Safe but accessible way to store home defense shot gun

[Balrog]

I am looking for a safe and dependable way to store a home defense shotgun, yet have the gun easily accessible to me. I would like to store it chamber loaded. I have a gun safe, but if I need it quickly, the safe is a problem.

There are small safes for handguns that allow for quick entry, but does anyone make a wall rack or something that would safely hold a shotgun? I am not looking for something so secure that a criminal couldnt get it, but I would like children not to be able to get to it.

 

[InkEd]

I think they make a little securing system for shotguns in cop cars. Maybe you could modify something from one of those deals.

 

[heeler]

I have seen a rack that fastens to the back of a door or a wall in Sportsman Guides recent catalogue,but since children have come into the equation that would be playing with dynamite.
But for a person without children or if you have guests who do not bring their children to your home it would probably serve your needs.

 

[rcmodel]

Mossberg Loc-Box sounds like just what you need.

http://www.mossberg.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=95092

http://www.hunting-fishing-gear.com/article-display/66.html

As for storing chamber loaded?
Why?

Stored "cruiser ready" with an empty chamber and a loaded mag, it takes less then a second to chamber a round.
After you have the gun in yours hands and have gained muzzle control.

Just asking to blow some fireman off your roof if your house catches on fire and the round cooks off!

rc

 

[PR-NJ]

I'm intrigued by Shotlock.

http://www.shotlock.com/

1. Looks sturdy

2. Universal - fits a number of different shotguns

3. Combo lock instead of a key - quick access to the gun, and can't be opend unless you know the code

Downside - it's pricey.

 

[heeler]

Thank you very much for providing that link rcmodel!
I will be ordering one very soon.
It certainly seems very well thought out and simple too.

 

[CoRoMo]

+1 on the Mossberg Loc-Box. With this, the bolt is open and a hook is run in through the ejection port. The gun "hangs" on that and then there is another part that goes inside the muzzle.

You can't have one in the chamber this way and you can't fire the gun either.

 

[rondog]

Some ideas here, if you're not looking for something that locks. My wife would have a cow if I did this, but I'd love to have my M1 carbine handy like this. http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=shotgun+bed+rack&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

 

[Shadow 7D]

http://www.galls.com/style.html?assort=general_catalog&style=VP238

Some of the police longarm mounts use handcuff keys, most come with a momentary off button that is hidden, so you just hit the switch or have to use the key to unlock it.

 

[CoRoMo]

I'd like to know how that ShotLock device holds onto the gun.

 

[brboyer]

I'd like to know how that ShotLock device holds onto the gun.

For semi-auto's and O/U it has adjustible 'Trigger Guard Blocks', for pumps it has an 'Action Hanger' - hangs on an open action.

 

[BP Hunter]

My remington 870 comes with its own trigger lock and is easily accesible. I understand why I'd like to keep my carry weapon one in the barrel for immediate use. But may I ask how different would it be to have a shotgun one in the pipe? I'd think racking it is as fast as you can pick up the firearm and use it.

 

[leadcounsel]

$5 screw-in style bicycle/tool hooks, above the closet or bathroom door. Or maybe behind the headboard, between the headboard and wall.

 

[CoRoMo]

...I would like children not to be able to get to it.

This rules out hanging it on hooks or leaving it anywhere 'just out of sight'.

Now that I've read through the ShotLock manual, it looks good. I don't know why you couldn't use the trigger guard locks on a pump action too. That would allow the gun to be loaded up with one in the chamber, although that is sort of unnecessary.

 

[GigaBuist]

Now that I've got a child I've got a GunVault Breech Vault on my shotgun. MSRP is only $19.99, it fits snug, and I can't tear the thing off with my bare hands. You can't use it with a round in the chamber, but once the lock is removed it's easy enough to pop one in there via the ejection port.

Works for me. I'm very happy with it so far.

 

[leadcounsel]

How exactly is a young child going to get to a hanging shotgun that's 7' off the ground and have the upper body strength to life it up and off the hooks?

First, the child would have to find it. You could easily conceal it by hanging a towel or cloth over it, preferably one that matches the color of the wall. It would effectively become invisible.

Second, the child would have to get a tall enough stool to climb up there and lift it off. Figure out how to rack the slide, and remove the safety.

I don't think a kid younger than around 12 could do any of that...

How long are you leaving your small children unsupervised?

For an adult to deploy the shotty, it would take about 5 seconds to retrieve it and rack the slide and remove the safety.

 

[InkEd]

The length of unsupervised time always comes to mind when I read threads about securing guns from small children.

Equally, I know it only takes a minute for an accident to happen. Better safe than sorry.

I think a handgun in a gunvault is the answer.

 

[CoRoMo]

I don't think a kid younger than around 12 could do any of that...

That's a horribly dangerous way to think. I was well into and through everything my parents had, at half that age. My two year old can already move a chair, or anything else, to anywhere he wants to climb up to. NO PLACE IS OUT OF REACH.

 

[amd6547]

My shotgun is not my first choice for HD...I keep it chamber empty mag loaded with a trigger lock.

 

[swinokur]

I have a Stack On cabinet next to my bed. Unlocked and open at night and locked all other times. Not a safe, but keeps little hands off of it.

 

[oldbanjo]

I have a four gun wooden rack with four guns in it, behind the guns is a rubber coated steel cable probably 12 feet or longer. There is a matching set of locks each gun has a pad lock, locking the finger guard to the cable. The cable runs thru a steel shelf in the closet and then thru 5 or 6 ammo cans, then the ends of the cable are locked together. This is almost grown up proof. One key opens all locks and the guns are loaded.

 

[RPD20]

I dont have one but I have always thought these were pretty cool...............

http://www.vlineind.com/html/long_gun_case.html

The Shotlock looks good but is not compatible with ghost ring sights or sidesaddles. The Mossberg unit looks nice and simple but will only work with pump actions and is not compatible with sidesaddles.

 

[mtopham]

This is at the top of my list. Pricey, but this is what I would want in this situation.

http://www.santacruzgunlocks.com/setups/completehome.html

 

[five.five-six]

this is not child safe.... but is accessible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw

 

[No4Mk1*]

I highly reccomend the V-Line as mentioned above by RPD20. No keys no electronics, just a programmable push button lock. Some models are to be mounted in the wall and some stand alone.