Nice shotgun "lock box"

[Sigarms]

Ever since having kids in the house, the scatterguns went into the safe instead of around the unsecured bedroom areas. I don't mind a pistol for home defense, but hard to beat a good old reliable pump at night if you have to get out of bed.

Problem was, didn't want a safe upstairs (money to boot) and never feel safe with trying to hide a gun, particularly with kids, because they can have a knack for finding things.

Found the "Shot lock" and it peaked my interest. At first, sticker shock at the $130 "best price" I could find at Costco (for better or worse, can't seem to find it cheaper anywhere else).

However, looked at Mossberg's "lock box", and heck, that was $45 and it looked pretty cheesy to me.

Thing I like about the shot lock is you don't need a key (unlike Mossberg).

Combo is a push button, and you have to know the sequence of operation to open it as well as the combo. I can literally open the "box" in a second, and the gun stays secure in the box even if the box is open.

Fact is, if someone breaks in and no one is home, I have no doubt that with a crowbar you'd be able to peel the box (as well as the gun) off the wall, but then it's still going to be a bugger to open it without damaging the gun (thus no "high dollar" guns in the box LOL).

It's not a perfect solution, BUT, it will keep people from being able to access the gun who are in the home who shouldn't have access to it.

 

[k0ua]

Looks good.

James K0UA

 

[edmartin]

I've been looking for something like this for when my granddaughter comes to visit.

 

[LBrown59]

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I know a fellow who keeps a loaded rifle in the living room just inside the front door.
I don't know what he does with it at nite but I'd be afraid to go to bed at nite with it setting there.

 

[ncnurseryman]

looks like a good idea. Mine are in the safe, so if you ever needed it in a hurry it takes too much time and I agree kids can find anything. I learned that the hardway when I was a kid. We found the parents loaded semi-auto pistol, thought by pulling the magazine out it was unloaded. Needless to say we blew a hole through the door. Lucky that was all we did.

So it looks like you can keep it loaded with no problem too. Is that the good old 870 express 12 ga. in the box?

 

[Sigarms]

Remington 870 Youth model, 20 gauge. Nice and small for myself to manipulate, and my wife can handle it almost as well. Appropriate loads of course LOL

Turkey gun is too big (for around the house LOL) and my other 12 gauge has a pistol grip along with some other things that won't enable it physically fit. Talking with the manufacture, seems their bread and butter is in law enforcement sales (for vehicles), but sometime later this year they will be coming out with another size that may work.

 

[Willl]

Picked up one of these yesterday at Sportco.

http://www.amsecusa.com/Defense_Vault/

 

[JB4310]

Looks nice and a great stand for it. Hang a shirt on it and no one would know it's there.

It's more about safety and liability, than security, like with those mini Gun Vaults, you definitely don't want there to be unabated access to your loaded firearms.

I just saw the one willl shows, obviously designed to go under the bed.

JB

 

[Sigarms]

What did that bad boy run you?

Best price I could find was $450 but then you had shipping to deal with.

Thus the quandary. How much to spend for what size, and at what point do you just buy another safe?

"It's more about safety and liability, than security"

That's the other quandary LOL

 

[Willl]

"obviously designed to go under the bed."

Yes, even comes with large lag bolt kit to mount to floor.

I have a 'tall' bed frame and am in the process of building 11" legs to elevate it. And it'll get bolted to the frame also.

425$

Other places were giving me quotes of 600$