store w/o firing pin?

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Is it ok to store my rifles with out the firing pin installed? I want to do this to keep them "safe" but still readily available, as in <2 mins... Specifically an AR and an AK variant (WASR). Also, is there any harm in dry firing with out the firing pin installed?
 
Better to just keep them unloaded if you want them "safe" but still readily available. Just lock up your ammo.
 
I don't really see a point. You want your guns safe, keep them unloaded, selector on safe, and locked in a safe.
 
I want to do this to keep them "safe" but still readily available, as in <2 mins... Specifically an AR
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If you can get an AR into play in less than 2 minutes without a firing pin installed I am VERY impressed.
 
If you can get an AR into play in less than 2 minutes without a firing pin installed I am VERY impressed.
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I could do it with the gun on a table with a light, did field strips and reassemblies on a timer all the time in the Army. In the dark looking over my shoulder and pumped up because I think somebody is in my house.. not so much.
 
I am not fortunate enough to own a safe at this time, though it is in the works. All I have is a lockable gun cabinet with a glass front.
If it takes you more than 60 seconds to get a firing pin in an AR (with the pin and rifle readily accessible) then some practice is in order. I start with having the gun completely assembled minus the firing pin and go from there.
Let me add that I do not mean any offense by this. I practice religiously taking my guns apart and putting them back together. I don't do it for time but more so to make sure I am familiar with their use and operation should the time come that I need to rely on them. I am just not comfortable using a gun that I have not seen the internals of many times and know how they work.

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"pumped up because I think somebody is in my house.."
Very good point. The AR is more of a SHTF rifle to me than HD. I have my GLOCK 30 and Mossy 500 for that.
 
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If you must store it partially disassembled take out the whole bolt and carrier. These can be slapped into an AR-15 very quickly. Also, you could use a cable lock through the ejection port and down through the magazine well.
 
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