Magnets for securing handguns

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Pat Riot

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I just received an ad in an email from a gun parts and accessories business promoting a “super magnet holster”.

It’s a unit that can be screwed to a wall or under a table or desk to hold a handgun in place for quick and easy access.

I do not think I would ever get ant to use something like this as this would probably magnetize my gun and the parts within. I know that I made the mistake of buying a fishing knife from a guy that had it stored on a magnetic showcase in his store and all that thing did was attract little metal particles every time I laid the darn thing down.
I can’t imagine the pain in the rear of having all the little components in my firearm magnetized.

Have you ever used a magnetic gun holster or holder?
would you ever use one?

I am thinking it would just be inviting trouble down the road.
 
The medium carbon steel at medium hardness used in a pistol slides and barrels is not going to strongly magnetize. And if your shooting it regularly the shock of shooting should work to demagnetize it. If it really bothers you a bulk tape eraser will remove all of the magnatism.
 
I use a magnetic holder in my vehicle. Keeps the firearm unholstered and readily accessible on the lower dash panel. Works great and hasn't caused any problem with the firearm.
 
... I make my own from old hard drive magnets and duct tape. ...
This. :)

The key thing about HDD magnets is that they are Rare Earth magnets and very strong for their size.

That said, I have only used them in static situations, not (yet) in a vehicle.

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Back in the mid'90s some Einstein spec'd a desktop PC with HDDs for one of our Call Centers, which use only diskless workstations for the agents. So ... that Call Center was instructed to remove the HDDs during configuration & setup and ship them to us at the HQ office for re-use.

A week later, UPS delivered several large corrugated cardboard boxes from the Call Center. Inside each was, perhaps, 100 340MB and 425MB (not a typo, yes megabyte, for the "youngsters" reading this :)) that had been carefully, no doubt, placed in the bottom of each big box, bare & loose, prior to topping up the boxes with styro peanuts and taping them shut. :what: :eek:

Ayup ... they turned hundreds of brand new large capacity (at the time) PC HDDs into freakin' doorstops ...

... and provided me with an almost endless supply of oddly-shaped but strong Rare Earth magnets. :D
 
This. :)

The key thing about HDD magnets is that they are Rare Earth magnets and very strong for their size.

That said, I have only used them in static situations, not (yet) in a vehicle.

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Back in the mid'90s some Einstein spec'd a desktop PC with HDDs for one of our Call Centers, which use only diskless workstations for the agents. So ... that Call Center was instructed to remove the HDDs during configuration & setup and ship them to us at the HQ office for re-use.

A week later, UPS delivered several large corrugated cardboard boxes from the Call Center. Inside each was, perhaps, 100 340MB and 425MB (not a typo, yes megabyte, for the "youngsters" reading this :)) that had been carefully, no doubt, placed in the bottom of each big box, bare & loose, prior to topping up the boxes with styro peanuts and taping them shut. :what: :eek:

Ayup ... they turned hundreds of brand new large capacity (at the time) PC HDDs into freakin' doorstops ...

... and provided me with an almost endless supply of oddly-shaped but strong Rare Earth magnets. :D

Endless supply, perhaps. A mess of work, most definitely! :eek:
 
I work around metal all the time. Cutting, grinding, welding, machining etc. enough it even is attracted to the magnets in the speaker in my cell phones.

I don’t use them for firearms because of that. Dust to oil is one thing but metal particles to even slightly magnetized metal and bearing surfaces is another.
 
I work around metal all the time. Cutting, grinding, welding, machining etc. enough it even is attracted to the magnets in the speaker in my cell phones.

I don’t use them for firearms because of that. Dust to oil is one thing but metal particles to even slightly magnetized metal and bearing surfaces is another.

This ^^^^^ Is why I was thinking magnets would be a bad idea.
 
I just received an ad in an email from a gun parts and accessories business promoting a “super magnet holster”. It’s a unit that can be screwed to a wall or under a table or desk to hold a handgun in place for quick and easy access.

I haven't used one because I don't like the idea of having the trigger of a chambered gun not being protected for quick access, especially in the dark. In a vehicle my concern is that it will go flying in a wreck. Also, in TX a handgun cannot be in plain sight in a vehicle. My gun stays on me unless I'm securing it because I cannot take it inside.
 
I bought a couple, they were somewhat inexpensive, and I expected them to not be quite as strong as the advertisement claimed. That assumption was correct. It took two to secure my S&W CS9 to the door of my large safe. I took the other two and put them on the sides of a couple of the smaller compartments, they work great for helping a couple other pistols stand upright instead of laying flat in the compartments. I would want something stronger if I used it elsewhere. The sue of hard drive magnets sounds like something to explore. You can use as few or as many as needed for your pistol to be secure.
 
I use a magnetic holder in my vehicle. Keeps the firearm unholstered and readily accessible on the lower dash panel. Works great and hasn't caused any problem with the firearm.

I'm curious, what keeps the gun from flying around in an accident?
 
It's a very strong magnet! That and my prudent driving!! :rofl:

But not so strong that you can't pull it off when you need it. I've seen these advertised and for this reason, I think they're dangerous. The gun will come off in an accident and then who knows what will happen. I wouldn't use one -- but that's just me.
 
But not so strong that you can't pull it off when you need it. I've seen these advertised and for this reason, I think they're dangerous. The gun will come off in an accident and then who knows what will happen. I wouldn't use one -- but that's just me.

To each their own. I suppose it could come off in an impact and end up on the floorboard. But then again if I was carrying it in the center console during an impact accident it could potentially dislodge from there too. The only spot to carry it that would assure its whereabouts in an accident would be on my person...but I find that a little uncomfortable on a long trip. And who's to say what some unscrupulous emergency responder might do. That being said...I'd bet there are a myriad of opinions on the proper way to safely carry a firearm. I'm comfortable in the various ways I carry my firearm to be responsible and prudent.
 
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