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Small Lighter Modular Gun Safes

I named these gun safes “smaller, lighter, modular” gun safes , because they are meant to be bolted to the floor & wall and they can be placed in a clothes closet, utility closet or even a food pantry. Now why would you desire to place a gun safe in any of these locations? The object of this type of gun safe is to put them in more than one location in your home.  Then if a situation occurs, you do not have to go to one central location in order to get a rifle or handgun. This type of gun safe can be placed any where in your home. These gun safes can hold many long guns and handguns, or only a couple long guns and hand guns, to suit your needs. But you can also put them together in one place to have a modular, multiple gun cabinets setup. It can work however you need it too.  Now they usually have a biometric lock mechanism for quicker gun access. There are quite a few companies that offer this type of gun safe: Hornady, Snapsafe, Steelhead Outdoors, but my favorite is Secure-it.  They have many to choose from and if they do not have what you want then it may not be available. It breaks the traditional idea about gun safes but it is definitely worth thinking about.

My Handgun Break-In Procedures

The first thing to do after you purchase a new handgun is read your handgun manual, you will get a lot of great insight about your new handgun.  Even if you have other handguns, you need to know that handgun inside and out. Next, make certain that your handgun is unloaded: remove the magazine, work your action 5 or 6 times to make certain there are no bullets in your gun.  Now place you finger in the chamber to verify that it is unloaded.

Next step – you need to examine your handgun, check things over to see if there are any visible problems or concerns before you shoot it and so you will be able to tell if things change after you shoot it. First, field-strip your handgun and remove all oil and grease on the inside and outside of your handgun using Hoppes #9 and a brush  and cloth. Make sure that you remove excessive lube, Some of the lube is there as a preservative, but in some cases, some of it is there to facilitate break in and you don’t necessarily want to strip it all off.

When this is done, reassemble your handgun and generously lube as directed by your gun manual. (Drop of oil on each side rail, drop of oil on the barrel hood, drop of oil on the outside of the barrel and spread around, then rack the slide several times). Wipe down the whole exterior of the handgun. Now its time for the range,

Get your favorite bullets (usually FMJ), they recommend shooting at least 200 rounds through your handgun before it is broken-in. I like to shoot my 200 rounds in smaller groups: 25, 25, 50, 50, and 50. I clean my handgun using an Otis cable system in between each of those groups when I am breaking in my handgun so I will get rid of any fouling that’s in the barrel. Remember, during this break-in procedure a handgun might have some hiccups, or malfunctions when you are first shooting it.  So be prepared for that and just work through them and see if they go away after a few more bullets have been fired through it.

Once your 200 rounds have been shot, take your handgun home and repeat the field stripping and gun cleaning, as described above. Check for excessive wear, see if anything changed, and then reapply lube where applicable based on the manufacturer’s guidance and based on where you see wear and reassembly your handgun. Next time at the range I wouldn’t expect to see any malfunctions.

FMJ bullets is a great bullet to use as practice ammo. They usually feed very reliable and are more economical to shoot. Once your handgun has completed the break-in procedures, make sure to also shoot your self defense bullets through your handgun, you need to make sure that they cycle through your handgun consistently and make sure you can shoot them well before you use them in a situation to protect your life.

What Is The Proper Procedure To Paint Gun Sights?

There are two methods that I have used that get you some great results:

Method #1:

• • Clean the cup of any debris and then spray the paint inn the cup so you have a nice amount of paint to use.
  • Pick up your sight and hold it firmly so it will not slip out of your hands.
  • Place the small paint brush in your other hand and touch the brush to the paint until it is well coated. (Some people like to use a toothpick instead of a brush, it depends if you are painting dots or strips).
  • Roll the paint brush on the edge of the cup to remove the excess paint from the brush. 
  • Touch the brush to the area to be painted with little strokes to make sure all surfaces have been painted.
  • Once completed, place the sight as flat as possible so the paint does not run some place that you do not want it to.
  • Wipe the paint off of the paint brush using an absorbent paper towel so you can re-use the paint brush and not have to get a new one.
  • It will take 2-3 coats of white paint to cover a black sight.
  • Let the paint dry over night before you do another coat of paint.

Method #2:

• • The only difference is to paint using the pens rather then the toothpick you do not need the cup, spray paint or paint brush to paint the sights..