Weapon Storage

[Poor Private]

Now that the whole world knows you reenact what or how do you store your many weapons?
Do you just toss it in a nearby closet? Do you have a modern hi tech safe? Or are you kinda paranoid and have a hidden safe somewhere on your property?
Or is your single rifle/musket on display for the whole world to notice?
Does your insurance cover it's theft, or do you have a rider for your expensive weapons?
These are issues we have to keep in mind with todays thefts of weapons, and thier use in a crime or death.

[Frenchie]

Or are you kinda paranoid and have a hidden safe somewhere on your property?

None of your business, Mr. Nosey. http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/Darkfold_2006/Emoticons/nono.gif

Actually the modern ones (such as they are) are in a steel locker that isn't tough enough to be called a safe, but still wouldn't be that easy to get into, or to drag out of the house, as it's practically part of the wall. The black powder stuff is sitting way up on a shelf, well out of reach of short people with high voices and eight sets of hands.

[rebyank]

My muskets are all up in the rafters of the basement. I use the rubber coated bicycle hooks, space em out with a rafter in between, and there's plenty of storage space in my way-to-overcrowded house.

Ian

[Slickrick214]

Now that the whole world knows you reenact what or how do you store your many weapons?
Do you just toss it in a nearby closet?
I keep my Enfield in the closet of my Civil War room down in the basement. It always says in the gun sack on the top shelf of the closet

Do you have a modern hi tech safe? Or are you kinda paranoid and have a hidden safe somewhere on your property?
No I don't have a safe yet but I would like to get one at some point. I don't have the money for one thought. It seems like most go for over 1.5K (maybe I'm just looking at the wrong places I don't know)

Or is your single rifle/musket on display for the whole world to notice?
Does your insurance cover it's theft, or do you have a rider for your expensive weapons?
These are issues we have to keep in mind with todays thefts of weapons, and thier use in a crime or death
I have some guns on display thats the purpose of my "Civil War room" but my Enfield I use for re-enacting stays in the closet. I don't have insurense on my guns but I guess I should. I keep putting it off because I don't really know how to get insurence for guns and I don't want to pay more insurence bills then I already have.:| :oops:

[Julius]

What guns?Who said I have guns? I dont have any guns.

[Frenchie]

I don't have insurance on my guns but I guess I should. I keep putting it off because I don't really know how to get insurance for guns and I don't want to pay more insurance bills than I already have. :| :oops:

Check your homeowner's insurance, they may be covered already.

[Slickrick214]

Check your homeowner's insurance, they may be covered already.

I'll talk to my dad about that and find out exactly what our homeowners insurance covers.

[31stWisconsin]

I have renter's insurance, my firearms are a part of that, I pay about $12 a year or so to have them covered.

My firearms are in a locked storage cabinet-not a safe but I don't want firearms and ammunition just lying around.

[Julius]

I am not sure what insurance it is that a friend of mine has, but his Enfield was covered. His house was robbed last month while on vacation. His Enfield was stolen along with everything else. His insurance covered the cost of a new Zimmerman defarb Enfield.

[Abrams]

Most insurance policies have a small amount to cover things like guns. Years ago, dad's house got robbed, and the insurance company gave him $150 for 2 12ga shotguns and a .22 rifle. It was the "standard" amount of coverage.

Later on, we added specific guns as a 'rider' on the insurance. That way, you can insure them for a specific value, for a nominal fee.

Gun safe for my weapons.

Except for the "greet the burglar" ones anyway, heh. Those are kept nearby... ;)

[bob 125th nysvi]

cleaning and then goes in it's canvas cover to stand in the corner of the closet.

On my insurance it is covered under the personal property clause in the farm policy.

I don't worry about theft because that's the type of area I live in, low crime.

Of course it could have something to do with the pitbull cross, rotty cross and/or full blooded doberman that also inhabit the house.

Nah it's got to be the noisy dacshund mini beagle cross that keeps the burglers away.

[6th Alabama]

If you live in a coastal area and a hurricane is part of the equation you better have flood insurance. Katrina taught us your home owner’s policy is not worth jack donkey squat if storm surge is the culprit. Surge damage and wind damage are two separate entities.

[Poor Private]

I found out that Farm Bureau Insurance only covers guns of all types and expense up to $2500 total on the basic homeowners policy. You must call your insurance company and ask what amount is covered. It didn't take long for me when totaling up my gun values to reach the $2500 amount. 3 rifled muskets, 1 modern shot gun, 2 modern rifles, and 9 various hand guns from black Powder to cartridge, plus all the necessary accessories.
My reccomendation is inventory your arsenal, take pictures of each weapon with serial numbers and place in a fire/theft proof spot. Such as a relative, bank box, or those fire boxes you can buy. Don't forget to secure your weapons, with trigger guards at the minimum. If people out there know you do reenacting or hunting they know you have weapons.
Just carring your weapons back and forth in your car to events are you sure you are covered on your automotive insurance? Be aware of your deductable, sometimes the deductable is more than the cost of the gun. Myself I am in the process of building a hidden cashe to place my guns and ammo. Also be aware that some ammo is time and temperature sensitive. Rotate your powder and ammo regularly. Inspect your guns monthly for rust, and operation when not in use.

[tompritchett]

Katrina taught us your home owner’s policy is not worth jack donkey squat if storm surge is the culprit. Surge damage and wind damage are two separate entities.

If I remember correctly, several of the insurance companies were also trying to avoid paying out by claiming that wind-blown water qualified as storm surge and that one or more state AG's ended up filing suit against the companies over this. How did all that end up turning out?

[6th Alabama]

If I remember correctly, several of the insurance companies were also trying to avoid paying out by claiming that wind-blown water qualified as storm surge and that one or more state AG's ended up filing suit against the companies over this. How did all that end up turning out?

Insurance won.

This household had $115,000.00 worth of damage/loss. Insurance paid $7,000.00. The rest was considered storm surge damage.

[Slickrick214]

I found out that Farm Bureau Insurance only covers guns of all types and expense up to $2500 total on the basic homeowners policy. You must call your insurance company and ask what amount is covered. It didn't take long for me when totaling up my gun values to reach the $2500 amount. 3 rifled muskets, 1 modern shot gun, 2 modern rifles, and 9 various hand guns from black Powder to cartridge, plus all the necessary accessories.
My reccomendation is inventory your arsenal, take pictures of each weapon with serial numbers and place in a fire/theft proof spot. Such as a relative, bank box, or those fire boxes you can buy. Don't forget to secure your weapons, with trigger guards at the minimum. If people out there know you do reenacting or hunting they know you have weapons.
Just carring your weapons back and forth in your car to events are you sure you are covered on your automotive insurance? Be aware of your deductable, sometimes the deductable is more than the cost of the gun. Myself I am in the process of building a hidden cashe to place my guns and ammo. Also be aware that some ammo is time and temperature sensitive. Rotate your powder and ammo regularly. Inspect your guns monthly for rust, and operation when not in use.

You mentioned alot of things that I never thought of. As I collect more guns to put in my display room I should take down serial numbers and pictures just in case. I would like to at some point get a gun safe to keep my musket and Civil War stuff in. It will probably be years though before I can even think of being able to afford a gun case. I'm probably not going to worry about automotive insurence for my guns. If I get into a car accident on the way to an event well the gun and gear would probably be the least of my worries. I'm glad you mentioned about rotating powder. I have two cans of Goex sitting in my closet for almost a year now and it hasn't been rotated yet. I have to remeber to rotate it.

[Poor Private]

SlickRick,
I myself see the same things. If I am in a car accident my person and other people are more important. But you have to consider theft of both the car and the weapon together or seperatly. There are some places in the US that if your gun is stolen and used in a crime you can be held libel for it. So slap that trigger lock on any weapons you transport for your protection. Sometimes you have to be paranoid. I know, I know how many holdups and murders are done with black powder. But if you have a pistol and it's stolen hows the store clerk to know wether it's black powder or not when they are looking in a barrel?

[tater]

as to Katrina....

We got screwed out of our coverage (30 feet above sea level dosn't seem like we would get water... even if I can spit into the gulf from my porch) My civil war uniforms, guns, and books come with me... and I am rather glad that I took my firearms with me.

as to storage...

I keep my firearms in my room (the burgular greeters stay next to my bed) They lean against my wall... I don't see the need for a safe, due to a low crime rate, and Mr. 3 1/2" 12 Ga. Buckshot.

[Slickrick214]

Crime rate isn't high in my area either. Since I collect many guns from all different time periods my goal would be to get a safe in the future more for fire safty then burglary. You can protect against robbery but fire has no limits. Once a fire starts it can destory a historical collection in minutes.

I live in a development and I have an open field between my house and other houses in the development. A few years ago one of the houses across the field had a fire in thier garage. It spread in minutes and the cars inside blew up. The fire was huge and it took almost eight fire companys from the surrounding townships in my county to put the fire out. The house was compleatly destoyed and they lost everything. After that I started to think more seriously about getting insurace and a safe to protect my collection. My thinking was if a fire like that was ever to break out atleast I know my guns are kind of safe. They have a chance of being salvaged unharmed. With no fire proof safe they have a much less chance of being saved especially if the fire startes near my show room.