This is really true - it's more of a personality trait - some folks will never feel prepared enough for the "end of times". One think I am certain of - in my lifetime, I will never be without enough guns for my protection. If they take 'em all away when I'm 99...it's not my problem anymore.
What's up with guns hidden/stashed in walls?
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This is really true - it's more of a personality trait - some folks will never feel prepared enough for the "end of times". One think I am certain of - in my lifetime, I will never be without enough guns for my protection. If they take 'em all away when I'm 99...it's not my problem anymore.
Not quite in a wall, but back in 1990 when we moved into an old house and my wife was repainting one of the upstairs rooms, she found an old 6.5mm semi auto under a loose floorboard. She thought it was a toy gun but left it untouched until I came home, just in case. It was real, and loaded, but no round in the chamber. I think it might have belonged to one of the teenagers in the family that we bought the house from, who didn't want his parents to know about it and couldn't take it when they moved out. I sold it.
I think single guns hidden are done so more as a secret.
Guilt
Remorse
Afraid to get caught
Don't want wife to find it
Thinks maybe a gun would be needed in some future event.
I found a 22 rifle in my hedges under years of mulch. I'm sure it was stashed there in a hurry by a passer-by many years ago. The rust had destroyed it beyond any usefulness or any evidence purpose I threw it in the scrap pile
Guilt
Remorse
Afraid to get caught
Don't want wife to find it
Thinks maybe a gun would be needed in some future event.
I found a 22 rifle in my hedges under years of mulch. I'm sure it was stashed there in a hurry by a passer-by many years ago. The rust had destroyed it beyond any usefulness or any evidence purpose I threw it in the scrap pile
Balloon construction -- things stored against the attic walls get pushed against the side wall and then fall down between the studs. I now of several people who have found long guns and old fly rods in older balloon construction built homes, while they were being remodeled. In balloon construction the studs run from the attic to the basement or cellar.
Might account for some of them Wizard!
When first married, 36 years ago now, we lived in was ballon framed. I know of an item or two that fell into the stud cavity, from the attic. Can't remember what, but nothing of value was put up there anyway. Do remember going to the basement, hoping whatever it was, would make the trip all the way down the two stories to the top of the foundation, but, it didn't!
When first married, 36 years ago now, we lived in was ballon framed. I know of an item or two that fell into the stud cavity, from the attic. Can't remember what, but nothing of value was put up there anyway. Do remember going to the basement, hoping whatever it was, would make the trip all the way down the two stories to the top of the foundation, but, it didn't!
2damnold4this
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My ex wife's father showed me an old Iver Johnson .32 he found in the attic of an old house he purchased in Maryland years ago. He turned the corroded ammunition he found over to the police but kept the revolver.
My FIL, who is a grease monkey like me, was checking the air filter a few years ago on a vehicle one of his customers had recently purchased at auction. He saw a string in the housing and pulled two Glock pistols out of the air intake tube.
In the first case, I wonder if the gun owner stored the revolver to keep it away from kids, if (s)he was afraid of Maryland's changing gun laws, if (s)he was afraid of police or neighbors knowing about the gun, or some other reason. In the second case, I'm sure there was likely some criminal activity going on.
I suspect a fair number of African Americans would have wanted to keep their firearms secret during parts of the 19th and 20th centuries. They might be afraid of crime and discrimination and thought a hidden weapon might come in handy in a dire emergency.
My FIL, who is a grease monkey like me, was checking the air filter a few years ago on a vehicle one of his customers had recently purchased at auction. He saw a string in the housing and pulled two Glock pistols out of the air intake tube.
In the first case, I wonder if the gun owner stored the revolver to keep it away from kids, if (s)he was afraid of Maryland's changing gun laws, if (s)he was afraid of police or neighbors knowing about the gun, or some other reason. In the second case, I'm sure there was likely some criminal activity going on.
I suspect a fair number of African Americans would have wanted to keep their firearms secret during parts of the 19th and 20th centuries. They might be afraid of crime and discrimination and thought a hidden weapon might come in handy in a dire emergency.
Armed_Chicagoan
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30 years doing remodeling and never once found a gun... or a bag of gold for that matter! Just old newspapers which are interesting.
Gunplummer
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My house was built before the Civil War. A couple years ago some historical guys wanted to turf up the back yard looking for bottles in the old out house spots. They told me they find handguns in them sometimes. This area was a hot bed of Molly Maguire activity for a while, and later a lot of prohibition action. Or, could have fallen out of pockets when pulling pants down. Some of those pits were 12'-15' deep.
What good is a gun buried in the ground? Oh no! It's the end of the world as we know it. Quick, grab the GPS and the shovel. No wait, the government has shut down the GPS system to keep everyone at home. I sure wish I knew how to read one of those old fashioned "maps"...I knew we shouldn't have thrown them away. We're DOOMED! 
When we were kids, a buddy of mine was scrapping the old WWII carrier called the Franklin and found an old 1911 behind some steel frames. It worked fine. The Franklin was nearly sunk by the Japs during the war. I was told that when it was scrapped the metal went back to Japan for their steel industry. Kind of ironic. They may not have sunk her but at the end they still cut her up.
When we were kids, a buddy of mine was scrapping the old WWII carrier called the Franklin and found an old 1911 behind some steel frames. It worked fine. The Franklin was nearly sunk by the Japs during the war. I was told that when it was scrapped the metal went back to Japan for their steel industry. Kind of ironic. They may not have sunk her but at the end they still cut her up.
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There's an English thing called a "Scullery" in many older houses. Basically a lean to attached to the outside of a house, but with a connecting doorway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scullery_%28room%29
Its an old idea so many became converted to junk storage rooms as modern conveniences removed the need for a laundry/cooking room outside the house. They're usually filled with "artifacts" (junk)
When we moved out of the 4 generation house we had to clear out the accumulated debris of all those generations. In the process we discovered a loaded 9mm Beretta wedged into the beam between the house wall & the scullery sheet metal roof. No-one had the slightest idea where it came from!
Talking to my Grandfather, who'd been a Regimental Sergeant major in the 11th Gloucesters, later it the tale came out.
During WW2 an Italian airman had baled out of his bomber & landed on our scullery roof. My grandfather had heard the racket & run out, confronting him. He surrendered & was taken into custody by the police.
We guess he hid the pistol so he wouldn't be shot by the irate householder with the voice of a charging bull elephant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scullery_%28room%29
Its an old idea so many became converted to junk storage rooms as modern conveniences removed the need for a laundry/cooking room outside the house. They're usually filled with "artifacts" (junk)
When we moved out of the 4 generation house we had to clear out the accumulated debris of all those generations. In the process we discovered a loaded 9mm Beretta wedged into the beam between the house wall & the scullery sheet metal roof. No-one had the slightest idea where it came from!
Talking to my Grandfather, who'd been a Regimental Sergeant major in the 11th Gloucesters, later it the tale came out.
During WW2 an Italian airman had baled out of his bomber & landed on our scullery roof. My grandfather had heard the racket & run out, confronting him. He surrendered & was taken into custody by the police.
We guess he hid the pistol so he wouldn't be shot by the irate householder with the voice of a charging bull elephant.
GPS will be the first thing to stop working in any real disaster. I'm not for burying guns on public lands! If you want to Bury a Hi-Point Carbine and bury it on your own land, then go for it! If we ever get to the point where our the government is using our tax dollars to send enforcers with metal detectors to go over every inch of private property looking for guns - WE ARE BEYOND SCREWED!
johnwilliamson062
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Why wouldn't you hide a hipoint in the wall?
With one punch of the drywall it is accessible, but almost no one else is ever going to find it as long as you reside in the place.
With one punch of the drywall it is accessible, but almost no one else is ever going to find it as long as you reside in the place.
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You guys do what you want and I will do what I want.
Although you maybe right about the GPS thing. But I do know how to read a map.
Think it out though. If it comes it will come slow at first as they make examples of the obvious nut groups. Then when no one is paying attention any more. Real fast.
If they have a 20 year prison sentence for a AR that should have been turned in. Do you want one around they can find and trace to you?
Even the Iraqi insurgents know not to cache their weapons at home.
If found every one just stands around and goes. I dont know. not mine.
It will be a combo platter. Dig em up when needed. bury again to keep from becoming an example. Guys that think if it comes too it. We will be arm and arm. Armed and ready to repel.
Not likely, There will be some, but after they are shot. It would become an insurgency to resist.
But if on the other hand it is a break down of society.Example: A collapse of the EBT system. ( think that one out a bit) Sure then you need your weapons close at hand.
For now its just a thought experiment. But I do have some PVC.
Although you maybe right about the GPS thing. But I do know how to read a map.
Think it out though. If it comes it will come slow at first as they make examples of the obvious nut groups. Then when no one is paying attention any more. Real fast.
If they have a 20 year prison sentence for a AR that should have been turned in. Do you want one around they can find and trace to you?
Even the Iraqi insurgents know not to cache their weapons at home.
If found every one just stands around and goes. I dont know. not mine.
It will be a combo platter. Dig em up when needed. bury again to keep from becoming an example. Guys that think if it comes too it. We will be arm and arm. Armed and ready to repel.
Not likely, There will be some, but after they are shot. It would become an insurgency to resist.
But if on the other hand it is a break down of society.Example: A collapse of the EBT system. ( think that one out a bit) Sure then you need your weapons close at hand.
For now its just a thought experiment. But I do have some PVC.
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Best prepping is preaching to one and all that votes count-at all levels, from local to state to federal. We should never forget that the pollies are our employees, and we have no royalty in this country.
Other than that, those that live in an area prone to natural disasters should be prepared.
Other than that, those that live in an area prone to natural disasters should be prepared.
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Got that right!! Might be though we are already on the back side of the numbers game. When we lost our cities, killed the family farm, and schools. It might have just come down to a matter of time.
Whats the avg age of us? Next 20 years we loose at least 1/2 our numbers. Then what?
If the progressives get their way, we will all be Whitey Bulgers.
Not to derail this again, but more gun restrictions are coming.
Hiding only makes the gun useless.
But some may feel comfort in hiding a gun.
The politicians and corporations want the guns gone, they will get them.
They've gotten good at making the public want what they want. It will happen.
A few, very few, will try to make a stand and will be quickly subdued. Some will hide things in walls as always.
The rest will simply comply, as with any restriction. Other restrictions have been imposed that are not gun related, and everyone lets it happen.
If we all cared about other freedoms as much as we do guns, this conversation wouldn't happen
Hiding only makes the gun useless.
But some may feel comfort in hiding a gun.
The politicians and corporations want the guns gone, they will get them.
They've gotten good at making the public want what they want. It will happen.
A few, very few, will try to make a stand and will be quickly subdued. Some will hide things in walls as always.
The rest will simply comply, as with any restriction. Other restrictions have been imposed that are not gun related, and everyone lets it happen.
If we all cared about other freedoms as much as we do guns, this conversation wouldn't happen