Pack Additional Guns into your Safe with this Secure Makeover

Posted by Matthew Goff
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May 4, 2016
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It really is slightly embarrassing to admit, but my at the time empty Liberty Fats Boy safe went from searching neat and delightful to “grandmother’s closet” in the really limited interval of time. You realize that one closet at grandma’s that you simply were fearful to open without having jamming your hand inside of to carry again the mass of crap that was confident to pour about the ground as the doorway opened. In my case, I used to be executing a similar maneuver to guarantee guns did not commence tumbling to the floor as I opened the risk-free. It absolutely was time to discover an improved solution in order to avoid beating up any guns, and grandma would've expected more from me.
Although at this years’ SHOT demonstrate, I noticed Gun Storage Methods Store Much more Guns Rifle Rods, and Dualies & Handgun Hangers for pistols. Store Extra Guns promised 30% more space and easier accessibility with less firearm damage. The Liberty Excess fat Boy is sizable, and 30% additional space would be like adding another small risk-free, so I grabbed a set of each of the products to test them out.

Retailer A lot more Guns Rifle Rods
The rifle rods are essentially 16” plastic non-maring/non-marking rods with a button and Velcro attached on 1 end. The Rifle Rods are compatible with calibers down to and including .22LR. I picked up the Large Kit, which includes 40-rods plus a large 19”x60” piece of Velcro to cover the underside of a shelf.

The concept is simple: Velcro covers the underside of the shelf and is attached via a staple gun and trimmed to fit, and rifle rods slip down the barrel and maintain the rifle vertical by attaching to the underside of the Velcro shelf. The rifle rods only need to hold the rifle standing vertical and do not support any weight, so the Velcro is plenty strong to do that job. It’s simple and it works.
The big plus to the system is that rifles can be packed in about 30% additional densely because less efficient internal safe and sound Liberty Gun Safe can be removed. In theory, the Excess fat Boy had slots for 64 rifles, but I never made it anywhere close to that with AR-15s and odd shaped rifles/shotguns. The wood Liberty Safe and sound internal guns racks are nice but never really worked for me the moment “critical mass” was achieved within the secure and seemed to force many guns to be spaced too far apart. With the stock Liberty Racks, a 30 rifle capacity was much more realistic if you wanted to access any of the guns beyond the first row.

With the Rifle Rods, all those racks come out and the rods handle all the rifle retention and do that job far greater than the wood racks did, especially with AR-15s and scoped rifles. Where the wooden racks allowed the rifles to wiggle around and move as you retail store and retrieve rifles, the Rifle Rods hold the stored rifles in position until the Velcro rod is pulled down away from the underside of the velcro lined shelf. That’s a much more secure storage option that prevents the grandmother’s closet effect.

Retrieval from the secure is also far extra convenient because there are no gun racks to work the guns free from. Simply remove the rifles directly in front of the rear rifle and then remove the rearmost rifle. Works great, and now I am not scratching all my rifles when pulling them in and out of the protected. If you have a secure you need these not only to improve storage, but to also reduce potential scratches and bangs created by maneuvering around gun racks.
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