Opened or closed?
- Thread starter Fatal Wound
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For you, sounds like it works. 30 years is a long time to do something.
Problems that I would definitely see for me...
1) buggered screw is possible... not because I'm careless, simply because the more more more you do something, the -far- more you up your chance simply by the numbers.
2) where do I put all these cylinders? In little felt bags or pouches so they don't get dinged up? Is there is a special shelf somewhere with little name plates for quick identification? I'm now looking for a spot for somewhere around two dozen cylinders and the revolvers that actually HOLD them are occupying the perfect space on this planet for exactly those cylinders. In the revolver... they don't get mixed, misidentified, misplaced, dinged up or anything else.
3) what, pray tell, might I possibly have solved -- in any possible way -- by yanking all my cylinders from all my revolvers?! I suppose I could also yank mainsprings from all my revolvers also... and I could pull every slide from every pistol, maybe stow in a third location all of my barrels, too.
4) I shoot over 10k rounds yearly. Am I really wanting to add minor assembly to my checklist of things to do the night before a range trip? Plenty of my favorites certainly don't even get cleaned when I know they will be going out again in a week, I can't imagine disassembling them for storage.
5) I'll be darned if I ever did figure out how to even remove the cylinder from my double action Ruger revolvers...?! Come to think of it, I know how to get my S&W cylinders off and the two Taurus ones are same way. Colt, Dan Wesson? I'm not sure exactly how those come off either. Maybe just as easy as the S&W...
6) this is a 600 lb gun safe and it's bolted through the floor. If the bad guys bring an elite breaching unit of highly trained career professionals to enter it, will I really get much of a "last laugh" when they make off with bagfuls of revolvers that have no cylinders in them? If they do, what am I going to do with twelve pounds of cylinders with no revolvers to put them back in to? Pencil holders for the desk that has everything.
Isn't this like parking your car in the garage, rolling up the windows, locking the doors, locking the garage -- and then yanking the wheels off also and hiding them under the kitchen sink?
mightyoakwildlife
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For me, relaxed pins & closed actions, unless an opened bolt allows more room. Handguns in protective 'socks', also closed & relaxed.
I've got a buddy that special-ordered a batch of MasterLock padlocks, with the vinyl-coated shackles & bodies, all keyed alike. He leaves his cylinders open, and puts a lock through the frame. Another batch of similar "cable locks" for his auto-loaders. Once in the safe, I thought THAT was over-kill. Now it almost seems reasonable, by comparison.
Security is also a State of Mind. If it makes you happy, go for it!
I've got a buddy that special-ordered a batch of MasterLock padlocks, with the vinyl-coated shackles & bodies, all keyed alike. He leaves his cylinders open, and puts a lock through the frame. Another batch of similar "cable locks" for his auto-loaders. Once in the safe, I thought THAT was over-kill. Now it almost seems reasonable, by comparison.
Security is also a State of Mind. If it makes you happy, go for it!
Uncle Buck
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Most of mine are stored with the bolts/actions open.
If I need to use it, I can put the ammo in, close the action and go, as opposed to opening the action, load and go.
When I was in the military we used to store the M-16's and M-9's bolt closed, firing pin released.
If I need to use it, I can put the ammo in, close the action and go, as opposed to opening the action, load and go.
When I was in the military we used to store the M-16's and M-9's bolt closed, firing pin released.
everybody should store a big box of blackpowder in their gun safe so when the thieves tries to blowtorch it open they get blown up
true story
my rifles are closed and decocked.
some people are saying that you should store them barrel down because oil creeps down into the stock inletting and mess up wooden stocks, me I don't overclean/oil my rifles so don't bother
true story
my rifles are closed and decocked.
some people are saying that you should store them barrel down because oil creeps down into the stock inletting and mess up wooden stocks, me I don't overclean/oil my rifles so don't bother
My rifles are stored with the bolt closed.
My handguns are stored loaded with the safety on, as all the magazines in the safe are loaded.
No, I am not worried about wearing out the springs. And as the world turns, I have replacements springs for every gun which I keep stored in my gun tool cabinet.
I am not worried about my safe being burglarized as it is a heavy, heavy duty safe, has a very high fire rating, and is solidly anchored into a cement floor. My entire house has video surveillance with 3 TB hard drive memory. Additionally I have movement and IR sensors coupled with the regular alarm system which has a back up battery and radio transmitter as opposed to phone line connection. I know if someone is in my house almost before they know they are in my house. Oh, and lets not forget the 4 legged early warning system.
I carry from after I take my morning shower and take off my EDC only before I go to bed at night. It goes on the nightstand. And not too far from that is my AR-15 with a loaded 30 round magazine and a combat shotgun just for kicks.
No, I'm not paranoid but I have been the victim of an armed house robbery and I will never, ever, let that happen again.
My handguns are stored loaded with the safety on, as all the magazines in the safe are loaded.
No, I am not worried about wearing out the springs. And as the world turns, I have replacements springs for every gun which I keep stored in my gun tool cabinet.
I am not worried about my safe being burglarized as it is a heavy, heavy duty safe, has a very high fire rating, and is solidly anchored into a cement floor. My entire house has video surveillance with 3 TB hard drive memory. Additionally I have movement and IR sensors coupled with the regular alarm system which has a back up battery and radio transmitter as opposed to phone line connection. I know if someone is in my house almost before they know they are in my house. Oh, and lets not forget the 4 legged early warning system.
I carry from after I take my morning shower and take off my EDC only before I go to bed at night. It goes on the nightstand. And not too far from that is my AR-15 with a loaded 30 round magazine and a combat shotgun just for kicks.
No, I'm not paranoid but I have been the victim of an armed house robbery and I will never, ever, let that happen again.
Crankylove
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I store mine with the bolts open simply because it's easier to store them without hitting each other.