Gun storage ?

[chetrogers]

Well not to long ago i got another rifle to add to my collection.I have 4 rifles and a pistol.

.22 bolt action
sar-1
double barrel shot gun 12 Gage
30-06
and a 9mm pistol

right now i have 3 rifles on a gun rack hanging on my wall in my bedroom.Before i go buy a bigger rack or just buy another rack i was thinking of getting a safe or something to store them in.But cant spend to much money on it.I was hoping for any suggestions .Should i just get another rack or maybe a cheap safe or ?..I wish i could store them in a cedar hope-chest but i made a thread about it and people suggested not to.

Cant be over 200 bucks though.Thanks for your time and info.

Forgot to mention that there are no kids in the house just thought i would do soemthing incase somebody broke in and wanted to steal my guns "It would be real easy for them to now" but i live in a suburb in oregon never had anyone do anything like that in my neighorhood buy ya never know nowadays

 

[CWL]

Cheap safe or at least gun cabinet by Homak. If you have a concern, then by all means address it.

 

[genie]

an inexpensive 8 gun security gun cabinet from homak or stackon should be around $80. it's small enough to fit in just about all closets and can fit your guns as well as maybe an additional or two handguns.

if you hide it in a closet and bolted/screwed it into wall studs, it will provide decent protection against most thieves who for looking for quick things to grab. of course a super duty 3,000 pound safe would be better, but not everyone is currently in a position to do that. so best of luck with the best you can!

 

[10-Ring]

My neighbor a steel cabinet w/ heavy duty lock bolted to the floor in one of his rooms. Says he didn't spend much because he bought most of the stuff from a friend & did the work himself.

 

[4v50 Gary]

$200 bucks isn't much to go on but it'll buy you a sheetmetal Homak or equivalent. Look in the want ads for companies that are going out of business. I got a big double door that way for free (OK, it cost me $ for the door frame to be removed & $ for movers to move & store it).

 

[No4Mk1]

You might consider putting a solid core door with a deadbolt on an interior closet. Should cost under $100. While it would certainly not be as effective as a good safe it would stop a "smash and grab" attempt.

 

[RustyHammer]

For a long time a Stackon was all I had. I had it bolted in a closet in a spare bedroom with only about one inch on each side of it. I used ripped-down 2x4's to fill in those gaps. It was very well hidden from site with all but the front (door) being part of the actual closet wall.

I always kept extra "winter" clothes and such hung in that closet -- (just slid them to the right, out of the way of the door, when ever I wanted to access it.) -- which kept it very well hidden from sight. Always made sure I had a long over coat or something hanging closest to the safe, hidding it entirely from view.

I once had my best friend over and challenged him to find the safe that was "someplace" in the house. It took him over 15 minutes ... and he knew there was a safe to be found.

Point is, time is on your side ... slow them down as much as you can.

 

[Sunray]

A trip to a used office furniture place should find you a steel cabinet of some kind. Then weld on a hasp for a pad lock or a mount for a t-bar and pad lock and you're done. Won't stop a thief but it'll make it more work than most of 'em want to do(they are thieves after all). Bolting it to the floor is ok if you're in your own place, but not always possible in an apartment. Plan 'B' is one of those steel roll up door that fit on closet doors. Don't think you'll get that for $200 though.
They say that those 'this house is alarmed' sticker will send a bandit elsewhere too. Even if there is no alarm, how's he to know one way or the other?

 

[keyhole]

Gun racks are an easy Wal-Mart for the bg's.
Take my word for it.

 

[AJ Dual]

The Homak's and Stack On's are better than nothing for sure, but a thief with a hammer and a big flat blade screwdriver can be into one in 3 minutes.

I know because I lost my keys to my Stack-On in a move, and wanted to get at my guns. Took me 5 minutes because I was trying to damage the door as little as possible.

A better solution, but still cheaper than a safe, would be one of those contractor tool boxes, not the big red Craftsman mechanic kind with the drawers, but the big heavy gauge steel boxes with the shielded recessed holes the paddlelocks fit into. The kind they use for tool storage overnight at a jobsite that's not secure. Kind of looks like a mini-garbage dumpster.

Otherwise Sentry sells a "real" 10 and 14 gun safe, for under $300, when on sale, at several home improvment stores, sporting good stores, and Walmart when hunting season rolls around. They're minimal compared to a higher end gunsafe, but much, much, tougher than a Homak cabinet.