Guns in cars
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Richard59
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Some of you must stay in some very nice hotels, can't say I'd be comfortable leaving a shotgun in any of the ones I've stayed in over the years, not matter much care I would have taken in securing it radiators or the like.
Memo to self to find better ( more expensive ) class of hotel!
Memo to self to find better ( more expensive ) class of hotel!
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I am sorry. Just make sure your car security is up to scratch if you intend leaving it there.
It is always best to do the best you can with what you can.
However having heard the horror stories of people who leave their guns overnight in the car......I can assure you.....even the most modest of hotels are a better choice for safety.
Even at a rather large hotel hosting the Cpsa Agm 2 years ago several people who stayed overnight had their cars broken into and their shooting gear and cartridges stolen......luckily their guns were in the hotel room.
Your decision of course as it is your licence.
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Cars are not safe, hotels are not safe, therefore the ONLY thing to do IMO is to leave half of it in car and half of it in hotel. It would be very unusual to have someone break into both. I do not see any other way of securing guns away from home.
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It is obviously a personal thing peeps and how each person values their own guns. I have some that you could not replace and therefore i would never contemplate leaving it 'overnight' in a car. In daytime I would take the risk because I am normally where i can see the car. I have never yet seen a thief trying to drag two heavy flight cases which are chained together...out of a hotel room where it sounds from the telly that you are inside the room. Not saying it could not happen.....all i can say is that it has not happened to me in over 25 years.
Personally I would not want to start a hunt for parts of a gun should one half get stolen.
You just have to be sensible and not go over the top. there are enough ideas for safety on here and all are good advice....it is up to you now to pick the one you want to use.
IPS has said above he always splits. I have said before it always goes with me.....others have said what they do.....so have fun.
Personally I would not want to start a hunt for parts of a gun should one half get stolen.
You just have to be sensible and not go over the top. there are enough ideas for safety on here and all are good advice....it is up to you now to pick the one you want to use.
IPS has said above he always splits. I have said before it always goes with me.....others have said what they do.....so have fun.
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I have to say that I favour splitting on the grounds that pipework is seldom man enough to withstand any serious attack unless it is the very old cast iron type.
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The point about gun security isnt that we dont lose our pride and joy it is primarily our duty of care that we do not allow our guns to end up in the hands of criminals this I believe is absolutely fundamental. I would hate to lose the barrels of my 12-5k gun if my car got nicked or the stock if my room got burgled, but would be devastated to have the whole thing kinicked and used in a crime. I can replace ANY gun the other things in life cannot be replaced niether can your concience should your gun end up in the tool box of a drugs gang.
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Don't worry....mine wont using the method described above :nyam:
watchman
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Im considering having my gentlemens bits pierced , then having a large chain padlocked through the trigger guard to the piercing, this should deter any thief from stealing my precious shooting tool .
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Hahahahaha......need any help.....I am rather experienced at the cutting of things or breaking things in that area..... :nurse: :nurse: :nurse: :nurse: :nurse:
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My local plod reckons that when a gun is in the boot of the car, say when having a coffee between shooting rounds, the trigger and/or forend should be kept with you. This is in case the car is broken into and the gun stolen or the car itself is stolen, that way the crook does not get the entire gun. So by his way of thinking, by not having the forend the gun can't be cocked and without a trigger it can't be fired. I'm not sure that I'm too convinced!
RobertBeard
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There is a gun rack right by the door at the NCSC at Bisley and the cafe is used by all and sundry!
I haven't been there for about seven or eight years Robert, I don't remember seeing a rack there at that time, we used to put the guns in our cars, so maybe it's a new thing. The old Bisley Gun Club had several racks, set around the support pillars, but they pulled the place down when the NCSC was built.
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I've never really thought about it or examined it in any detail but is removing the forend a good security feature. You can still cock the gun and load it but I have no idea what would happen if the gun was fired without the forend.
You'll have to excuse newbie ignorance here if its a daft comment.
Generally the forend controls the cocking mechanism and ejectors, so without it fitted it is a hard job to cock the hammers. Miroku/Browning have ejector springs in the forend, unlike Beretta who have the springs in the barrel,under the actual ejectors.
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Thats the good thing about detachable tigers you can keep them in a little case on a belt loop, i use am old compact camera leather case its just the right size 
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trigger not tiger, bloody phone predictive text
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trigger not tiger, bloody phone predictive text
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