Home defense shotgun storage

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Shotgun is fully loaded, safety on, muzzle down, inside a quick-access, digital keypad full-sized safe, inside the man cave down the hall from the bedroom.

Handgun is fully loaded, safety on, semi-hidden (comforter draped over) in a "mattress holster" beside/hanging on the bed I sleep in (along with a Black Bear Borealis). There are no children in this house, and rarely any guests.

Primary CCW handgun is lying on the dresser in its smart-carry holster when home. So I've got two very-quickly accessible handguns, and one fairly-quickly accessible shotgun.

Backup CCW handgun is fully loaded, on a shelf in same quick-access full-sized safe.

Also in the safe, the K31 has a full mag (5 rounds) separated from the rifle, if things really get bad.

Shotgun trigger locked, unloaded, with ammo in separate locked compartment, required by law? The Canadian government sucks.

 

[Carne Frio]

One of these plus a quality safe for permanent storage:

http://gunracks.tylerrose.com/

 

[lions]

Here is one that would obstruct the action. It looks like the hook inside the lock box goes into the chamber.

http://www.mossberg.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=95092&reference=/cgi-bin/commerce.exe%3Fsearch%3Daction%26keywords%3D%26searchstart%3D0%26template%3DPDGCommTemplates\MossPdgNav\SearchResult.html%26category%3DSECU

Doesn't look very stout but if someone really wants it they will get it anyway.

 

[swampboy]

Carne Frio; that link is the one that was in my original inquiry. The shortcomings have already been discussed.

lions; I don't think the Mossberg one is still in production. I do like the design though.

 

[TomADC]

Cocked & locked on a empty chamber with the safety on stored in the MBR closet.
I figure I need to take the safety off, either pull the trigger then rack the slide or hit the slide release, in my way of thinking to go thru all that I have to be wide awake..

 

[Quilbilly]

Mine fits nicely inside the bed rail against the mattress. Covered by the bed skirt. Its perfect.

 

[Girodin]

Why worry about it when you're not there? Shotguns are relatively cheap compared to the other things that thieves will make off with while you're gone.

I suppose that depends on the type of shotgun. I actually am considering investing in a cheap norinco for this reason. My shotgun is nearby when I am home. It is in the safe if no one is home.

 

[snooperman]

Quilbilly, I like your shotgun storage site

I am trying to figure how I could do it with my bed that I have. I can just hear my wife utter " oh no now its the bed" or something similar, but she will let me do it if it works out. I would probably have to buy a different bed??? My mattress does not have a board on the outside. Where do you get that much room for it??

 

[jeremy1391]

in between bed and night stand. and i got the wife running backup with her snubby .38