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Re: Too many guns?

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C-dub wrote:I do have a couple of the silicon gun socks for a couple rifles, but those aren't the issue. I still have plenty of space for several more rifles. It's the handguns I'm concerned with.

I started thinking about looking for a different door insert with different compartments or one that was entirely velcro or molle, so that I could put whatever I wanted up on it however I'd like and could be re-arranged as needed.

I'm also thinking about those things that slide onto a shelf and the handgun attaches below the shelf by sliding the barrel onto a rod. Does anyone have those? How well do those work? Does the handgun come off the rod easily without pulling the rod thing off the shelf with it? I wonder if the rack like TAM linked might be better.
I have used these. They work best for larger caliber pistols with longer barrels. My G17 or 1911 are super easy to get on and off. The LCP and G43 are trickier to line up the barrel and rod. I might even call the LCP a pain. I like them a lot for the bigger pistols. They are tolerable but not easy for the smaller ones. The hangers don't pull off of the shelf but occasionally will pull back from their starting point. I don't know that I would want my go to safe pistol hanging on one. In the heat of battle with pressures and tensions you could possibly bring the hanger out with the pistol.
I would have them strictly for storage. My go to pistol is on my hip, not in the safe and I don't keep any of them in the safe loaded. I do have some loaded magazines in the safe, but they are not in any of the guns.

Do those rods come is sizes small enough for .22 handguns? I now have three and the shortest one is a 4.5 inch barrel.
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Re: Too many guns?

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flechero wrote:I've read of MANY fires ruining guns in a firesafe due to the melted plastic of those cases filling every nook and cranny with plastic. Not hot enough to hurt guns but hot enough to melt the caess. Salvageable but the labor cost to remove and repair exceeds the guns value. put the plastic cases in a close, attic, garage, etc. and use pistol racks in the safe. Some basic rubber coated wire pistol racks or rod designs as above will more than quadruple your pistol capacity over using the plastic boxes.

Beiruty- can't you are least organize those by caliber, action type, make or model?? :lol:
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Re: Too many guns?

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C-dub wrote: I would have them strictly for storage. My go to pistol is on my hip, not in the safe and I don't keep any of them in the safe loaded. I do have some loaded magazines in the safe, but they are not in any of the guns.

Do those rods come is sizes small enough for .22 handguns? I now have three and the shortest one is a 4.5 inch barrel.
I am not sure about the 22s. Mine at least would not accommodation them. The wire might be small enough. But there is a bit of a bulge of at the end of the wire where they appeared to have double dipped the rubber coating on the hanger tips. I assume that this is just for durability so that you don't cut through the rubber coating after repeated uses. TAMs pistol rack might be a better option for 22s.
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I can tell you for sure that these wire hangers will accommodate a .22 quite easily. Not sure about others. I've also found these handgun racks to be very versatile as you can easily size them to whatever space you have.
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Jusme wrote:I feel your pain, with my last long gun purchase, I have no more room for them in my safe. That has not quelled my desire for more, but has given Mrs. Jusme more leverage for veto power. Now I am looking at larger safes, but I for some reason,SWMBO thinks it will lead to more firearms being purchased. :confused5
As for the title of the thread I don't belive there is such a thing. :mrgreen:
In fact, if I someday win the lottery, my new house will have an area bigger than my present house for nothing going but gun and ammo storage. But for now I have to figure out a way to sneak in a larger safe. :headscratch
Does Mrs. Jusme own firearms? Does she store them with yours?

My ammo and AR get stored in the safe with dads. I only get 1 shelf (why don't we have a crying face to put here?) So I totally get the space limitations. My pistols, I only have 2...so far...almost never go in the safe.
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Jusme wrote:I feel your pain, with my last long gun purchase, I have no more room for them in my safe. That has not quelled my desire for more, but has given Mrs. Jusme more leverage for veto power. Now I am looking at larger safes, but I for some reason,SWMBO thinks it will lead to more firearms being purchased. :confused5
As for the title of the thread I don't belive there is such a thing. :mrgreen:
In fact, if I someday win the lottery, my new house will have an area bigger than my present house for nothing going but gun and ammo storage. But for now I have to figure out a way to sneak in a larger safe. :headscratch
Does Mrs. Jusme own firearms? Does she store them with yours?

My ammo and AR get stored in the safe with dads. I only get 1 shelf (why don't we have a crying face to put here?) So I totally get the space limitations. My pistols, I only have 2...so far...almost never go in the safe.
Will this one do? :cryin
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TexasTornado wrote:
Jusme wrote:I feel your pain, with my last long gun purchase, I have no more room for them in my safe. That has not quelled my desire for more, but has given Mrs. Jusme more leverage for veto power. Now I am looking at larger safes, but I for some reason,SWMBO thinks it will lead to more firearms being purchased. :confused5
As for the title of the thread I don't belive there is such a thing. :mrgreen:
In fact, if I someday win the lottery, my new house will have an area bigger than my present house for nothing going but gun and ammo storage. But for now I have to figure out a way to sneak in a larger safe. :headscratch
Does Mrs. Jusme own firearms? Does she store them with yours?

My ammo and AR get stored in the safe with dads. I only get 1 shelf (why don't we have a crying face to put here?) So I totally get the space limitations. My pistols, I only have 2...so far...almost never go in the safe.
Will this one do? :cryin
I suppose it will have to, but shared accommodations for your weaponry deserves some true crocodile tears don't ya think??
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Re: Too many guns?

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While I don't have your problem as I only have 4 pistols, clearly not enough, I do have a solution. Tell your wife that you will only get 1 more safe AND THAT'S IT!!! NO MORE! When she relents buy this one!

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Syntyr wrote:While I don't have your problem as I only have 4 pistols, clearly not enough, I do have a solution. Tell your wife that you will only get 1 more safe AND THAT'S IT!!! NO MORE! When she relents buy this one!

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I think if I got that safe I should make sure there's also enough room in there for me to sleep.
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C-dub wrote:
Syntyr wrote:While I don't have your problem as I only have 4 pistols, clearly not enough, I do have a solution. Tell your wife that you will only get 1 more safe AND THAT'S IT!!! NO MORE! When she relents buy this one!

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I think if I got that safe I should make sure there's also enough room in there for me to sleep.
LMFAO....omg I can't breathe...
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Re: Too many guns?

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TexasTornado wrote:
Jusme wrote:I feel your pain, with my last long gun purchase, I have no more room for them in my safe. That has not quelled my desire for more, but has given Mrs. Jusme more leverage for veto power. Now I am looking at larger safes, but I for some reason,SWMBO thinks it will lead to more firearms being purchased. :confused5
As for the title of the thread I don't belive there is such a thing. :mrgreen:
In fact, if I someday win the lottery, my new house will have an area bigger than my present house for nothing going but gun and ammo storage. But for now I have to figure out a way to sneak in a larger safe. :headscratch
Does Mrs. Jusme own firearms? Does she store them with yours?

My ammo and AR get stored in the safe with dads. I only get 1 shelf (why don't we have a crying face to put here?) So I totally get the space limitations. My pistols, I only have 2...so far...almost never go in the safe.


Right now she only has one handgun, it only goes in the safe if we are going out of town. I could get a few more handguns in there but no more long guns.
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Syntyr wrote:While I don't have your problem as I only have 4 pistols, clearly not enough, I do have a solution. Tell your wife that you will only get 1 more safe AND THAT'S IT!!! NO MORE! When she relents buy this one!

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Jusme wrote:
TexasTornado wrote:
Jusme wrote:I feel your pain, with my last long gun purchase, I have no more room for them in my safe. That has not quelled my desire for more, but has given Mrs. Jusme more leverage for veto power. Now I am looking at larger safes, but I for some reason,SWMBO thinks it will lead to more firearms being purchased. :confused5
As for the title of the thread I don't belive there is such a thing. :mrgreen:
In fact, if I someday win the lottery, my new house will have an area bigger than my present house for nothing going but gun and ammo storage. But for now I have to figure out a way to sneak in a larger safe. :headscratch
Does Mrs. Jusme own firearms? Does she store them with yours?

My ammo and AR get stored in the safe with dads. I only get 1 shelf (why don't we have a crying face to put here?) So I totally get the space limitations. My pistols, I only have 2...so far...almost never go in the safe.


Right now she only has one handgun, it only goes in the safe if we are going out of town. I could get a few more handguns in there but no more long guns.
Sounds to me like you need to be a good hubby and get her an AR...aaaaand a new safe to put it in.
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Re: Too many guns?

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Jusme wrote:
Syntyr wrote:While I don't have your problem as I only have 4 pistols, clearly not enough, I do have a solution. Tell your wife that you will only get 1 more safe AND THAT'S IT!!! NO MORE! When she relents buy this one!

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It's good that it's yellow, that way ya'll will be able to spot my new domicile. I hope it has plumbing fixtures in it. "rlol" "rlol"
It looks like they melted a school bus into gun safe shape :anamatedbanana
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Re: Too many guns?

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TexasTornado wrote:
Jusme wrote:
TexasTornado wrote:
Jusme wrote:I feel your pain, with my last long gun purchase, I have no more room for them in my safe. That has not quelled my desire for more, but has given Mrs. Jusme more leverage for veto power. Now I am looking at larger safes, but I for some reason,SWMBO thinks it will lead to more firearms being purchased. :confused5
As for the title of the thread I don't belive there is such a thing. :mrgreen:
In fact, if I someday win the lottery, my new house will have an area bigger than my present house for nothing going but gun and ammo storage. But for now I have to figure out a way to sneak in a larger safe. :headscratch
Does Mrs. Jusme own firearms? Does she store them with yours?

My ammo and AR get stored in the safe with dads. I only get 1 shelf (why don't we have a crying face to put here?) So I totally get the space limitations. My pistols, I only have 2...so far...almost never go in the safe.


Right now she only has one handgun, it only goes in the safe if we are going out of town. I could get a few more handguns in there but no more long guns.
Sounds to me like you need to be a good hubby and get her an AR...aaaaand a new safe to put it in.

Yeah she is more interested in orange vegetable rated shiny rock trinkets. http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=83635
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