I second the recommendation of dry firing into a bucket of sand. I don't do this personally, but have/am considering it. Right now I do my gun cleaning in the backyard shed, and have my gun safe in my upstairs bedroom. My wife wouldn't mind a bucket of sand in the shed (not sure if she's ever actually been inside my shed since I built it and put a door on it), but I don't think she'd like me to keep a bucket of sand in the bedroom.LSUTiger wrote:You could get a clearing station, dry fire into a bucket of sand, as an extra precaution.JMod45 wrote:I was putting up a couple guns after going out this weekend, and I started thinking about something.
When I am putting a gun up, I typically remove the magazine, rack the slide a couple times, dry fire into the ground, put the magazine back in, then put it away. I've never had any issues, or close calls, but if somehow a round did get left in before firing into the ground, I'm likely going to have a hole in my carpet, and a chunk of concrete missing, depending on the weapon. Which is still better than it going through the roof, or wall and potentially hitting someone.
I realize that having a hammer, or bolt action, things are managed differently, so I guess my method is specific to semi automatic weapons.
What is your procedure for storing a firearm?
Edit: Dry fire is necessary for Glocks and Springfield XD and some others for take down prior to disassembly.
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