Hiding In Plain Sight - A Very Cool Idea

Joe_Pike · December 8, 2012, 10:46 PM

A friend of mine emailed me a link to this and it is a very cool idea for hiding firearms in plain sight. I've thought about a safe, but I think I like this idea a little better. It obviously has no fire protection, but other than that I think it is quite a bit nicer than having a safe. Does anyone have anything like this? And, if so, did you make it or are they available form a retailer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?featurl...&v=m1Qoz3FdRzM

ripnbst · December 8, 2012, 11:24 PM

Pretty stinking cool!

Apom · December 9, 2012, 02:43 AM

Does it come in black?

TheGoldenState · December 9, 2012, 04:06 AM

I posted this video about a week ago.

Awesome all around!

They custom make and fit any type of furniture for around 1k, shipped in pieces.

mrt949 · December 9, 2012, 08:32 AM

Got to get one .

**Spats McGee** · December 9, 2012, 09:06 AM

Very cool!

Maybe I didn't watch carefully enough, but I didn't see any information on who makes or sells those. Where would one find such a shelf?

steveno · December 9, 2012, 09:49 AM

it may or not be a concern but fire resistance probably won't be very good.

Don H · December 9, 2012, 10:12 AM

Spats, here's the info from TheGoldenState's earlier posting:

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Not so much to store all my guns and ammo, but I see applications for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...=1pYqquG27pg#!

Here's the website. The guy in the video is the maker, and ships in 5 pieces, the 250lb book shelve.
http://www.qlinedesign.com/about.html#.UKPUXGC4LAg

Apparently everything is custom ordered, cabinets, coffee tables, etc. for around 1k.

Skadoosh · December 9, 2012, 10:42 AM

Might work...might not.

I have been burgled twice. Each time the burglars tossed my entire house. Pretty much everything was moved, touched or dumped. Shelves were tipped, beds overturned, clothes in drawers and closets strewn on the floor. Even the refrigerator was dumped over both times...not sure why.

My point is that I am pretty sure that any guns hidden inside that bookcase would make a uncharacteristic racket if it were tipped over. My bet is that the racket would give pause to a burglar who would likely investigate further.

nate45 · December 9, 2012, 11:04 AM

The piece in the video is $3500. A person could get a really nice AMSEC BF, or Sturdy Safe for $3500. With a lot more room inside it and good fire resistance. $3500 is also half way or a little more to having a TL-15, or TL-30 gun safe. Only true safe opening professionals can get into one of those. Bolting safes to the floor is what keeps thieves from carrying them off. Having a monitored alarm system and insurance doesn't hurt either.

Skadoosh · December 9, 2012, 11:06 AM

The one and only advantage that bookcase has over a safe is that the weapons are readily and rapidly accessible. I don't see the wife allowing me to keep a 800lb safe in the living room with us.

Joe_Pike · December 9, 2012, 04:41 PM

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The piece in the video is $3500.

While I'm sure that $3,500 is not out of line for a custom piece of furniture it's far outside of anything I could spend. I wish that I still had access to a full wood shop like I used to be. I'm a fair woodworker and would just build one myself.

Dr Big Bird PhD · December 9, 2012, 05:15 PM

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The one and only advantage that bookcase has over a safe is that the weapons are readily and rapidly accessible. I don't see the wife allowing me to keep a 800lb safe in the living room with us.

+1

DaleA · December 9, 2012, 05:21 PM

It most definitely has a very high coolness factor.

leadchucker · December 9, 2012, 08:10 PM

If this were to gain any appreciable popularity, it would no longer be effective. Burglars get wise to hiding places like that pretty quickly. They may all be lowlifes, but a good percentage of them aren't completely stupid.

ripnbst · December 9, 2012, 09:45 PM

Generally speaking IMO if one can afford the 3500 custom furniture, they've got way more expensive stuff in there than guns. Also, the guns inside said piece of furniture would be your "common" guns. By common I mean not collectors prices. The big money guns i'd still keep in a safe.

December 8, 2012, 10:46 PM	#1
Joe_Pike Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2010 Posts: 729	Hiding In Plain Sight - A Very Cool Idea A friend of mine emailed me a link to this and it is a very cool idea for hiding firearms in plain sight. I've thought about a safe, but I think I like this idea a little better. It obviously has no fire protection, but other than that I think it is quite a bit nicer than having a safe. Does anyone have anything like this? And, if so, did you make it or are they available form a retailer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?featurl...&v=m1Qoz3FdRzM __________________ Stay Groovy Last edited by Joe_Pike; December 8, 2012 at 11:59 PM.

December 9, 2012, 02:43 AM	#3
Apom Senior Member Join Date: July 12, 2007 Posts: 161	Does it come in black? __________________ Criminals and the mentally ill should NOT own firearms. Background check everyone.

December 9, 2012, 04:06 AM	#4
TheGoldenState Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2010 Posts: 1,186	I posted this video about a week ago. Awesome all around! They custom make and fit any type of furniture for around 1k, shipped in pieces. __________________ The Day You Get Comfortable Is The Day You Get Careless...

December 9, 2012, 08:32 AM	#5
mrt949 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Location: CENTRAL FL. Posts: 1,392	Got to get one . __________________ BUY CHEAP GET CHEAP .

December 9, 2012, 09:06 AM	#6
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,338	Very cool! Maybe I didn't watch carefully enough, but I didn't see any information on who makes or sells those. Where would one find such a shelf? __________________ A gunfight is not the time to learn new skills. If you ever have a real need for more than a couple of magazines, your problem is not a shortage of magazines. It's a shortage of people on your side of the argument. -- Art Eatman

December 8, 2012, 11:24 PM	#2
ripnbst Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,038	Pretty stinking cool!

December 9, 2012, 09:49 AM	#7
steveno Senior Member Join Date: June 18, 2004 Location: Minden , Nebraska Posts: 1,189	it may or not be a concern but fire resistance probably won't be very good.

December 9, 2012, 10:42 AM	#9
Skadoosh Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,627	Might work...might not. I have been burgled twice. Each time the burglars tossed my entire house. Pretty much everything was moved, touched or dumped. Shelves were tipped, beds overturned, clothes in drawers and closets strewn on the floor. Even the refrigerator was dumped over both times...not sure why. My point is that I am pretty sure that any guns hidden inside that bookcase would make a uncharacteristic racket if it were tipped over. My bet is that the racket would give pause to a burglar who would likely investigate further. __________________ NRA Life Member (2003) USN Retired

December 9, 2012, 11:04 AM	#10
nate45 Senior Member Join Date: July 16, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,732	The piece in the video is $3500. A person could get a really nice AMSEC BF, or Sturdy Safe for $3500. With a lot more room inside it and good fire resistance. $3500 is also half way or a little more to having a TL-15, or TL-30 gun safe. Only true safe opening professionals can get into one of those. Bolting safes to the floor is what keeps thieves from carrying them off. Having a monitored alarm system and insurance doesn't hurt either. __________________ "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."- Thomas Jefferson ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (>_<)

December 9, 2012, 11:06 AM	#11
Skadoosh Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,627	The one and only advantage that bookcase has over a safe is that the weapons are readily and rapidly accessible. I don't see the wife allowing me to keep a 800lb safe in the living room with us. __________________ NRA Life Member (2003) USN Retired

December 9, 2012, 05:21 PM	#14
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 873	It most definitely has a very high coolness factor.

December 9, 2012, 08:10 PM	#15
leadchucker Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2011 Location: NC Posts: 239	If this were to gain any appreciable popularity, it would no longer be effective. Burglars get wise to hiding places like that pretty quickly. They may all be lowlifes, but a good percentage of them aren't completely stupid.

December 9, 2012, 09:45 PM	#16
ripnbst Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,038	Generally speaking IMO if one can afford the 3500 custom furniture, they've got way more expensive stuff in there than guns. Also, the guns inside said piece of furniture would be your "common" guns. By common I mean not collectors prices. The big money guns i'd still keep in a safe.