July 31, 201313 yr do you keep your expensive shotgun, Beretta, Benelli..etc (please no jokes about whether that is high end vs Krieghoff.. ha ha) in the factory or other gun case in which you keep it disassembled? Or do you keep it assembled and in the vault? The reason i'm asking is really for security reasons. There is no doubt that the factory case where you keep it disassembled takes up A LOT of room in the vault/safe. And I don't think anybody believes the blue Beretta plastic case is tamper proof. So how do you store it, and are you comfortable with that security? And when I mean security I don't mean a lock on the trigger to keep the kids away.. I mean like the kind of security against burglars as we discuss ad nauseam regarding vaults on this forum. A case in the vault will take up about the space of 3 long guns not in a case. Is the factory case mostly for travel or is that where the baby is supposed to sleep all the time?
July 31, 201313 yr Clean my shotgun oil it stick it in a silicon gun sock put in safe fully assembled. Pistol rifle or shotgun I do them all that way
July 31, 201313 yr Clean my shotgun oil it stick it in a silicon gun sock put in safe fully assembled. Pistol rifle or shotgun I do them all that way That's what I do, pistols and long guns. Each firearm in it's own sock.
July 31, 201313 yr Clean my shotgun oil it stick it in a silicon gun sock put in safe fully assembled. Pistol rifle or shotgun I do them all that way +1
July 31, 201313 yr Store it in the safe with the hammers at rest. Put the blue case under your bed or in a closet somewhere. But, if you own a Krieghoff, Kolar, Beretta SO-5 or SO-10, Ljutic, Perazzi, or Silver Seitz; I think you're supposed to sleep with them at night.
August 3, 201313 yr Author awesome collection B.. i'm jealous.. but I think we are drifting from the intention of my post.. it was how do guys store their high-end sporting shotguns. Like if you had a Silver Pigeon would it be in the same stack of long guns there? Through some PMs and good info above I will now store mine assembled. But OBVIOUSLY my HD shotguns are stored assembled, what I wanted some clarity on was do guys store their $2,000 shotgun right next to their $299 Mossberg 18"? I have just learned what the "sock" is. (no jokes please!) i'm going to get one of those.
August 3, 201313 yr Yes, assembled right with the others... Not like they'll catch a disease or something. As for the 'sock'..... I have a bunch of them and they are good as long as you don't have a lot of junk on your rifle. If you do, unlike your feet, they get hung up on protruding parts and add ons... I don't stow things long to be too concerned about the sock... Everything goes back clean and lubed or it doesn't go back till it is. But if you have an old antique or something that you don't fondled too often, then sock it after it's properly lubed and tuff. I do try to keep them in order of need though. They also get cleaned every so often whether fired or not. Otherwise, not sure I get the question... Oh, and my collection is tiny compared to others around here... But thanx... There are more that are just not in the safe right now... Sent from John's iPad 2 via Tapatalk HD Typos courtesy Apple...
August 8, 201313 yr what parker said plus double guns sxs and o/u barrels down. mil surps with straight bolts pulled to rear or removed
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