I'm speaking of handguns, Do you store them in the boxes they came in or do you remove them from the box and keep the box elsewhere.?
The top shelf of my safe has quite few boxes stacked up, some of them are new and never fired , some are slightly used having been fired.
My lower shelves have pistol racks with mostly used handguns that came with no box.
Just curious ?

I have a couple in their factory boxes and they are on the top shelf way in the back.

I have a few just lying on the shelves. Safe has a nice rug type interior. Many of my revolvers are on the door. They hang on safe company installed racks by plastic coated hooks in the trigger guards, upside down.

Have done this for years and no problems with any of the 3 methods.

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14 S&W Revs none with locks!

I bought plastic coated wire dish racks at KMart or another department store. This allows for 8 handguns on one rack, all stacked in a neat row.

Boxes (to me) are for saving, collecting, and retaining value of more rare or old guns; not for storage. Guns tend to slide around in boxes and damage the box and finish on the gun.

Handles towards me---loaded.
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TEXAS, by GOD

For several reasons the guns are stored in gun socks, I don't need to lokc up cardboard and that same cardboard can damage the finish on shiny metal things. I also keep some coins in there and cardboard is a killer.

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I keep my gun boxes in a large Rubbermaid container. The guns are in racks in the safe.

I do all of the above depending on room in the safe. I also have a lockable metal cabinet that I keep boxes and holsters in. I have a very large safe that believe it or not gets full.

I bought an extra shelf for my National Security safe and four baking trays. Two trays per shelf, six or more handguns per tray, depending on the handgun size.

I store mine in gun rugs hanging from the upper shelf. Guns with boxes go on the shelf.

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"Shall not be infringed"

in bore stores standing upright in wire gun storage racks. lined up across the top shelf. Boxes stored seperately in large tupperware tote.

I collect mainly pre-WW2 handguns of all ilk. Would that I had original boxes for all of them..

I built three slide out racks that stand them vertically for about 20 of so. However I've added a large number of new pieces and also have a couple of cameras and 6 or 7 lenses in there plus about a half dozen rifles and computer back-up drives.
Things are currently carefully piled where ever I can find a flat space.

I really need another safe but haven't figured out where to put it.

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Dean
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In order to custom fit a handgun rack in my safe, I made an elongated "L" of the proper length, then near the top edge, I drilled for 5/16" dowels. Dowels, approximately 4" in length, were glued in these holes and the handguns slide in on the dowels and are slightly suspended off the shelf it all rest on. The dowels need to be parallel to the leg of the L serving as the base. The bottom part of the L should be about as wide as your longest handgun.

Pistols can be berthed a bit closer together than revolvers. 5/16" dowel will accommodate any gun from .380 up. If all your guns are .44 or .45, use 3/8" dowel.

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Back to back World War Champs.

The secret recipe is.....thousands of dollars.

There have been a few threads on this topic.

How do you keep/store your S&Ws

I store mine in original boxes...all my collector grade..then some vertically in the holes that are factory made in safe..Liberty, some on rubberized racks, some hanging horizontally below shelves on room saving rubberized tip hangers (purchased but don't remember their real name), Many on the door hanging bag (my loaded ones in case I need them immediately) and a few where the fit laying down as I don't want to spend $ on a new safe. My safe is temp and humidity controlled.

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NRA Life Benefactor

Wow some nice safes. Nothing fancy here. Boxes are around somewhere and guns are stored in the safe one on another.

This is a great custom job. I don't have the equipment or the knowhow to duplicate this, but I'm going to make improvements with all these suggestions that I'm hearing about and seeing.

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First I have to swim to the bottom of the lake...

Handgun safe.

I don’t have a large collection of handguns so I have room in my safe for both boxes and guns.

I use the boxes to store spare magazines and lay the guns on top of the boxes for air flow.

I used to lay my guns on shop rags on top of the boxes but I was told by a gunsmith that I shouldn’t store my guns on anything that might retain moisture so I no longer do that.

My carry gun stays loaded every thing else is empty

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Retired Career Security Guard

Great topic. Under current circumstances, I store most of my newer handguns in their original (mostly plastic) boxes or equal whenever possible. Proper, neat labeling is the key! Prior to that, I was a big fan of storing handguns in clear Tupperware-style kitchen containers wherein I was able to pack things a lot more densely due to no foam or excess size taking up valuable, limited safe space. In fact, the majority of my older handguns, which all came in cardboard boxes, are still stored that way (i.e., laid out in clear or near clear Tupperware). Long guns are all stored loose or in gun socks, where practical.

I live for the day when I will have enough gun safe space, or gun vault space, to have a much better laid-out and organized situation wherein I can appreciate my collection more readily. It gives me a wonderful goal to look forward to.

On the guns that I store in gun rugs, don't forget to label them on the outside of the case, so that its easier to find the one that you want.

I label everything in the safe - I like to know what I'm grabbing:

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I store mine in the safe with the door closed and locked.




(sorry, couldn't resist any longer )

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Minimize the variables

Pick up some white Velcro,the hook part.

I keep factory boxes in closet and the handguns in our safe inside MTM plastic pistol cases. One Handgun stays loaded and unboxed in the front of the safe (M625).

I use the 1" diameter paper key tags pinned to the bore store with a small safety pin. I box of 25 key tags is a couple bucks and safety pins are free from my dry cleaner. This way if I change guns or swap bore stores I just move the tag or they're cheap enough to replace. The bore store itself is not permanently marked.

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Installed my Safe yesterday, and happy to see have lots of room left for more guns.

I mark mine on the small white tag on the bore store.

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