what do you keep your guns in?

[thefamcnaj]

Just wondering what some of you guys keep your guns in. I'm on a budget so I bough a Centurion by liberty. I know its a residential security container and not a safe. It's what my budget would allow, and keeps the guns away from the kids. After a friend of mine showed up and completely tore down what I thought was a good investment. He had not one positive thing to say about it which is ok. It got me doubting my rsc. He said he could be in the Centurion in 25 min tops. Is there anything better than this in the 1000 dollar range?
It's bolted to the floor so its as secure as I can make it.

 

[OARNGESI]

Some people just put everything down that isnt theres or top of the line think about how many robbers are actually going to spend half a hour trying break in to a safe

 

[Shimitup]

Don't let your friends comments get you down, anyone with that specific goal and the right tools will probably get into most gun safes in under 25 mins. I feel fairly secure keeping out the hit and run types. Mine is an old Fort Knox from the 80's, no problem getting into it fairly quickly.

 

[CajunBass]

People like that make themselves feel big by trying to make you feel small. It's really a sign of their insecurity.

Pay no attention to him.

 

[Dnaltrop]

I keep my guns in... case I need 'em!

the ones not on my hip are in a safe, It's a cheapo from harbor freight, but it's concealed well enough you'll have to remove wall panels to get to it.

Good luck finding it. Someone Sneezed cheezy wood paneling all over every single wall before I got the house.

A better investment is a good Internet-ready multiple camera system you can access from a Smartphone, with luck he wouldn't have the 25 minutes before the police arrived with copies of the video you forwarded in emails.

 

[Twiki357]

I voted other. Rifles in the closet behind the hanging clothes. Handguns spread all over the house. Excluding the spare bedroom, I'm within 5 feet of one just about anywhere I'm at in the house. Kids are all grown and gone so no problem there.

 

[Dan Bear]

I don't understand the whole rsc thing. I have a centurion and it's a safe. It seems pretty safe to me. Besides, isn't the company called Liberty Safes. I guess the definition belongs to the definer.

 

[Warp]

Let's see...

1. Night stand
2. Other Night stand
3. Bedroom Corner
4. Coffee Table in living room
5. Vehicle
6. Other Vehicle
7. Dresser drawer (the EDC)
8. The rest in an unlocked closet.



25 minutes is a long time. Layers of defense. Dogs, alarms, lighting, a safe that is uknown to as many people as possible, bolt it down, put it in a corner/in a closet/etc...you should be able to keep them from having anywhere near 25 minutes to work.

 

[Der Stro]

Mine are in a glass-fronted gun cabinet with a few odds and ends thrown in such as mosin cleaning gear, large caliber brass, etc. Unsecure perhaps, but it looks nice.

 

[HDCamel]

Other

The K98 is out in the open. I don't have anywhere else to put it really. Besides, I have no ammo for it ATM (so no one could shoot me with it) and It's not like bolt-action milsurps are especially desirable to thieves beyond making a quick buck at a pawn shop.

The 1911 is in a hidden, locked drawer (of my own design) in a VERY heavy desk and the SAA is always within reach either on my hip or in a drawer under my bed that makes a rather loud clatter when it is opened.

 

[HDCamel]

Mine are in a glass-fronted gun cabinet with a few odds and ends thrown in such as mosin cleaning gear, large caliber brass, etc. Unsecure perhaps, but it looks nice.

I know a guy who has that in his "man cave" but he also has retracting metal shutters that he locks up when he's/we're not hanging out in it. I think I have a picture of it somewhere...

 

[The-Reaver]

I got a buddy like that. Thinks the world of his junk but cuts my awesome stuff down.
and I may sound pretty bad re reading that. But where talking about praising a Wasr and cutting down a Socom 16.... Yeah.

Man, for a very long time I used one of those 99.00 safes from walmart. More like a steel container. Can pick it up and walk out with it if I wanted to.
The point is. I kept it away from my curious 6 year old. Now I have moved onto bigger and better things but what you have is what you have. Screw what dobro says. He's just boo boo faced his is wrapped in a blanket under the bed.

 

[DeepSouth]

Rifles sit in gun racks on the wall and in the corners of the closet. Pistols are in dresser drawers and such as that.

 

[SleazyRider]

I don't understand the whole rsc thing. I have a centurion and it's a safe. It seems pretty safe to me. Besides, isn't the company called Liberty Safes. I guess the definition belongs to the definer.

Check the label on the inside of the door, Dan Bear. If it's a Centurion I'm thinkin' it says "RSC"---Residential Security Container.

The poll results may be skewed, as many folks who think they have safes really have RSCs.

 

[CTPhil]

Other. Guns all over the house, most in gun socks.

 

[thefamcnaj]

The poll results may be skewed, as many folks who think they have safes really have RSCs.

good point.

 

[303tom]

I keep most of mine in the arms room.

 

[load748]

safe

 

[JayBoogs]

Now that I read through the RSC or safe post.. I'm not sure what it is. I won't go into detail but.. Lets just say it's safe. The way it is installed it would be hella awkward to try and take. It took me about 45min to bolt it down, so it would take more than 30mins to pull out that's for sure.. and 30mins is ALOT of time being in my 1bdrm Apt.

 

[Alex23]

Rifles in closets, the attic, cars. Handguns just about everywhere. Shotguns under bed and in closets.

And by the way - if your safe can last 5 minutes you're fine. The only crook who'd spend 30 minutes on it would be after something more valuable than a couple of mass produced firearms...

 

[Screendmon]

I have a handgun safe that was pretty cheap but is anchored down to my dresser. Only thing that is in it is ammo.
My handgun is beside my bed in a holster or on me. My AK is in the corner of the bedroom with the 12 gauge double barrel. The mosin is in the closet.
I figure if they want to take the time to pry at the safe for a while and even if they get it off, they just stole 200 bucks worth of ammo and thats it. I need to get a locker for the rifles soon.

 

[RDCL]

Spare master bedroom......serves as my work/playroom.....Secret compartment within a walk-in closet.......protected against moisture and disguised by an easily removed false wall. Corner seams to false wall are impossible to see in this dark closet unless you know where the light switch is.....an even still....you'd have to be looking for tight seams behind a rack of shirts & jeans below a large shelf.

It works because I tested it. Once when my brother was visiting I dared him to find my guns, he gave up searching. He did however LOL at me when I showed it to him because of the effort and work I put into this thing.
If a thief DID break in he'd likely find the "decoy" less expensive (no ammo) rifles in the back of my living room closet......thinking that'd be his booty-find.

(I don't create an un-safe enviroment by having rifles in the living room closet as I live alone)


Now, I don't ALWAYS keep my prized handguns in this so-called "secret compartment".......mainly when I'm away at work during the week.


I'm not saying it's a perfect storage method.....but I'm very confident with it.

 

[Dnaltrop]

I like the idea of steel shutters on the gun room.

An old acquaintance who put the Capital P on the front of "Paranoid" used sheets of steel he'd sandwiched to rails on the inside of the window frame and padlocked them to a reinforced Sill.

I'd have appreciated his work more if he'd built in a counter-weight system instead of having a homebrew Guillotine set up when he had it open.

 

[Mike1234567]

I voted for "Separate Structure" and "Other". I haven't yet built my cinder block outbuilding but will soon. It'll be climate/humidity controlled and finished inside with a false wall behind which valuables will be hidden. The "other" part is that all firearms (those not kept in the house for SD/HD) will be stored in USGI 12"x12"x48" steel sealed containers with desiccant (crystal kitty litter)... containers behind the false wall. A security system will be employed.

I opted for this because it offers better protection for both fire and theft... "out-of-sight-out-of-mind" is far better than any safe and a "fireproof" outbuilding is far better than any "fire resistant" gun safe.

 

[20mil]

Gun Vault gun safe ( the non bio one).