Hiding weapons in plain sight
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KiltedClaymore
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what type?
It really ticks me off that I can't buy a handgun without a built in lock---one more thing to make it fail! Why should all of us have to have "child proof" locks on our guns when we don't have "kids?" I have a good sized family, but I have no fear of the kids fooling around with my guns---they all have fur and four feet!
TallPine
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The only time I was burglarized, they went through everything. Dumped out drawers, tore clothes off hangars, emptied cardboard boxes full of magazines. Took computers, TV's, CD's. They missed that decorative little drawer built into the front of the wife's vanity. They didn't get any guns, because at the time the only guns we owned went out with us when we left the house. Cops came out, gave us a case number. They refused to take any fingerprints, from the mirrors (which the bad guys left palm prints all over) from the defective sliding glass door (the point of entrance) and refused to take down a list of items that we knew were stolen. Within ten minutes they were gone.
Harry Paget Flashman
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It's a gimmick but it might work: http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/3878_1_230.jpeg
elsullo
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Look low.
Burglars are not always stupid, and are very knowledgeable about hiding things. They too are burgled, often by their "associates". They are desperate to hide their own guns and most especially to hide their drugs. So they meditate upon the hiding places that might be there.
I believe that a burglar would certainly look at that fat clock. I think hiding in plain sight is the only way to go, other than a good safe. It should be something so ordinary that they would not think might be hollow.
I have a rounded-top dresser with about three inches of clearance above the top drawer. I keep a folding AK47 there! They can yank all the drawers out but unless they kneel down and look UP they will never see it.
I also kept a pistol in a hollowed-out telephone book, right out front and obvious on the floor. I think that a burglar would not slow down to bend down and check it out.
Best of all, I had a junk bathroom scale that I took the guts out of, and stored a big Taurus auto and mags there. Who'd a thunk it? How many hurried burglars would consider something so obvious?
All this said, I still believe that a good safe is best for all but your nightstand and carry piece......................elsullo
Burglars are not always stupid, and are very knowledgeable about hiding things. They too are burgled, often by their "associates". They are desperate to hide their own guns and most especially to hide their drugs. So they meditate upon the hiding places that might be there.
I believe that a burglar would certainly look at that fat clock. I think hiding in plain sight is the only way to go, other than a good safe. It should be something so ordinary that they would not think might be hollow.
I have a rounded-top dresser with about three inches of clearance above the top drawer. I keep a folding AK47 there! They can yank all the drawers out but unless they kneel down and look UP they will never see it.
I also kept a pistol in a hollowed-out telephone book, right out front and obvious on the floor. I think that a burglar would not slow down to bend down and check it out.
Best of all, I had a junk bathroom scale that I took the guts out of, and stored a big Taurus auto and mags there. Who'd a thunk it? How many hurried burglars would consider something so obvious?
All this said, I still believe that a good safe is best for all but your nightstand and carry piece......................elsullo
I recall seeing on the net somewhere what amounted to a coated, magnetic strip that you applied (sunken screws hopefully) onto a surface (under a desk for example) that could be used to hide a weapon. There were several videos on the site that went with it showing applications. If I see it, I'll post it.
Ivy Mike
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tuck a small pistol into the top of the stocking.
D-Day
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I wouldn't use a commercially-produced gun "hider". In case a smart criminal who's looking to get guns reads up on this stuff, he may know exactly what to look for.
And while the tactic of hiding a bunch of guns Punisher-style is appealing, I see this as strategically unsound if someone else can find it and use it against you. Don't want somebody getting one of your better guns against the one in your hand.
And while the tactic of hiding a bunch of guns Punisher-style is appealing, I see this as strategically unsound if someone else can find it and use it against you. Don't want somebody getting one of your better guns against the one in your hand.
AZAndy
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Clean97GTI:
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elsullo
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For 230RN
For 230RN: Pull out the drawer, and pull out the gun. The AK is fairly well supported and simply pulls out horizontally from two "hooks". Both the barrel tip and the magazine bottom rest upon wooden structural support parts already built in to the dresser. The key items are two home-made flat "Z" shaped metal clips screwed under the wooden top of the dresser, which the underfolding stock upper rail slides over. I also considered using simple straps of leather or velcro stapled up under the top, and may yet add some velcro for security. The back of the top dresser drawer had to be notched so that it would clear the down-hanging charging handle of the AK, as there is only about two-and-a-half inches of space, just enough room. The gun WOULD fall out if the dresser were tipped forward, so I still need to work on that. A simple block of stiff foam rubber might be enough, or some carefull bending of the hooks, or some velcro straps?.....................elsullo
For 230RN: Pull out the drawer, and pull out the gun. The AK is fairly well supported and simply pulls out horizontally from two "hooks". Both the barrel tip and the magazine bottom rest upon wooden structural support parts already built in to the dresser. The key items are two home-made flat "Z" shaped metal clips screwed under the wooden top of the dresser, which the underfolding stock upper rail slides over. I also considered using simple straps of leather or velcro stapled up under the top, and may yet add some velcro for security. The back of the top dresser drawer had to be notched so that it would clear the down-hanging charging handle of the AK, as there is only about two-and-a-half inches of space, just enough room. The gun WOULD fall out if the dresser were tipped forward, so I still need to work on that. A simple block of stiff foam rubber might be enough, or some carefull bending of the hooks, or some velcro straps?.....................elsullo
45Guy
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Elsullo, that is one of the most ingenious ideas I have heard in a long time. Looks like I have a reason to buy an underfolder too
texas bulldog
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it's a major award!
texas bulldog
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elsullo,
i like your idea in theory, but i see one problem...
the one time i was burglarized, they didn't just take out each drawer. they tipped the whole damn thing over. if all you have to do is pull the AK out horizontally, it would fall out if they use this method. (assuming i'm imagining your setup right...)
tipping a whole dresser and letting all the drawers come out is faster than pulling them out one at a time. and they don't care if they mess up your nice wood floors. trust me on that one...
i like your idea in theory, but i see one problem...
the one time i was burglarized, they didn't just take out each drawer. they tipped the whole damn thing over. if all you have to do is pull the AK out horizontally, it would fall out if they use this method. (assuming i'm imagining your setup right...)
tipping a whole dresser and letting all the drawers come out is faster than pulling them out one at a time. and they don't care if they mess up your nice wood floors. trust me on that one...
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