the second (coming soon) is about to be a different issue.

Odd Job said:

There's this option also:

https://www.cabelas.com/product/Lockdown-Magnetic-Barrel-Rest/1256673.uts

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Thanks for the link! I don't have the same situation as the O.P., but that will work for me too.

One of those projects I'm still working on, an AR rotisserie. Each gun locks on to a UHMW dummy magazine blank. Might be an idea you can build off of.

Rembrandt said:

One of those projects I'm still working on, an AR rotisserie. Each gun locks on to a UHMW dummy magazine blank. Might be an idea you can build off of.

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That is pretty slick and damn I miss that machine shop since I retired. We did a lot of modeling using nylon. I could also do polishing which was an added treat. You have a really cool AR carousel.

Ron

That’s one bad-arse tactical windmill you have there!

https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Storage-Solutions-Accessory-Organizer/dp/B07BVNPSWJ

These might work for you. Or something similar depending how you want to mount the rods inside the safe and how long they need to be for the AR pistols to stand upright. These are 16"