Question on a " truck gun"
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Fast Frank
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Different people have different situations and do different things.
There really isn't a standard way of doing it.
I'm a guy that lives in the suburbs. I don't carry a rifle around with me all the time.
I will take the truck out in the boonies every now and then, and I'll likely carry a rifle along when I do.
I have a short (16"barrel) lever action .30-30 with a low power scope on it. I bought it at a pawnshop pretty cheap and wouldn't notice if it got a little scratch on it.
It's a totally capable rifle that works and can be counted on, it's just not expensive or pretty.
I generally just lay it on the back seat of the truck, and toss a jacket or something over it. It's not visible and easily accessible.
If I should come across a reason (Unlikely) to use a rifle, I got it covered.
There are a lot of other possibilities, but that's how I do it.
There really isn't a standard way of doing it.
I'm a guy that lives in the suburbs. I don't carry a rifle around with me all the time.
I will take the truck out in the boonies every now and then, and I'll likely carry a rifle along when I do.
I have a short (16"barrel) lever action .30-30 with a low power scope on it. I bought it at a pawnshop pretty cheap and wouldn't notice if it got a little scratch on it.
It's a totally capable rifle that works and can be counted on, it's just not expensive or pretty.
I generally just lay it on the back seat of the truck, and toss a jacket or something over it. It's not visible and easily accessible.
If I should come across a reason (Unlikely) to use a rifle, I got it covered.
There are a lot of other possibilities, but that's how I do it.
I live in farm country and have a few public land and private spots I maybe able to shoot a coyote or woodchuck and maybe a deer if its in season. I use a savage axis sport barrel 223 with cheap $100 scope. I put it behind the seat and mag in the glove box.
if I'm going to a buddies and passing 3 of the farms I take one incase I see a woodchuck or so in the field on the way there.
truck guns are used for things like I just said and generally cheaper guns that can get banged around.
if I'm going to a buddies and passing 3 of the farms I take one incase I see a woodchuck or so in the field on the way there.
truck guns are used for things like I just said and generally cheaper guns that can get banged around.
Plan2Live
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The term "truck gun" means different things to different people. Use the search function and you will find at least two recent threads on the topic. There are varying opinions on the notion of leaving a gun on a vehicle and various ways of securing said gun. If you decide to leave a gun in a vehicle, either secured or unsecured, make sure you can live with what that gun might be used for after it is taken from your vehicle. And keep in mind that the more secure the storage method the harder it will be for you to access.
I've historically been against the idea of leaving a gun in a vehicle overnight. I recently relocated and am living in an apartment. I live in a warm, humid area and work in a non-permissive workplace so I don't attempt to holster up and conceal my handgun between the apartment and the vehicle. It is challenging and often cumbersome finding something to conceal the handgun in as I transition, often times with groceries, dry cleaning or other items in my hands so I have given consideration to buying something specifically to leave in the vehicle. I have a locking console but will I remember to unlock that console every time I get in the vehicle and lock it every time I get out? Unlikely which means I may not have quick access the one time I need it. It's a conundrum.
I've historically been against the idea of leaving a gun in a vehicle overnight. I recently relocated and am living in an apartment. I live in a warm, humid area and work in a non-permissive workplace so I don't attempt to holster up and conceal my handgun between the apartment and the vehicle. It is challenging and often cumbersome finding something to conceal the handgun in as I transition, often times with groceries, dry cleaning or other items in my hands so I have given consideration to buying something specifically to leave in the vehicle. I have a locking console but will I remember to unlock that console every time I get in the vehicle and lock it every time I get out? Unlikely which means I may not have quick access the one time I need it. It's a conundrum.
Sam1911
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You might find this thread answers a lot of questions for you:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=795284
This one might be less helpful...
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=783307
But there's this one:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=778764
And this one:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=760455
And this was a nice BIG one!
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=757964
But those just scratch the surface!
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=795284
This one might be less helpful...
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=783307
But there's this one:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=778764
And this one:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=760455
And this was a nice BIG one!
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=757964
But those just scratch the surface!
larry_minn
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To me a "truck gun" is normally a cheaper, more basic firearm that resides in car/truck. I have a locked cabinet behind seat. Holds two long, ammo and could have many pistols.
I don't carry a truck/car gun right now.
I don't carry a truck/car gun right now.
Sam1911
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. I try!THR is such a great resource because we have so much info compiled here and it is pretty well filtered to be on-topic, civil, and free of fluff.
But sometimes members do forget how powerful that ability to search and read is, reverting more to the "chat board" idea.
C5rider
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At first I thought, "What'd they do with Old Fuff?!!!! Then I re-read....
I always thought Fuff was a pretty compiled source of info that was well-filtered, (pretty much) on-topic and somewhat civil as well.
Sam1911
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Actually, that's in our charter. There has to be Fuff. Just the way it is.
The Lone Haranguer
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As has been said, it means different things to different people. I can see it for those on farms or ranches. This city boy will never leave a gun in a car for any length of time. It is more likely to get stolen than have to be used.
outlawjw
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I farm so a short rifle & pistol is what is normally in my truck , single shot 410 in tractor . But I was looking for a gun my grandchildren , a 5 & 6 yr old could practice , & get used to the other day & came across a mossburg 410 pump. It has about a 10" buttstock & a 16" to 18" barrel weighs almost nothing. I think when they out grow it , it will be my truck gun front seat .
Gordon
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I work out of my service truck and sometimes remotely and sometimes in quite a violent city of 60,000 or so. In California we are somewhat limited in what and how we can transport weapons , but in my steel service bed with high security locks on it and alarmed and with a cell phone notifier I do have an unloaded rifle stashed. It is a LITTLE Hungarian Steyr 8x56R straight pull carbine that has been bubba ized and would not be a big loss for me. It is dead on the sights at 50-75 yards and hits like a ton of bricks. It is very hard to find ammo for and I would tip off all the local gun shops to be on the look out for persons looking. It has an old ammo pouch full of loaded stripper clips tucked near it's well hidden and camoflaged location behind a tool box inside a locked side cabinet, but I can reach in and snag it and the ammo in seconds. I have no doubt it will stop any animal in the state with one reasonable hit and it goes thru cars like a hot knife thru butter. It is allways there. 
The Steyr is secomd one up from bottom. I used to carry a folding stock 870 in same place, but think this is a better solution as it screws the thief somewhat and believe me is very fierce and fast and loads like lightning !
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, but in my steel service bed with high security locks on it and alarmed and with a cell phone notifier I do have an unloaded rifle stashed. It is a LITTLE Hungarian Steyr 8x56R straight pull carbine that has been bubba ized and would not be a big loss for me. It is dead on the sights at 50-75 yards and hits like a ton of bricks. It is very hard to find ammo for and I would tip off all the local gun shops to be on the look out for persons looking. It has an old ammo pouch full of loaded stripper clips tucked near it's well hidden and camoflaged location behind a tool box inside a locked side cabinet, but I can reach in and snag it and the ammo in seconds. I have no doubt it will stop any animal in the state with one reasonable hit and it goes thru cars like a hot knife thru butter. It is allways there. The Steyr is secomd one up from bottom. I used to carry a folding stock 870 in same place, but think this is a better solution as it screws the thief somewhat and believe me is very fierce and fast and loads like lightning !
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Gordon
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I got the idea of putting in the little Steyr from how happy this 1909 Argintine 30-06 rifle makes me in my 4wd souped up 57 short bed Chevy makes me when I thrash around the back mining area of Big Sur and on big ranches. Once agian it rides unloaded with stripper clips . I have an old police surplus Lecco Lock vertical mount for it in front seat to the right of shifters. It has the sights set to 100 yards where it puts ball ammo into about 4 inches rested
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when I thrash around the back mining area of Big Sur and on big ranches. Once agian it rides unloaded with stripper clips . I have an old police surplus Lecco Lock vertical mount for it in front seat to the right of shifters. It has the sights set to 100 yards where it puts ball ammo into about 4 inches rested
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Red Wind
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Gordan, I have the M1895 Steyr Carbine and it certainly is a fine little rifle. Along with the Yugo 59 SKS ,it has alternated as my truck gun while roaming the back roads of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp for several years. It certainly will stop any critter in Florida! You Californians grow them much bigger.
Hornady makes the 8x56R ammo so I usually can find that somewhere. The Yugo 59 is my main truck carry now and the 7.62x39 ammo is usually not a problem. I just throw it in the back seat and cover it with a blanket.
jmorris
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With my jeeps I use a homade over head rack.
My truck I stick it between my seat and the middle seat/center console.
Some often spend the night in the auto but I don't live in town either. I have a pellet gun that has never spent a night outside a vehicle.
My truck I stick it between my seat and the middle seat/center console.
Some often spend the night in the auto but I don't live in town either. I have a pellet gun that has never spent a night outside a vehicle.
gwpercle
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I wouldn't leave it in the vehicle, too easy to break into . A lot of guns are stolen out of cars and trucks. If you have a garage with a locked door ...maybe.
On the street or driveway parked....take it in.
Gary
On the street or driveway parked....take it in.
Gary
76shuvlinoff
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XD in the console.
Gilfo;
I'm in what I call "Outer Montana". In other words, high-people-density is more than a few miles away. Even then, Montana's H-P-D as a whole doesn't even register a blip in coastal states. With that being said, my leave it in the truck gun is a small .22 rimfire rifle. It's compact, fits under the seat, and is purely a just in case firearm that I'm comfortable with. We know, for an absolute fact, that both bear and mountain lion travel through our property.
Here's some of my reasons for going the way I did. 1. I literally live in the middle of a Minuteman missile field - if the balloon goes up, suvivability just isn't there, I can't dig deep enough. 2. I always lock the vehicle. 3. I'm always armed with a major caliber pistol. And 4, if there's any perceived need for heavier firearms, they're in the truck on a temporary basis, rather than a permanent one. That's also very easy for me to do.
900F
I'm in what I call "Outer Montana". In other words, high-people-density is more than a few miles away. Even then, Montana's H-P-D as a whole doesn't even register a blip in coastal states. With that being said, my leave it in the truck gun is a small .22 rimfire rifle. It's compact, fits under the seat, and is purely a just in case firearm that I'm comfortable with. We know, for an absolute fact, that both bear and mountain lion travel through our property.
Here's some of my reasons for going the way I did. 1. I literally live in the middle of a Minuteman missile field - if the balloon goes up, suvivability just isn't there, I can't dig deep enough. 2. I always lock the vehicle. 3. I'm always armed with a major caliber pistol. And 4, if there's any perceived need for heavier firearms, they're in the truck on a temporary basis, rather than a permanent one. That's also very easy for me to do.
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