Built in Pistol Locker

[H3_ATX_BLK]

Originally Posted by Hucky

Wow, using that wood paddle bit is Ballsy, next time use a Whole saw bit, way more precise.

Looks good as finished

California handgun laws- you can carry but the gun and ammo have to be in 2 separate locked containers.

Great job

It is a little rough, im having an aluminum plate machined to cover it. In Texas you have to have a concealed carry permit to carry one in your vehicle.

[subunix]

Do you use it full time or just when youre going in somewhere you cant carry... ie. bank , school etc etc

[H3_ATX_BLK]

Originally Posted by subunix

Do you use it full time or just when youre going in somewhere you cant carry... ie. bank , school etc etc

Just when I cant carry on my person, I usually carry in a BTB holster.

[tower]

A nice job, to be sure. I wouldn't feel comfortable keeping a pistol behind a locking plastic panel.

[Texas Red]

That's an ideal location for a mod to build in a lock box. You mentioned making an aluminum cover to take the place of the plastic one in your version. Unless it's bolted to something substantial it seems you could just pop it with a heavy screw driver.

[H3_ATX_BLK]

I wouldn't feel comfortable if anyone knew it was there, or over night, but when I am traveling, its a good place to keep ammo, guns, etc. And I would never leave a gun in there while wheeling, end up all over the place or with me getting shot in the back when I hit a bump.

Short of welding a lock box to the frame, no matter where you put it, if someone knows its there they can get it. If you mounted a lockbox in the same place, you could pop the lock box out with a screwdriver as well. So if you ABSOLUTELY dont want a gun stolen out of your car, then dont have one in there. But i think this makes a nice deterent, for having a gun with me when my kid is in the car, keeps prying eyes and fingers away, but lets be honest if someone is bound and determined to get something out of your car, they are going too.

This was never intended as long term storage, and I installed locks on both sides, just to keep people out of things I dont want them into, the foam cradle for the pistols slides right out, and isnt glued in.

In short this is to store firearms when I am with them, not leave them unattended. But anonymity is the best defense if you didnt know they were there you wouldnt look for them.

[subunix]

Originally Posted by H3_ATX_BLK

I wouldn't feel comfortable if anyone knew it was there, or over night, but when I am traveling, its a good place to keep ammo, guns, etc. And I would never leave a gun in there while wheeling, end up all over the place or with me getting shot in the back when I hit a bump.

Short of welding a lock box to the frame, no matter where you put it, if someone knows its there they can get it. If you mounted a lockbox in the same place, you could pop the lock box out with a screwdriver as well. So if you ABSOLUTELY dont want a gun stolen out of your car, then dont have one in there. But i think this makes a nice deterent, for having a gun with me when my kid is in the car, keeps prying eyes and fingers away, but lets be honest if someone is bound and determined to get something out of your car, they are going too.

This was never intended as long term storage, and I installed locks on both sides, just to keep people out of things I dont want them into, the foam cradle for the pistols slides right out, and isnt glued in.

In short this is to store firearms when I am with them, not leave them unattended. But anonymity is the best defense if you didnt know they were there you wouldnt look for them.