For thirty years now I got by with only three guns - four if you count the pellet gun. Now in the last two months have bought two more - both shotguns. So I wonder how many do you need to be a gun nut? Also, how many before I need a good gun safe. Recommendations on a gun safe?

Dave, if it takes three trips to transfer your guns from one house to another, and you have your gun dealer in your contact's list, you might be a gun nut. I think you have a ways to go.

As long as you can bolt the safe to the floor or wall, or hopefully both, you should be good. My last safe was a keyed corner safe from Home Depot, many years ago. Made by HOMAK. That would be a minimum of protection level. You can go up from there in security and price.

http://www.homaksecurity.com/GunCabinets.htm

Being a gun nut is hard to quantify. More a state of mind than a number. I am sure the news would consider me one and call my collection a "aresonal". [Bleeeeep!] can't speel it and can't check it while on my phone.

I spent way too much on a safe that weighs WAY too much. After moving it four times, each with incident, I decided a lighter safe bolted to the wall and floor would be just as an effective deterrent. The size is dependent on the number of firearms you would like to cumulatively own someday. A Sargent and Greenleaf dial, multiple locking bolts and protected hinges are minimum requirements for me. Fireproof rating is optional- mine is supposed to be good for 30 minutes at 1200 degrees but not having to fight with the insurance company post fire could be advantageous unless you have something sentimental or irreplaceable.



Long story short, I would buy a bigger safe than what you think you need, don't scrimp on quality and one that is light enough that moving it is still feasible.

A "cruffler"....if I were a cruffler I'd be able to get the good price at some shops.
I just might look into it, although it does sound kind of ascottish.

http://www.cruffler.com/becomingcruffler.html

Nobody love to hunt more than I do, I'm not a gun nut though.
I have a few rifles that work VERY well and I'm happy with that.
I've got maybe a dozen.

It's the animals that give me the rush, not the weapon.

Here's my safe...

Being a gun nut is like being beautiful; its in the eye of the beholder. +1 on a bolting a safe to the firm structure of your house. Just remember you spent X amount of cashola on your firearms so dont cheap out on your safe. Fire rating is one thing when the house is just getting hot; you must also consider the weight of what is above your safe falling on it and busting it open then making your fire rating useless. You want a strong heavy safe thats is 10 gauge or stronger steel. Do a few searches for safe buying tips and you will find some very honest advice but it leads to an expensive safe. One thing I found out from these tips is that the 12 gauge steel safes can be busted into with a fireman's axe.

I used Northwest Safes when my son left the door of the safe open, spun the dial and tried to force the locking mechanism which in turn sheared a cotter pin. Leave it to a kid to find the weak link in a system.. "hey dad, watch this..."


The guy from Northwest Safes was great and from my Internet research was the only company in the area capable and willing to make a house call. My only experience with them is service related but the guy took the time to show me how it worked and was very reasonable for the time and distance required. As usual... What Stam said.



+3 now.

Fort Knox and Liberty are another 2 fine safe companies..


and you can never have too many guns

I'm scared of guns.....

Lost mine on the Hoh, in a tragic boating accident.

if you know how many guns you have without counting them that day your probably not there yet.

+1million

If you always need just one more gun than what you already have, you most likely qualify as a gun nut.

I do need one more gun.......

Saving up my gun monies for one of these:

http://www.armalite.com/ItemForm.aspx?it...a0-49488ec48776



I really really really really really really *need* one of these, but the price tag is just too far out of reach.

http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products/mr762_general.asp

You may have heard on the news about a southern California man put under 72-hour psychiatric observation when it was found he owned 100 guns and allegedly had (by rough estimate) 100,000 rounds of ammunition stored in his home. The house also featured a secret escape tunnel.

My favorite quote from the dimwit television reporter: “Wow! He has about a quarter million machine gun bullets.” The headline referred to it as a “massive weapons cache”.

By southern California standards someone owning 100,000 rounds would be called “mentally unstable”. Just imagine if he lived elsewhere:

In Arizona , he’d be called “an avid gun collector”.

In Texas , he’d be called “a novice gun collector”.

In Utah , he’d be called “moderately well prepared”, but they’d probably reserve judgment until they made sure that he had a corresponding quantity of stored food.

In Montana , he’d be called “The neighborhood ‘Go-To’ guy”.

In Idaho , he’d be called “a likely gubernatorial candidate”.

In Wyoming , he’d be called “an eligible bachelor”.

In Wisconsin , he’d be called “a deer hunting buddy”.

And, in Alabama , we just call him “Bubba”.

Keith

In Chehalis, they'd just say it must be the old crazy guy up on the hill.

Hi Parker....Andy was here today and his quiet 6.8 AR is really a nice little yard gun. You'll have to ask Andy about my yard.

Nice visiting with you, Marvin. Loved the shop, and the yard. Thanks also for looking at my rifle and suppressor alignment. Much appreciated.

Now if I ony knew someone who could load up some sub sonic rounds.

On the AR10 . .. .have it. . .LOVE IT.. . .Killed my elk and deer with it last year. . .

On the HK. . . .Damn . .I hope the price tag is WAY high on that thing . . .just to keep me from looking at it with any seriousness.. ...

On a side note.. .Andy, in a number of months I may be able to have a quieter AR10 as well. ... plus my BO, plus the HK, plus the AR. . . .

Well, that is if I hadn't lost them all to a tragic accident while shrimping last week.. . . . . . .

Oh, and back to the original topic. . . . .

Vedder, if you have more than $1k in guns . . .get a safe .. .they make some economical entry level models. . . .I will help you install it if you need help . . in the garage.

And another +1 for NW Safes in Enumscratch. . . .take the Legend up on his name dropping offer. . . ..

I would love to hear how your .30 BO sounds through my suppressor.

I will have to see if I can dredge it up while out crabbing and bring it down this summer . .. .

I just picked up these 2 a month ago.

Too bad they fell off the deck of my boat while reenacting scenes from Apocalypse Now......

Browning M3HB 50 Caliber


Browning 30 cal. 308 Caliber


Now if I could just find suppressors for these two.....I mean if they hadn't fallen overboard.

I don't make enough money to afford shooting those guys BD!

Thread one of the barrels of that .30 cal MG to 5/8x24 and we can launch a few through my .30 cal can. That is an example of "go big or go home."

Well it is not the number of guns you actually own but the amount of information you are ready to shoot away with guns. You could have a ton of guns at your disposal but exhibit very small inclination toward learning more about them which actually defeats the purpose and with actually knowing and firing them, you get to feel completely what it is to own a gun and all the more things really seem and appear interesting on all sides.

Wow, I want what you are smoking. May I Momma Dogface to the Banana Patch Dood?

"Give that kid a special test"

Apparently the Mayor and Chief of Police are saying that everyone is Seattle is a Gun Nut!

They also say that if there were no guns, bullets wouldn't be killing people!

Built 3 of my own from parts. Nothing like Black Bart has done, but still able to shoot sub minute of an angle. Played with wildcats, only found one I like. Loaded a few million rounds, (had a commercial loading business) and can work up an accurate load for any of my rifles, except for my Enfield 2A Ishapore in .308. Bought and sold hundreds of firearms. The ones I have may not mean anything to you, but I treat my guns like a set of golf clubs, and they all have a purpose.

There are many folks here with a vast amount of firearms knowledge. Pull up a chair. Hang out.

It's not the gun nuts that give one pause.




It's the nuts with guns....

Look familiar, Driftin'?

Took the old girl in to the doctor and she now trigger pulls around 3lbs now and has had all the slop removed out of her.

Added on a Loopy FXIII 6x42 with an M1 elevation turret for good measure.

Settling on a 130 grain boolet.

Can't wait to take her to the range!



She's ultra light, smooth as silk and has the prettiest trigger a rifle could ask for.

My boy has no idea how lucky he is........

Also tried my hand at oiling up some new wud for the ol's H&R M1 Garand. Came out pretty slick.....

Nice lookin' irons Parker but the blue tape on the dope card won't pass the JeffO test.lol

Crap!

I knew I should have used the red tape......

It's all about the rods and cones...just ask eyefish.....or JeffO.

On second thought it's unfair to mention Doc in the same breath as Jeff but one knows his chit and the other one is Jeff.

Given the tools, a miss this fall has only one variable.....

Guns aren't scary. However, some of the nuts with them are.

+ One Zillion.

Some of the nuts without them are pretty scary, too.

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Owning guns doesn't make you a gun nut...being a nut makes you a nut.