Bedside gun storage

[vandrv]

I don't know if his subject has been done to death, but search doesn't seem to be working. I am looking for ideas as to how to keep a gun handy beside my bed. I live in a home without children and currently just keep a Sig P220 on the floor next to the bed. At one point I kept an 870 between the mattress and box spring, but destroyed the finish and I don't want to do that again.
Any good ideas would be appreciated. I would also be interested in recommendations for a good weapon light.

 

[tony b]

mount a holster to back side of head board. for shotgun scabbard mounted to the underside of bed frame.

 

[Second Amendment]

I keep my Sig unholstered on top of a pistol pad in the nightstand drawer.

 

[Blaster229]

Mine sits on top of a plastic ammo can, under 3 inches of dog hair. Sure hope it at least fires the first round.

 

[babalou]

hahaha

Mine sits on top of a plastic ammo can, under 3 inches of dog hair. Sure hope it at least fires the first round.

I definitely feel you on that. Damn that was funny- and too true.

 

[good guy 176]

Keep it anywhere that you can put your mits on it rapidly but out of the way so that you don't trip over it when you are pressed for time.

Lew--Ranger63

 

[BMassBMore]

www.fas1safe.com Accessible in about as much time as it takes to open a nightstand drawer, but inaccessible to anyone else.

For a light, I'm fond of the Streamlight TLR-4 laser/light combo for about $115, or the TLR-3 light only for about $80.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Mine sits on top of a plastic ammo can, under 3 inches of dog hair. Sure hope it at least fires the first round.

As an added bonus, the dog hair might act like a tracer.

 

[eruby]

Maybe something like this:

http://www.crossbreedholsters.com/H...er/tabid/112/slug/bedside-backup/Default.aspx

 

[vandrv]

Mine sits on top of a plastic ammo can, under 3 inches of dog hair. Sure hope it at least fires the first round.

That is pretty much why I am asking this question. I would like to keep it above the dog hair and dust bunnies.

 

[vandrv]

Maybe something like this:

http://www.crossbreedholsters.com/H...er/tabid/112/slug/bedside-backup/Default.aspx

Thanks, those look interesting. I did a bit of research on something similar, but cheaper, and the knock on them was that they don't stay put. Do you have any experience with these?

 

[eruby]

Thanks, those look interesting. I did a bit of research on something similar, but cheaper, and the knock on them was that they don't stay put. Do you have any experience with these?

None at all, but if I were to get one, I'd look at Velcro or some other tacky material for the horizontal piece that goes between the mattress and box spring.

 

[Bootknife]

I made mine with Kydex very similar to Post#11 works well and out of Sight when the bed is made!

 

[niftyvt]

I use a GCode RTS wheel that is bolted to my night stand with a Safariland ALS light compatible holster that holds my G19. Works great and when I put the gun in the safe when I leave for work I just un clip it and put holster + gun way. No need to un holster. When I carry around my property I just clip the holster to a belt adapter or paddle adapter depending on what I am wearing. Super slick and no need to un holster while moving the gun from place to place, ie it greatly reduces unnecessary gun handling which reduces opportunities for a metal lapse which can cause an ND.

http://www.tacticalholsters.com/product/Accessories/GCA25.html
http://www.tacticalholsters.com/product/Accessories/GCA39.html

While typing this I just realized that I need to get another wheel and screw it to the inside of my safe or under one of the shelves. Since I built a bunch of my AR lowers my shelf space is filled and I have been just sitting my holster+glock on the floor of my safe jammed between rifle stocks. . . why the heck didn't I think of this before lol!

Mine sits on top of a plastic ammo can, under 3 inches of dog hair. Sure hope it at least fires the first round.

I hear you, I just cleaned my bedside G19 in December. . . how the heck did dog hair get into the barrel?

 

[BradMacc82]

Simple works for me, when home - on my hip in a Safariland 6378.

At night, the holster/gun go into the open night-stand drawer. As I gain my grip, thumb trips the release - gun comes out, holster stays in drawer.

Any other time it goes into the safe.

 

[Derwood]

"No time for 911"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1lPReo50uY

I like these.

 

[Trepang]

We are also in a home without children. None of our own and none visiting. Glock 30 SF and Beretta 92SF with Surefire G2Xs. I keep it simple. Loaded in the nightstand drawers.

 

[Cal68]

I have kids and visitors around the house, so I bought a small Barska biometric safe when it was the Gold Box Deal of the Day on Amazon. I've programmed it to recognize either of my two fingers (one from each hand in case I cannot use a finger from one hand for whatever reason) and I have the safe right next to my bed. It literally takes seconds to open and keeps the loaded firearm safe from someone else's hands.

Cal68

 

[ndnboy]

Currently keep the Glock in the nightstand but Im liking that bedside backup setup!

 

[lonzo]

I have a gun vault safe. holds everything I need and even has an alarm if moved. Have a 15 yr old in the house. The safe isnt small. but they do have a single gun safe that you can mount it to the nightstand or whatever

http://www.gunvault.com/