Safe organization

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savageboy23
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Safe organization

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Has anyone else had issues organizing rifles in there safe? I own a cannon 28 gun and lucky if I can get 14 scoped rifles in it. Budget won't allow for another safe(don't really need it yet either)so I need some creative suggestions please. :D
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Re: Safe organization

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Depends on your exact physical layout, but one thing that works well is to remove all the bolts from the rifles and store them on a shelf. They'll then fit much closer together, and you'll also get less 'safe-dings' as a result.
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Re: Safe organization

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Rick in Oregon wrote:Depends on your exact physical layout, but one thing that works well is to remove all the bolts from the rifles and store them on a shelf. They'll then fit much closer together, and you'll also get less 'safe-dings' as a result.
That's a great suggestion Rick, I never thought about that. I also have a Cannon 28 gun safe, and things are really close in there. In fact I had to remove the barrels from my shotguns to get them into the safe.
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Re: Safe organization

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Thanks RIO I'll have to try that.
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Re: Safe organization

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Gun safes are very much like rubber rafts and camping tents. If you load any of them to 'stated capacity', they are too full to be comfortable/useable or practical. Those $1.99 deer bags would be another example of this phenomena. :duh:
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Re: Safe organization

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Rick in Oregon wrote:Depends on your exact physical layout, but one thing that works well is to remove all the bolts from the rifles and store them on a shelf. They'll then fit much closer together, and you'll also get less 'safe-dings' as a result.
Can't believe I never thought of that before...DUH!
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Re: Safe organization

Post by chuckhunter »

That is a great idea! I will have to try that. Thanks Rick.
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