what do you guys do to maximize space in your gun safes?

[wwlefty]

23 hours ago, 98Z5V said:

I like the plan - I like your style...  

thanks 98, I like your style too! 

[wwlefty]

10 hours ago, 392heminut said:

I rebuilt my old 77 ElectraGlide in the livingroom one winter. After that, there's no way my wife would let me near the house with a forklift!

Oh yeah....I'm certain my wife wouldn't let me past the doorway with anything that resembles a "project" in need of "repairs." I too have burnt that bridge lol

[Sharpshooter]

I did that poop for a brother. moved all his stuff onto a different frame with a 10 degree kicked out wide glide front end. That was one sweet ride!

[shepp]

I sold all my “assault weapons” under the gun show loophole to afford the affordable healthcare act. 

[DNP]

16 hours ago, shepp said:

I sold all my “assault weapons” under the gun show loophole to afford the affordable healthcare act. 

That should be a bumper sticker. 

[shepp]

1 hour ago, DNP said:

That should be a bumper sticker. 

I’m pretty sure I was inspired from something, but I came up with it. I really got sick of the boating accident line 

[Cunuckgaucho]

The antis up here are now trying to ban what they are calling assault style weapons cause now they can hope to ban based on appearance. 

[98Z5V]

On 3/1/2021 at 8:40 AM, wwlefty said:

I finished up a pistol holder in the left upper corner using a 12 pistol holder from hyskore.

Lefty, that pistol rack has me inspired...   I'm gonna pick up one of those 12-holders and rig it up.  That's awesome work, man. 

[wwlefty]

On 3/7/2021 at 12:00 AM, shepp said:

I sold all my “assault weapons” under the gun show loophole to afford the affordable healthcare act. 

My friend and I were just talking about selling our 5.56 and 9mm ammo to finance some other projects. If you can get 2.5-4 times the price right now it's not a bad idea....just never know if you'll be able to replace it for regular price down the road. I have heard rumors that dems think the "new" solution to gun control is limiting ammo supply

[wwlefty]

On 3/7/2021 at 8:46 PM, 98Z5V said:

Lefty, that pistol rack has me inspired...   I'm gonna pick up one of those 12-holders and rig it up.  That's awesome work, man. 

Forgive the lousy pictures, I still haven't gotten my led rope lights installed. I just wanted to throw up a couple of "behind the scenes photos of the pistol rack. Mainly just to point out that some pistols may extend way beyond the rack and to make sure you accommodate them. I only mention it because I  almost screwed up myself when making the metal rack by not adequately measuring and allowing for enough room for my King Cobra 6" barrel. I ended up making the frame to hold the pistol rack 12" long because of the "overall" length the revolver. If I had gone with my original thought and not double checked the overall length I would have been about an inch and a half short of holding it.  I also ended up making magnetic strips to hold magazines along the left side but I probably made that too small because I didn't actually physically measure certain magazines

Edited March 11, 2021 by wwlefty

[shooterrex]

As hard as ammo is to find I'm not selling any. Your mods to the safe look great.

[Sisco]

14 hours ago, wwlefty said:

My friend and I were just talking about selling our 5.56 and 9mm ammo to finance some other projects. If you can get 2.5-4 times the price right now it's not a bad idea....just never know if you'll be able to replace it for regular price down the road. I have heard rumors that dems think the "new" solution to gun control is limiting ammo supply

Tempting, but I would hate to decide to go shooting ten years from now, scoot my walker to the safe and find I am out of ammo for just about everything I own. I am putting a yearly limit on what I can shoot in each caliber I have until the supply loosens up. 20% of a caliber and thats it. And next year it may go down to 10%.

[wwlefty]

10 hours ago, Sisco said:

Tempting, but I would hate to decide to go shooting ten years from now, scoot my walker to the safe and find I am out of ammo for just about everything I own. I am putting a yearly limit on what I can shoot in each caliber I have until the supply loosens up. 20% of a caliber and thats it. And next year it may go down to 10%.

20%....so you're saying if you have 1000 rounds on hand you only allow 200 rounds per year then? I like the idea of setting a limit but I would have a hard time keeping track.... I would need a spreadsheet or abacus or something lol

[Sisco]

10 minutes ago, wwlefty said:

20%....so you're saying if you have 1000 rounds on hand you only allow 200 rounds per year then? I like the idea of setting a limit but I would have a hard time keeping track.... I would need a spreadsheet or abacus or something lol

I load up magazines with 200 rounds in 5.56 and 308's cases, and that is it. Pull 4 boxes of 45 and 9 mm or 44 or 22. It is gonna be tough to limit myself but got to do it.

[wwlefty]

On 3/11/2021 at 9:17 PM, Sisco said:

I load up magazines with 200 rounds in 5.56 and 308's cases, and that is it. Pull 4 boxes of 45 and 9 mm or 44 or 22. It is gonna be tough to limit myself but got to do it.

I see, I like the idea of rationing. 

[wwlefty]

 I installed some LED rope lights in the new safe this weekend. I gotta say I didn't know there was much difference between the light color of LED's. I guess the ones I installed in my old safe were clear white vs. these in my new safe which are soft white. I definitely like the clear white better. These soft white ones make the inside of the safe feel like the private dance room of a low budget strip club (from what I've been told, I would never go to some place like that lol). Old safe lighting vs. new

[wwlefty]

I may change the ropes out to the clear white style now that I have the little mounting tabs installed already. They are by far the most difficult part of the install and they aren't very difficult. I do like where I was able to mount the switch for the lights, that part turned out well. I used an inline style of switch on an extension cord and some command strips to mount it

[DNP]

This has been an awesome project to watch come together. Awesome work and thank you for sharing it along the way. You’re a skilled man and have shared some very inspiring ideas. 

Edited March 15, 2021 by DNP

[Sisco]

Outstanding job, Lefty. That is one of the best if not THE best safe layouts I have ever seen. Now comes the fun part, filling it to the point you need to build a second one!👍🏻

[unforgiven]

From one Lefty to another lefty that was an awesome job. Hell yeah 🍺🍺🇺🇸

[jtallen83]

Outstanding Work! I just wish I had some lighting 

[sketch]

outstanding work!! I need some lighting!🍻🍻

[wwlefty]

Thanks all, it's been fun. I had so much fun putting this up here on the forum. You guys have inspired me to do this, the ideas from this thread set about many thoughts that I was able to make come to life. And secondly, posting the pics up here definitely inspired me to work quickly and to follow through with the project. There were quite a few days when I couldn't wait to post up pics on here to see the reactions. Unfortunately I'm on hold with the slide out rack system but I promise you I'll get it finished up this summer so stay tuned for more posts later. I totally hope to see this turn into a trend with more members posting up safe "improvements' and gun room pics. Also I'm still thinking about additional magazine storage; specifically AR mags so if anyone has any thoughts or knows a good product please chime in

[Rsquared]

Out-Fucking-Standing!

[BigNate]

On 5/23/2019 at 9:48 AM, suzukiray said:

Here you go guys!! Tom and Dirk, this will solve your storage problems!!!

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