Pictures of your guns

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KnotRight

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I have all my guns and serial numbers listed but do not have a picture if each gun. They are insured but was wondering should I have a picture of each gun from different angles in case the insurance company ever question a lost?

Also, taking the pictures, do you think that there should be a card or something that identifies what the gun is? I know they can tell from the serial numbers but might question the condition of each gun.
 
It's a good idea.

Plus you can share on the forum. :)

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I take a few photos of each firearm.

1. The gun with a small, readable card containing the make, model, serial#, date, place, price of purchase.
2. A close-up of manufacturer's marks, serial#s, etc.

And if the firearm has any special features, marking, embellishments, I may take a few more pics.

Store them digitally in several locations with backups.
Also, make hard copies and store them in your fire-safe, but not the same place you guns are stored.
I also have given a packet of pics to a good friend for safe keeping.

Remember, it's the insurance companies best interest to pay out as little as possible, pictures and anything else you can show to prove the value of your collection can only help your cause if the worst should happen.
It may also help law enforcement recover the guns if they are stolen.
 
Cell phone pics...

I would strongly suggest having your duty or carry sidearm(s) photos & information in your cell phone/smart phone. Nothing complex just the model, ser #, caliber & a pic or 2.
If the weapon is lost or stolen you can provide the details to sworn LE officers quickly. Also, if there is a dispute or conflict over who owns a weapon you'd have the documented proof in your smart phone. ;)

ClydeFrog

PS; a insured weapon, www.NRA.org is a smart idea too.
 
I keep a picture catalog of all my firearms on a thumb drive in my bank deposit box. Each photo shows the serial number and my current driver's license. I also sent my brother, who lives on the other side of the country, a powerpoint of those photos.

You could also load your photos onto an image hosting service like http://www.servimg.com/ as well.
 
Skadoosh said:
You could also load your photos onto an image hosting service like http://www.servimg.com/ as well.
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This may not be the best idea, from a privacy standpoint. Anything you store online is searchable by the government, without a warrant, after six months. (This includes web-based email.) There are proposed bills in Congress that would change this, but until something passes, I wouldn't do it, m'self (and probably not even then, but that's just me).
 
I agree strongly with Vanya. Storing photos is a good idea. Storing them on line and emailing them not so much.

Even if the police are not snooping around someone else may be.
 
breakingcontact said:
How about on your own website? (not public, but stored there)
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As far as I can tell, unless your website is hosted on your very own personal computer, it has the same protection -- or lack thereof -- as anything else stored on remote servers. You're at the mercy of the privacy policy of the company that owns the servers, and many such companies (Google is a prime example) are far more interested in making a profit from your personal information than they are in protecting it.

And Google, for one, is happy to provide information to the government; according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center:
According to a recent report from Google, the company received 20,938 requests for user data in the first half of 2012, up from 18,257 requests in the second half of 2011. The United States accounted for 7,969 requests in the 2012 report. And of these requests, Google provided user data to the US government in 90% of the cases. Over the last several years, Google has pursued an aggressive effort to promote computing services that store personal data on Google's servers even as the number of government requests has grown. And earlier this year, Google reduced safeguards for Gmail users, over the objections of many lawmakers and users, when it consolidated privacy policies across its various Internet services. (my emphasis)​
A set of photos of any gun collection will fit on a thumb drive. Store them there, and if you want them in a really safe place, keep the thumb drive in a safe deposit box.
 
^ Agreed. Put all of the pictures on a memory card/etc and store it somewhere safe, such as a safe deposit box or elsewhere that's not at your house.
 
I have pictures of all of my guns with at least one photo that captures the serial number clearly. I then publish it as a book to my computer and print it along with a list of the gun and serial number. I put it in my gun safe. I also have a short description of each gun in the book and state which of my family I will it to.

I did this in just the past 6 months.
 
I have an inventory of my guns that includes a description, serial number, and left and right photos. I print it and keep it in my office safe.

I was unaware of the privacy issues, so I also email a copy to my Kindle for a backup. I guess I should stop doing that. Seemed like a clever idea at the time.:o
 
I made this spreadsheet to keep up with info about every gun I own. I also make a folder for each gun with 3-5 pictures showing the gun from every angle as well as close-ups of serial numbers and so on.

Also in the future I plan to keep scans of receipts, bills of sale, etc for each gun (wish I had done it all along).

PS - with something like this or any important data you should keep at least three copies (original + 2 backups), with at least one offsite backup.
 
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