Is it OK to keep a gun in a soft case as a permanent storage?

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by Buckhead

You pull the bolt or put on a trigger lock or throw it inside a locked room or container - any locked container.

Problem solved. Legal requirements met.

That is more than just throwing it in a soft case. No?

[elkhunter11]

I have to laugh when someone stores their hunting rifle/shotgun in a safe, with a trigger lock on it, and then they show up at the range cursing, because they forgot the trigger lock key. If someone manages to get into their safe, a trigger lock isn't going to be much of an obstacle. I have suggested u tube videos to a few people that chose to remove the trigger lock with what they had with them, rather than drive home for the key. After watching the video, most people have the trigger lock off in a minute or two.

[bobtodrick]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

I have to laugh when someone stores their hunting rifle/shotgun in a safe, with a trigger lock on it, and then they show up at the range cursing, because they forgot t he trigger lock key. If someone manages to get into their safe, a trigger lock isn't going to be much of an obstacle. I have suggested u tube videos to a few people that chose to remove the trigger lock with what they had with them, rather than drive home for the key. After watching the video, most people have the trigger lock off in a minute or two.

I agree with you on the theft point.
But there is another reason trigger locks in the safe are recommended.
God forbid anyone in our household should consider suicide, there is the thinking that the extra time involved of the affected person having to deal with a trigger lock may give them extra minutes to do a rethink.
Hopefully I'm never in the position of testing this theory.

I have my trigger lock key on my car key chain. If I've driven to the range...I have my key.
This however has not stopped my from twice making the 40 min drive to the range, setting everything up and then thinking, "damn, the ammo isn;t doing any good on the kitchen table"

[Pathfinder76]

Trigger locks are the most, THE MOST, horrible thing you can attach to a rifle.

[gtr]

Originally Posted by chuck

Trigger locks are the most, THE MOST, horrible thing you can attach to a rifle.

A zeiss scope gets my vote.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by chuck

Trigger locks are the most, THE MOST, horrible thing you can attach to a rifle.

Unless it's a Browning rifle. The two kind of go together.

[boah]

Originally Posted by chuck

Trigger locks are the most, THE MOST, horrible thing you can attach to a rifle.

See through rings
Slip on butt pad
Brake
Tasco

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by boah

See through rings
Slip on butt pad
Brake
Tasco

Are right up there no doubt.

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Unless it's a Browning rifle. The two kind of go together.

Good point.

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by gtr

A zeiss scope gets my vote.

Fair enough.

[fishnguy]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

I also spray a bit of G-96 Gun Treatment onto the lining of every case, so that the case always has a G-96 vapor present in it to prevent any corrosion.

Originally Posted by fishnguy

So I grabbed a can of G-96 Gun Treatment for $26 at the local gun shop today.

Just wanted to say thank you to elkhunter again for even mentioning G-96 Gun Treatment. Used it today to clean my .22 and the stuff is great! If he had not mentioned it, chances are I would still be missing out.