Competition Shooters! Where do you store you're guns

[frgood]

Between the matches, practice, and dry fire drills, Do you store your active competition guns and magazines in your range bag? Or, do you always unpack into a safe or storage area. 

I'm finding I drop my bag in the corner when I get home and my gun is either sitting in my range bag or in a drawer in my workbench if I'm working on it during the week. What say ye?

[BenBreeg]

Gun ALWAYS gets locked up when I get home from a match, practice, or when I finish dry firing.  No exceptions.  I have two kids and there are lots of other kids around so there is no gray area, either in my possession/control or locked up.

[rowdyb]

no kids and no neighbors with kids. gun is out on bench in garage if i'm home. when i leave goes in safe. so if i'm around it just is out and about for spur of the moment dry fire. if i head out even if just for a few hours it goes in the safe.

[grapemeister]

I don't tell people where I keep my guns

[dbagwell]

10 minutes ago, grapemeister said:

I don't tell people where I keep my guns

+1 ...what guns?

[grapemeister]

Yeah, guns? What guns?

[Jammer1911]

Guns (LOL) I thought this was a Zen Forum. Dang did I ever mess up. 

[frgood]

Just seeing if there is consensus on good, bad, or best practices.

I had heard that leaving a pistol in a gun case or bag  may cause premature rusting. So I guess it is not necessarily lazy that by the time I get home from a match or practice, I'm too tired to go through a whole unpacking routine. I can drop my bag and simply reload ammo for the next match/practice. Also, it might be easier to avoid forgetting something as I have gone to practice with the wrong mags or forgot to pack ammo. 

[johnbu]

Safe storage under lock and key at the bottom of a nameless lake.

[Steve RA]

If the gun case or bag is dry then there will be no rust.  If the container gets wet at a match you certainly want to get the gun out as soon as possible and dry the carrying mode promptly.

[Yeti]

Everything stays in range bag except pistols.  Pistols get cleaned & re-lubed..placed in the dry inner range bag sleeves....into safe. 

[GrumpyOne]

19 hours ago, grapemeister said:

I don't tell people where I keep my guns

This.

[racknrider]

Unless I'm shooting the next day, it goes in the safe. 

[mlmiller1]

My view is never leave your guns where some pissant little hood can get to them easy.  Into the safe.  Dont have to unpack everything but guns are in safe before I go out the door.

[davsco]

if i will be cleaning the next day or two i generally just leave them in garage by the cleaning table.  if not i toss them in the safe.  if kids were in the mix i'd safe them right away.

[kneelingatlas]

Would you leave an envelope with $2,000 lying around your house somewhere?  Lock it up!

[Youngeyes]

Not sure why some people say that because they don't have kids, they can leave a gun lying around the house. I'm not even sure why this is a question up for debate. If you are not home your guns are safed. Always. I don't ever want to get a call that my stolen gun was used to kill some kids or people in a church. This may sound like me being a drama queen. So be it. Lockem' up gentlemen.

[superluckycat]

I throw my Glock in the toolbox in my garage (where I also dry fire) and lock it up.

 

[Sarge]

Meh, mine are laying around somewhere. Rifles on two floors, shotgun on another, pistol in truck, one in a purse, one near front door, etc. Competition guns just stay in range bags in closet.

[frgood]

I really did not ask rhetorically or in search of some reason. I am taking a census that will act as a sanity check for my own behavior.

What I was thinking about was more along the lines of rust control and conditioning. Not the title, 'Competitors', This is to separate from  SD guns. As stated earlier, I had heard that leaving a gun in a gun bag was ot a good storage device as it promote rust over a period of time.

Secondly, If I'm going out to practice every day, or every other day during lunch to run some drills, the act of un-bagging and placing it in a case seems like extra work.  If I'm going to just grab my bag every few days why not keep is ready just like any gym bag. If security is an issue then why not drop the whole range bag in the safe.

Maybe the question should  have been, "Do you keep your active competition gun in a gun bag all the time?"

[Sarge]

8 minutes ago, frgood said:

I really did not ask rhetorically or in search of some reason. I am taking a census that will act as a sanity check for my own behavior.

What I was thinking about was more along the lines of rust control and conditioning. Not the title, 'Competitors', This is to separate from  SD guns. As stated earlier, I had heard that leaving a gun in a gun bag was ot a good storage device as it promote rust over a period of time.

Secondly, If I'm going out to practice every day, or every other day during lunch to run some drills, the act of un-bagging and placing it in a case seems like extra work.  If I'm going to just grab my bag every few days why not keep is ready just like any gym bag. If security is an issue then why not drop the whole range bag in the safe.

Maybe the question should  have been, "Do you keep your active competition gun in a gun bag all the time?"

Then my answer is yes. I keep them in foam cases in my range bag. For months at a time in winter. No problems.

BUT, my STI mags rust all the time and I have to stay on top of them

[frgood]

Thanks

 

[cmalin06]

I have a large tool box that is about 8 feet wide and 6 feet tall that I store all of my equipment in.  The drawers work well for separating compartments and I can lock it as well

[inkballedtarget]

No kids or neighbors around, but I try to get them back into the safe when I am finished for them for the day.

Its a crazy world out there for sure...

[KrymSIX]

Would there be any benefit to keeping those moisture absorbing packets in your rangebag and/or safe to keep your guns in a dryer environment? Or is it just as easy to just clean and lube and store them?