For those of you with trunk rifles...a question.

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1911 GUY...what did you do before you were a "family man" :scrutiny: :D

I too am now a family man. I went looking or a mini one day and came home with one...a mini-VAN that is. No kidding, I went out to buy a Mini-Cooper S and came home with a mini-van. Haveto say, looking back it was a very reasonable decision. It also gives me lots of room for "trunk guns", although I am very careful how I store ammo, so as not to violate any "rules or regulations" and thereby get in deep doo-doo with LEOs.

I carry several things with appropriate ammo supply, but do not widh to list as I already have a rep of being absolutely crazy with most folks on this board. :what: :D
 
Tula SKS with fiber optic sights (perfect set-up for my rig) and a dozen stripper clips. I keep it in my truck bed-mounted tool box which is shiny aluminum diamond plate and it stays about twenty degrees cooler than the cab. I use an assault rifle case that must be pretty well made because there is no condensation that I can see. The rifle and even the uncoated steel stippers stay rust free, but I bring them in the house for a check-up and a silicon rag wipe-down about every month-6 wks. The tool box is heavy with two good locks. I think a thief would have to create quite a ruckus to break into it.

It is a feeling of security to have it with me along with my carry piece whenever I leave the house. I drilled a few times so I can get it ready for action pretty quickly. Even with the gun, sights and case, I wouldn't be too bad off if it did get mis-appropriated.
 
Why do you keep trunk guns any way would it not be easier to just put the gun in the car when you get into the car and not to leave it there for god knows how many bad things to happen to it?
 
Either a chopped single shot 12ga with a butt cuff of buck and slugs or a NEF .270 WIN cuffed with some home rolled 130gr super poopers.
 
"Why do you keep trunk guns any way would it not be easier to just put the gun in the car when you get into the car and not to leave it there for god knows how many bad things to happen to it?"


Some places it's better not to advertise the gun, as would be the case when taking it in and out of the vehicle repeatedly.
 
Either a chopped single shot 12ga with a butt cuff of buck and slugs or a NEF
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I had thought about this, too. A single-shot NEF 12ga., cut back to about 20" and a buttcuff. A lot slower than a lever action, blot action or a pump, but it's a whole lot cheaper, in case it got stolen.

I'm thinking about either a 12ga., or maybe a .45-70 or .30-30 NEF single shot.

I do like the idea of a M38, too, though. Less than $100, and bolt action. That's probably actually a better option. I'm jsut a bit nervous about leaving something more expensive than these in the car.
 
Used single-shot 12ga $40
UM Butt Cuff $4
Turned down barrel and add rifle sights buy local gunsmith $30

The beat to hell Stevens I picked up at a yard sale now has a new life as a butt busting trunk gun for under $80 bucks.
 
Mine is a Rossi "Trapper" M-92 clone, 16" bbl and Lyman 66A receiver sight. Rides in a soft case secured to the rear wall of the cab by two steel straps and padlocked. One 50-rd box of .357s and 10-rds in the cuff on the butt stock. Case also contains two silica gel dessicant packets.

All metal is covered with a good coat of Renaissance wax (including the bore) and it gets regular inspections to head off potential problems. Ammo gets replaced every couple of months, just for insurance.

With the seats in their normal position it's invisible. While it wouldn't be impossible for a thief to get it, he'd have to work at it while the alarm was blaring and it'll sure take a lot more time, effort, and tools than they're likely to want.

While not exactly instantly-accessible, it's not intended to be "first-line" defense anyway. That's what my sidearm and its two spare mags are for, and why they're always on my person while outside my home except for the exceedingly-rare foray into the courthouse or PO. In those cases it's locked into the steel box bolted to the floor behind the driver's seat, and I'm real wary of what and who's around me.
 
One of the great things about using a Mosin as a truck rifle is the ease with which you can remove the bolt when you exit the vehicle. This renders the rifle completely useless to a thief, and gives you a truly fearsome pair of de facto steel knuckles. Hold a Mosin bolt in your hand with the handle sticking out between your middle and ring fingers. Hit someone in the solar plexus with that, and they're DOWN.
 
you can also slip a cable lock through the space vacated by the bolt and through the empty magazine. Lock it to the frame of the car seat and nobody will get it without some serious noise. Even if they do, they will only have a club until they can order parts for it.
 
Sometimes a OU 20g with a Filson game bag of shells. Was in there from a bird hunting trip and sort of got use to it. I go to the range a good bit...

But I really like my new MN M-38. It is tiny and conceals in the storage area under the back seats of my Ram. I'm actual use the ammo pouch that came with it which holds 40 rounds quit nicely.

tjg
 
Finnish M-27 in a "gun sock". 20 rounds of D ball in the trunk tool compartment, 20 rounds in the glove box, 30 rounds in my work bag (day pack). Just because ya' never know.
 
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