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[MossRoad]

Yep it was still light enough for me to get a good look at him and a description.

Wife is going to range this week with her fire arms instructor for some tune up.

Oh darn will prob have to go with her to the gun store and get her a girly gun. Not sure what she is going to be comfortable with having in the barn but whatever that is we will get one.... and of course an appropriate safe. She will not carry one on her.

How about a 10 shot Benelli semi-auto 12 gauge? Should clear the barn pretty quick. :laughing:

 

[4570Man]

You’re doing better than me. My wife refuses to consider firing a pistol. I convinced her to do a single target practice session with a Ruger 10-22 rifle, and that at least has a 25 round magazine.

If I was away from home, and she faced a life and death emergency, I’m not convinced she would remember how to get into the safe and operate that rifle.

Some people prefer to not think about bad things.

I would never put all my guns in the safe. Trying to spin the dial in a high stress scenario probably in the dark isn’t something I want to do.

 

[drssg]

I would never put all my guns in the safe. Trying to spin the dial in a high stress scenario probably in the dark isn稚 something I want to do.

I agree with that, but I also don't want to leave them unattended. They are carried or locked up. It's too easy to forget about them and end up with unintended access.

Growing up, we never owned a safe. In early grade school, I used to play cowboys and indians with my friend using real guns!:shocked: Fortunately, the guns were unloaded, but my parents never knew. They were stored in the back corner of my dad's closet, and he probably thought that I didn't know about them.

I'll leave my EDC on top of the bedroom safe when I go to sleep, but as soon as I'm up and dressed, it's on me. My best guess is that I'll never need it. If I DO need it, I want it within arms reach - not in another room squirreled away somewhere. But that's just me. My subcompact is as easy to carry as a wallet, and it becomes a habit.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I almost never see LEO patrolling in my area of the county. I know that when I first bought our place, the road number didn't exist and at first, google maps would show our location a couple miles away. I am 2 miles from pavement. 1/2 mile of private road where you pass 3 other houses that are a stone's throw from the road and the driveway is 1/2 mile and you can't see anything but farm equipment and orchard from the road. Solitude was a motivating factor in buying this place. Self reliance is a must. The house is being built with that in mind. To show up at my front door, on foot would require a person to walk past multiple houses that can be easily seen from the road, and pass multiple "no trespassing" signs. Or you would have to come stumbling out of the woods and that would involve a long walk thru thick brush and rugged terrain. I will have driveway sensors. And I have dogs. They bark when strangers come around. When I am on the farm working, I am armed. Period. We have all manner of wild life. There is no cell signal on some areas of the farm. If there is a problem of any kind, no one is coming, it is up to us.
I think the OP handled the situation very well. I would get the cameras. make some of them visible and others less so.

 

[oosik]

Not to fret - WCD. I'm living proof that self reliance can be learned. I live 25 miles due SW of Spokane, WA. It's called the Scabrock lands - it forms the northern border of the Palouse. A mile long driveway off the paved county road. I get less than four visitors per year. I can USUALLY get cell phone service - if standing out on my northern deck. Otherwise - zippo on all the remaining property.

It's rather a relief - I seldom take my cell phone with me when I leave the house. It's just useless added garbage. My BIGGEST concern out here on the 80 - the neighbors cows may have pushed thru the perimeter barbed wire fence. Late summer/early fall is when this is most likely. I still have green grass and they can see it across the fence.

Been out here for 38+ years now. Getting pretty old. Still able to get around everywhere but I'm a bit slower at it.

VERY SELDOM take any sort of firearm when I leave the house. Most likely I'll be taking a shovel with the tractor or my generator on my ATV and some corded tools. I've found that a firearm simply will not get any projects completed. However - I have had the "locals" standing back, watching while I complete a project. The deer can be very curious about what I'm doing.

Twenty plus years working at the beck & call of the public. I still enjoy retirement and my solitude.

 

[k0ua]

How about a 10 shot Benelli semi-auto 12 gauge? Should clear the barn pretty quick. :laughing:

You should be able to solve almost any "social situation" with that. I have an 10 shot Remington 1100 (extended mag tube). It is pretty handy.

 

[kcflhrc]

We have a strong County Law Enforcement. They patrol frequently and are typically within a couple of minutes away. Just depends on how rural you are I guess. I'm about 1000' off of a state 2 lane highway and the County Seat is about 5 miles away and also has a jail as well as the base for the County Sheriff. I still have my 9mm handy as I get idiots all the time turning around in my driveway. Sad thing is there is a roundabout a 1/4 mile from my driveway that is clearly marked where they could also turn around. But, you can't fix stupid no matter how hard you try.

 

[MossRoad]

Interesting thing about most of the northern half of Indiana, is that there's almost always a road exactly every 1 mile. North, south, east, west, doesn't matter, one every mile. There are very few 1/4 mile long driveways, let alone longer ones. They're out there, but very few.

 

[TheMan419]

I would never put all my guns in the safe. Trying to spin the dial in a high stress scenario probably in the dark isn’t something I want to do.

I am thinking a biometric safe. They usually have a key pad to punch in a code plus a sensor for a thumb print. As a last resort backup they have a key. She has too many kids that come out for lessons so leaving an unlocked loaded firearm around is negligent. She will not carry one on her person.

Around our parts four legged predators are not much of an issue. We have coyotes, but only see evidence of them near the house/barn during mating season. A small revolver would not be a good choice to try to take one of those down. However in a pinch would scare them off.

A 38 revolver against a human is not a bad choice. Good hollow point ammo.

Interesting info I found, cannot remember the source for the life of me, is that in the average home invasion where the homeowner has a gun only 2 rounds are fired. I suspect most of the crooks when confronted run off without any rounds being fired.

 

[Sigarms]

I am thinking a biometric safe. They usually have a key pad to punch in a code plus a sensor for a thumb print. As a last resort backup they have a key. She has too many kids that come out for lessons so leaving an unlocked loaded firearm around is negligent. She will not carry one on her person.

I still have to get the one up on the wall for my AR, but I have bought these over the years for my home and although pricey, they are well worth the money IMO. Make them for pistols as well.

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They hide very well behind any door that is open on the wall that the door is touching when open. You'd never know it's there.