Protecting guns from dents and dings in your safe

[r1lover]

I am not a hunter, just a target shooter and admirer of fine out-of-production HW's and FWB's and I try to keep them in as fine a shape as possible.

I use heavy cardboard pieces cut from appliance boxes and the like to make partitions between rows of guns so I don't clink guns together when taking one out or putting one back.

I gutted my safe of the factory interior that staggered the position of guns in each row and made a new interior of straight rows 2 guns deep so I never have to take more than one gun out to reach one in the back. This layout also allows for the cardboard partitions where the staggered arrangement did not. I cannot store as many guns with this configuration but that is okay, I never liked them crammed in there like sardines in the first place.

 

[dizzums]

i pretty much dont keep guns i use alot in the safe .. i keep them on the wall ... camera on the corner of the house .. and gongs beat to hell with projectile hits swinging in the trees out by the fence in a couple of places .. the message is 'go for it .. i want you to' lol ..

 

[boscoebrea]

I noticed the scopes left on the rifles were causing most of the harm....to the stocks.....good idea you came up with.

I am thinking I may need to get another safe just for rifles.....and now that I have an alarm system the safe doesn't need to be such a good heavy duty one.

 

[MikeVV]

r1 -

I just bought some cardboard to do the same thing that you've done ! Haven't cut it up for fitting yet though.



Mike

 

[Motorhead]

LESS RIFLES !!!!!

Nearly ALL my rifles dings and odd scuffs are from being too tightly stacked into the safe.

 

[AirShot]

Yep, same here, I made my own interior with more space between guns. Yep, fewer guns but each is much safer!!! I just go overboard with care when moving the guns in or out. 

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

I have been buying "gun socks" made by RangeMaxx and nestling them inside the safe that way. They are pretty thick and have saved them from marks up to this point. I also use neoprene scope covers to protect that portion of the investment as well.

 

[rcs9250]

I was using gun socks for a while then some years ago just started using cardboard, much easier.
I also learned when looking at safes, they don’t tell you that the number of guns they specify it will hold is without scopes. Divide by two for number of guns when scoped.