Pelican 1740 with Multiple Gun Storage Inside?

[BuffCyclist]

Long story short, I’m leaving my gun safe behind when we sell our house, at least thats currently the plan because in order to remove it from the closet, I have to cut the door frame again and I don’t want to do that . This means I have to find a new way to store my guns, and buying a new gun safe for a rental house/townhome isn’t really an option (because according to the wife ti would be too difficult to move by myself and I agree). But I definitely need a method of keeping them in a dry environment (moving to VA where humidity is pretty high at times) and it needs to be lockable. While it doesn’t prevent theft, it does prevent unauthorized tampering and keeps them well preserved.

So I started searching for gun cases that hold multiple long guns and after a while I found this:

http://www.casecruzer.com/guncruzer/3n3-gun-case.html



I was immediately sold, then I saw the price tag at $582. However, it’s not a Pelican case and I can't find ANY reviews on the quality of their cases so after contacting them I found out they can custom order it in a Pelican case. I’m guessing it’ll be close to $700 because they sell their 2N2 in either their proprietary case or in a Pelican.

Then, after looking at specs for various cases, I found that the above 3N3 GunPod is basically the same dimensions as a Pelican 1740 and I got to thinking, why don’t I just buy a Pelican 1740 and cut out slots the depth of the case, leaving a little foam in the bottom, that would be more universal like the 3N3 and hold 4 rifles. At first I was looking at just rectangular slots to the bottom, so the guns would sit on the bottom of the butt and the barrel. Then I thought I could cut out the slots, and then cut ramps in that scrap foam to cradle the bottom of the stocks more and get all barrels to be horizontal instead of tipped downward.

To do this though, I would need to get some closed cell polyethylene foam, which I found a vendor that sells it to custom cut outer dimensions or I can buy the 1740 with that foam in it already. Both options come in around $400.

After some more searching, I found some guy made this:





This is almost exactly what I’m after, but I don’t know if I want a rack, I think I’d prefer to do slots with foam on all sides of the long guns. If I did this though, I would need a separate case for my pistols and thats when I found this 6 pistol case with option to purchase the custom foam in a pelican. I thought this would be ideal because then I could have two separate cases, one for rifles, one for pistols. The price is right at $200 and is reasonable for a Pelican case, especially with custom insert. Plus it gives me room for my collection to grow a tiny bit.


http://www.caseclub.com/6-pistol-case.htm



Regardless, I need to get a longer case for my Remington 700, and am looking at a Pelican 1750 with closed cell foam that I’d cut myself. That would leave the 1740 with 3 long guns and a slot for my receiver that I plan to finish as an A2 rifle, the Pelican 1750, and the 6 pistol case. But, going with the 1740, I'm limited in length to only 41 inches so that kind of limits my future purchases in that case.

While not completely ideal as its a lot of cases and quite a bit of money, getting a new guns safe is just out of the question right now (yet purchasing these types of cases has already been approved by the wife and thats after she learned of the price, but the 3N3 is out since its so much).


Does anyone else have a better idea of how to store this many guns in a lockable, weathertight container that is more universal (so if I sell my rimfire rifle, I can replace it with another AR or any other long gun without having to replace all of the foam)?

[ruthabagah]

Nice, but can't really anchor it anywhere. By my experience, if it can be moved by one person with minimal effort, it is not a good enough protection against theft.
What about a simple StackOn Cabinet? It's light enough to be installed by one person, will prevent unauthorized access, and can be anchored to a wall. I used one in a rental when I was out of state for a year, and it did the job.

Just my 10 cents. Cool case though.

[Wulf202]

Get an old upright freezer. Build in some simple racks add a solid hasp and lock

When your done with it. Call a scrap guy.

[BuffCyclist]

Nice, but can't really anchor it anywhere. By my experience, if it can be moved by one person with minimal effort, it is not a good enough protection against theft.
What about a simple StackOn Cabinet? It's light enough to be installed by one person, will prevent unauthorized access, and can be anchored to a wall. I used one in a rental when I was out of state for a year, and it did the job.

Just my 10 cents. Cool case though.

I realize I can't protect against theft with this method, however the point is to keep them locked up, easy to transport and protected from moisture (with desiccant and proper lubrication before storage). I know about the StackOns, but soemthing that has to be bolted isn't an option because I'm liquidating a majority of my tools as well to reduce the amount of stuff we have (and save for a few tools, they're mostly cheap walmart crap that don't work that great anyways).

Get an old upright freezer. Build in some simple racks add a solid hasp and lock

When your done with it. Call a scrap guy.

Not an option as its too large/bulky. If I was going to get something that large, I'd get another safe and not bolt it down, which I'd prefer but the wife says no to another safe (yet she's okay with these cases).

[merl]

It looks like you found a solution that'll work. You can always get some dog leads or other wire rope and lock them to a discreet eyebolt. Would at least slow someone down trying to grab em.

[BuffCyclist]

Just spoke with CaseClub, they recommend the 6 Revolver Case, because it fits both revolvers and semi-auto pistols. Granted it doesn't have the nice individual magazine slots, it does have a small accessory pocket that mags could be put into. And judging the size of that pocket based on the glasses, I could probably stack 4x glock mags where the glasses are.

I might start out getting the 6 Revolver Case and the Pelican 1750 w/Polyethylene foam and see how that works, then get the bigger Pelican 1740 at a later time. I know I need desiccant for each case, and will probably put double the necessary amount in to ensure it stays dry inside. But, thats a lot of money to be dropping on cases which makes me hesitant, but unless I can come up with an alternative solution that will work similarly, these are the best solution I can come up with.

[Wulf202]

Pay a handyman to uninstall and re install the closet door frame.

[KS63]

Dang! I like those pistol cases. I'll have to contact them about just buying the cut foam.

[BuffCyclist]

Dang! I like those pistol cases. I'll have to contact them about just buying the cut foam.

just the cut foam for most of their pistol cases is an option, but its about $100-120 depending on the case.

For instance: http://www.caseclub.com/6-pistol-case.htm

Just below the "Add to Cart" button, it says:

Purchase this Foam Only for the Pelican 1520 case (no case) - $112.38)

A Pelican 1520 case is around $115. Or you can buy the combo kit for $198.54, so you do save money buying together with them unless you have a plethora of pelican cases just lying around unused.

[clublights]

Just get the Pelican the size you need with the pick and pluck foam .... then grab an old electric carving knife. and go to town custom fitting to exactly what you have .


save money. get perfect to your needs.