Do you have a dedicated "truck or trunk" gun?

Smoke said:
The opening post explicitly states a dedicated gun that is kept in your vehicle all the time.

As much as you don't care about trainers or gun writers is how much I care about your opinion of trainers and gun writers but I also cited a CSPD police report that stated that every single day in Colorado Springs a gun is stolen from a car. I'm assuming that's an average. It might be three one day and none the next but in aggregate 365 guns at least are stolen from a car in Colorado Springs every year.

A long long time ago somebody broke into my truck in St Petersburg Florida. I don't think they took anything worth taking. I had a boombox in the cab. I think they took that. But that one incident was enough to teach me that it could happen to me

If you want to leave an unsecured weapon in your vehicle you're going to no matter what I say. But I'm not going to do that.
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Funny you don't care about my opinion but felt it necessary to reply. Dedicated does have to mean left in truck. It could mean many things. I have a dedicated edc. Doesn't mean I never take it off. You seem to have a personal experience with every subject that comes up. Apparently you are the unluckiest man alive……. Or is it something else ?
 
Not at present. For about ten years I kept a Remington Model 552 semiauto .22 rifle in my car trunk. I paid about $25 for it at a gun show because the wooden buttstock was split at its wrist. I epoxied it back together and it fired and functioned OK but didn't look so good. I don't remember ever needing it for anything.
 
My 4006TSW is my dedicated truck gun. It was bought as a trade-in from Brinks and I didn't spend a lot for it, so I won't weep if it ever gets held as evidence. I keep it inside a locked metal gun case which is attached to the seat frame with a steel cable. Is it absolutely safe and secure from thieves? No (nothing ever is), but I can honestly say I am doing as much as I reasonably can to keep it so - which is a LOT more than many people I know. Also, I have no bumper stickers or decals which might lead someone to believe I'm a gun owner anywhere on my vehicle. I try not to tempt fate...

Some may ask just why would I bother keeping my truck gun as secure as I do, mainly because it would take a lot of time and thought to get it out and ready in an emergency. My answer is I keep it there for the times I'm not carrying my EDC gun on my hip (like when I'm going to play racquetball and am wearing gym clothes) and don't want to waste time schlepping a pistol in and out of the house. My truck gun will always be there.
 
H Richard said:
Keep in mind your liability when you leave a gun in your car. Word gets around and cars do get broken into for stealing the gun.
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There is nothing to indicate I have a gun in my car. No "Protected By S&W", NRA membership, or other window/bumper stickers regarding firearms. If anything, what I have on the car indicates possible geezership. I have the fire company shield sticker on the back window, and a PA Heritage license plate with the PRR K-4 steam locomotives on it.

Plus, the car is always locked or in a locked garage.

Oh, and it's a M&P Shield 2.0 .40S&W no manual safety.
 
rug357 said:
Do you have a dedicated "truck or trunk" gun that's kept in your car all the time or take along when going on car trips?
My first truck gun was a well used (and cheap) Glenfield model 60 that hid behind the seat along with a box of 40 gr. CCI Minimag all the time. It was taken out every few weeks to shoot it and clean it. I preferred this rifle over Ruger 10/22 as there was no magazine to loose and it held more ammo (I think it held 15 rounds over Ruger's 10 rounds).
Later I changed to Mossberg 500 in 12 Gauge plus a well used 4" model 10. Then there was the Winchester 94, SKS and Norinco AK. My choices were all well used low price guns.
In recent years it evolved to Mini-14 with factory folding stock and 20 round mags which was very compact package.
These days it's a 10" AR pistol with brace and a Glock 19 in a tennis racket bag.
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of sorts .... yeah ... but they never stay in the ride.
Back in the day, when my arrangement was predominantly rural, it was a 629.
It was more likely that i'd need something against beast, moreso than man. though a 44 will do against either.
As my situation changed, concealability and capacity became more of a valid concern.
We started with a 1911 and migrated to a PSA Dagger S which is a glock 45 clone with a better grip profile. With 17+1 and nearly complete interchangeability with Glock pistols, it is the current travel companion. in times where our political discourse is unusually heated, This is augmented with a 10.5" AR platform pistol in standard issue 5.56, though I often consider something similar in 350 Legend as a more universal solution. but we're not quite there yet
 
I do is the short answer. I also have a hidden safe in the truck in case I can't take it with me into whatever location I stop. I never leave it in the truck overnight or if I'm home regardless of how short/long time it will be-it always comes inside the house with me.
 
I installed a center console safe in my GMC and in it are my checkbook, some cash, a large "survival" knife and a Sig 250 in .45acp with a couple extra mags, plus various other tidbits. It's an extra step to draw to readiness, but NY would love to lock me up if it was found to be unsecured in my truck.
 
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