BigBL87
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Curious if anyone else has run into the same issue and what they did. I mentioned this as a side question in a previous thread and didn't get much of a response.
I'll be buying a Mossberg 500 Field/Home Combo soon (18" home defense barrel and 28" field barrel) in the near future and need to figure out a way to safely store it. We don't have enough room in our bedroom for a gun safe unless we put one under the bed (I've found safes designed for under the bed but they cost $250+). I'd rather not spend as much on the storage as on the gun but if it comes down to it I suppose I will if I have to. I was considering getting one of the two gun hard travel cases and removing the foam padding as I've seen people say it will make the gun rust faster if it is in there for a long period of time, and locking it with a push-button style padlock for faster access. I could use a keyed lock and hide the key but the push button seemed like a better idea.
I'm trying to balance quick accessibility for a home defense situation and security/safety for when we have kids in the near future. Our house is an 80+ year old Craftsman style with original lath/plaster walls so installing some kind of wall safe isn't going to happen because A)It's hard to cut into those walls and maintain structural integrity and B)There's probably asbestos in there that we might disturb.
I'll be buying a Mossberg 500 Field/Home Combo soon (18" home defense barrel and 28" field barrel) in the near future and need to figure out a way to safely store it. We don't have enough room in our bedroom for a gun safe unless we put one under the bed (I've found safes designed for under the bed but they cost $250+). I'd rather not spend as much on the storage as on the gun but if it comes down to it I suppose I will if I have to. I was considering getting one of the two gun hard travel cases and removing the foam padding as I've seen people say it will make the gun rust faster if it is in there for a long period of time, and locking it with a push-button style padlock for faster access. I could use a keyed lock and hide the key but the push button seemed like a better idea.
I'm trying to balance quick accessibility for a home defense situation and security/safety for when we have kids in the near future. Our house is an 80+ year old Craftsman style with original lath/plaster walls so installing some kind of wall safe isn't going to happen because A)It's hard to cut into those walls and maintain structural integrity and B)There's probably asbestos in there that we might disturb.