Home Gun Safe Options;
- Flush mount in-the-bed truck boxes make excellent gun safes. You can conceal them in your home , weld shielded lock covers on them for extra security & bolt them vertical or horizontal to the floor or wall.
A friend mounted his truck box 'gun safe' below a living room window as an attractive bench seat with cushions & covered the front & sides with paneling.
NOTE; for extra fireproofing concerns use sheetrock to line the interior or exterior surfaces.
I've also converted closets into gun safes by replacing the closets doors with a "flush-mounted" 3/4" plywood panel that is securely mounted to a 6ft. long heavy duty steel piano hinge. Over the plywood I attach a tall lightweight bookcase to conceal the whole affair.
NOTE; be careful to prevent edge of the bookcase from binding with the hinge, if thats a problem the edge can be concealed with a wood trim strip, plant, etc.
HOW To Attach; Remove the bookcase shelves & use the narrow area behind shelves to screw to the bookcase to the plywood door with correct length deck screws.
*If concerned about the bookcase weight, mount castors from harbor frt. under base of the bookcase, most bookcases have a cover over the base that will conceal the castors.
**For hidden latches; I've used common gate-latches that are tripped by a hidden rod or wire via a tiny hole drilled directly under a shelf. Can put a small loop in the wire latch or attach to a low interest object on the shelf.
**My "latest & best completely concealed latch" is a 1/4" dia. x 2&1/2" longsliding steel pin that is enclosed in a small aluminum tube, make sure that the pin slides freely in it's non-magnetic housing.
LOCKING PIN INSTALL; Drill a tightly fitting hole for the pin's housing in 'center' of the plywood's edge that is open & closed by a strong magnet attached to back of a picture frame that sets on a shelf. Sliding the picture frame to the right 2" opens & to left closes. I screwed a brass plate to the door jamb to provide a secure receiver for the locking-pin.
When accessed with a sliding photo frame or ? the pin will produce a crisp snap when operated.
When completed your closet /gun safe will disappear.
Happy trails,
Relic shooter
- Flush mount in-the-bed truck boxes make excellent gun safes. You can conceal them in your home , weld shielded lock covers on them for extra security & bolt them vertical or horizontal to the floor or wall.
A friend mounted his truck box 'gun safe' below a living room window as an attractive bench seat with cushions & covered the front & sides with paneling.
NOTE; for extra fireproofing concerns use sheetrock to line the interior or exterior surfaces.
I've also converted closets into gun safes by replacing the closets doors with a "flush-mounted" 3/4" plywood panel that is securely mounted to a 6ft. long heavy duty steel piano hinge. Over the plywood I attach a tall lightweight bookcase to conceal the whole affair.
NOTE; be careful to prevent edge of the bookcase from binding with the hinge, if thats a problem the edge can be concealed with a wood trim strip, plant, etc.
HOW To Attach; Remove the bookcase shelves & use the narrow area behind shelves to screw to the bookcase to the plywood door with correct length deck screws.
*If concerned about the bookcase weight, mount castors from harbor frt. under base of the bookcase, most bookcases have a cover over the base that will conceal the castors.
**For hidden latches; I've used common gate-latches that are tripped by a hidden rod or wire via a tiny hole drilled directly under a shelf. Can put a small loop in the wire latch or attach to a low interest object on the shelf.
**My "latest & best completely concealed latch" is a 1/4" dia. x 2&1/2" longsliding steel pin that is enclosed in a small aluminum tube, make sure that the pin slides freely in it's non-magnetic housing.
LOCKING PIN INSTALL; Drill a tightly fitting hole for the pin's housing in 'center' of the plywood's edge that is open & closed by a strong magnet attached to back of a picture frame that sets on a shelf. Sliding the picture frame to the right 2" opens & to left closes. I screwed a brass plate to the door jamb to provide a secure receiver for the locking-pin.
When accessed with a sliding photo frame or ? the pin will produce a crisp snap when operated.
When completed your closet /gun safe will disappear.
Happy trails,
Relic shooter
