Storage Options

[RatBikeRod]

I started a similar thread on another forum and thought I would get impressions here as well.

I have a very small house and ended up opting for a really small pistol safe which, unfortinutely, could be easily picked up and walked off with. I don’t have room for a large safe, so my long guns tend to end up in cases either under the bed or in the closet. I dont have many long guns though. I am mostly concerned about my pistols and an AR pistol I built.

I have been thinking about just getting a job site steel tool box and bolting it to the floor. I could get a 36x18x20 or so that would fit in a space I have in a closet.

Any thoughts on options?

 

[Younggun]

Do you rent or own?

It wouldn't be too hard to get in to a JoBox if it was found in an empty house, but it's better than nothing.

If you own you might look at the Tactical Walls options. Kind of a hidden in plane sight method. I have a safe but still have them in consideration for a couple of firearms. Downside is no fire protection.

https://tacticalwalls.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhZfs9ILu1wIVSGF-Ch2VhgYGEAAYASAAEgLNIPD_BwE

 

[ZX9RCAM]

If you have that much floor space in the closet, you should be able to get the same size safe in there.
Judging by just a visual check, it appears my safe would fit below my closet rod, if height is one of your concerns.

 

[RatBikeRod]

I have that much space in the bottom of a closet. There is a shelf that limits the height.

 

[AustinN4]

I have that much space in the bottom of a closet. There is a shelf that limits the height.

Take the shelf out.

 

[RatBikeRod]

Take the shelf out.

Can’t, breaks wife home regulations.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I see....

 

[Southpaw]

Can’t, breaks wife home regulations.

 

[RatBikeRod]

I get two spaces in my home now that our kids are grown, married and moved.

The left side of the garage - for my motorcycles and work space.

The closet in my son’s old room - where I have converted it into gun storage, reloading supplies, reloading bench and cleaning station.

If I were on my own I could live in one of those tiny houses with a garage. I would be golden!

 

[RatBikeRod]

I may look like a big bad biker, but these small town Texas women can be tough!

 

[Byrd666]

Have you looked at this option?

https://www.snapsafe.com/

 

[RatBikeRod]

Byrd, those are nice but holy-geez the price!

 

[grasshopperglock]

I've used a truck tool box before. Stuck 2, 45# and 4 25# barbell weights in the bottom. They can't carry off something heavy.

I now use the tool box outside. Single lid, UWS brand with an anit-scratch coating.

It's low enough to fit lots of smaller areas. More then strong enough to stack things on top of it.

 

[RatBikeRod]

Yea, I am thinking that the job box will allow me to stack on top of it too. I am in and out of my safe pretty often though. Will probably just put my range bag on top.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Yea, I am thinking that the job box will allow me to stack on top of it too. I am in and out of my safe pretty often though. Will probably just put my range bag on top.

Buy an, "American Lock series 5200" to go with it. Don't buy a Master lock or any other brand besides American Lock. It's a military spec lock required by security protocol on certain stuff. It's a seriously mean chunk of metal. I can pick Master Locks like nothing. I've never been able to a pick an American Lock.

 

[Younggun]

Or just cut a hole in the lid and empty the box.

The locks isn't the likely weak point for a job box in an empty house.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Security measures...no matter what it is. From a fence to a pad lock.

They are time delay devices that increase the odds of catching anyone trying to defeat it. We've gone over this before. Porta-Power will open that pretty safe.

It's the time that'll it take, that matters. Nothing is theft proof. Nothing.

 

[diesel1959]

Byrd, those are nice but holy-geez the price!

I've got three of the SnapSafes--two for guns and one for my wife's stuff. She was happy so long as she got a safe. The other two sit in my ManRoom®--one for long guns and the other for pistols.

 

[Dawico]

I started a similar thread on another forum and thought I would get impressions here as well.

I have a very small house and ended up opting for a really small pistol safe which, unfortinutely, could be easily picked up and walked off with. I don’t have room for a large safe, so my long guns tend to end up in cases either under the bed or in the closet. I dont have many long guns though. I am mostly concerned about my pistols and an AR pistol I built.

I have been thinking about just getting a job site steel tool box and bolting it to the floor. I could get a 36x18x20 or so that would fit in a space I have in a closet.

Any thoughts on options?

Don't forget that you need a few extra inches to open the lid on a Jobox.

Man up, pull the shelf, and get a safe. Give your wife access so she can keep your balls in there.

(Insert fancy smiley here or something). (Or not).

 

[Davetex]

Safe balls.