We have all been appropriately admonished not to store a handgun in a leather holster.

However, many gun safes come with handgun storage panels/pouches on the safe door. Most seem to be some sort of synthetic material.

Any opinions or experiences related to whether it is smart, unknown, or verboten to store a handgun in a safe door panel?

Assume the handgun(s) are S&W wood grips and blued steel.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Andy

I have stored some of mine in one of my safes that has "synthetic holsters" that Velcro on to the door panel. Never had any issues with rust, and it frees up some safe space. Just be careful they clear safe contents / shelf edges when you close the door.

Larry

What Larry says. No rust problems here either.

probably wont hurt blue, but I store stainless in the pockets....only 2 pockets in one of the safes....

No problem so far, but safe is in a climate controlled space.

My safe door holds rifles but I store all of my handguns, as a general rule, and some of my rifles, in gun socks. Never in leather. They go into the safe better than way. Gun rigs and original boxes take up too much room.

That, of course, is a problem only for those of us who acquire way too many guns and I know nobody here would do that, right???????

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Im thinking those synthetic holsters do not have the tanins,oils etc that might be used in curing the leather which is where probs seem to arise when storing blue guns in leather.

I mounted a pegboard so I have maximum flexibility to move handguns around. I use plastic coated hooks to avoid scratching the trigger guards and an electric rod at the bottom of the safe to reduce humidity. It is humid in the summer in North Carolina. I've done that for many years without adverse results. I also use silicon socks.

In the event of fire your gun safe could be subjected to temperatures of 1200 degrees. Could be higher in certain conditions. Most gun safe manufacturers go by the industry standard of 350 degree internal temperature.

So, what you store your guns in or on could melt to the surface of the gun. Plastic melts at about 250 degrees. Nylon about 500 degrees. Paper at about 300 degrees.

But if the external temperature is above 1200 degrees or the safe is subjected to heat longer than the fire rating then the internal temperature will rise. Your safe essentially becomes an oven.

And gun safes are not water or moisture proof. After being hosed down by the fire department condensation will form inside the safe. It may be a few days or more before you can get to your guns. They will rust. During a fire, the safe lock will probably be damaged requiring you to call a safe man to open the safe.

I have seen a few hundred guns that went through a fire inside a gun safe. All with plastic/polymer stocks were damaged or deformed. The finish on some guns were also damaged. Some were rusty.

Use silicone treated gun socks. Every gun that I have seen go through a fire in gun socks were undamaged.

There are never any guarantees but gun socks are cheap and effective.

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