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I think I would use a tactical wheelbarrow. Perhaps a raft would work also.
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I liked the reply about taking care of the more important things and leaving his guns in the safe. On that note, it is one thing to have an insurance policy, but make sure that you are familiar with the policy's exclusions and limits. Most homeowners policies have specific limits for things like jewelry and handguns that are much lower than the overall liability limits, but you generally can pay an additional premium for higher limits on those categories of items. If not, you may need an additional policy of some sort.
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If I can get closer to the topic; I don't have a huge collection, just seven semi autos & one wheel gun. No long guns as yet. I keep each of my guns in individual Boyt rugs, then inside a couple of range bags. Except, of course, for the nightstand gun & the CC gun. I don't have a safe, so I believe I would have to carry the two bags with me in an emergency. My ammo would have to stay behind, most likely.
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I don't keep money tied up in guns just to look at them, shoot them once a year, or to have more than two copies of a particular example. That's the easiest way to deal with it.
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I would grab the few that have family/sentimental value; insurance covers the rest - they are just "things" after all
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I was born in St. Pete and now live in Saint Augustine. I have never been evacuated for a Hurricane. Over there on the inland near the Gulf of Mexico you're typically well protected from hurricanes. If not, I would think a safe bolted into a cement foundation or similar would be strong enough to resist. Or at least be easy to find afterwards :P
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put in a walk in gun safe over the last year... I have, by what was listed above, a medium sized collection... much too many to pack up & move... I guess I'd have to lock the door, & hope the couple I didn't take with me ( permit to carry holder ) would be fine, until I returned
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realistically I allowed some room for growth ( don't tell MRS )... but then I found out my storage systems held more than I thought... I won't have too much more room... at most, 15-20 long guns... handgun space, I'm maxed out, maybe 1 or 2...
after that I'll have to sell something to make room for something nicer, more desirable, etc... or build an anex on to the vault
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It is something I have considered. My area has exposure to tornados, potentially the effects of an earthquake, and nuclear radiation. Floods are not an issue unless it was Noah's flood. The primary danger is looting and fire following a natural disaster.
If I had to evacuate for an indefinite period of time, anything with a value under $300 would probably get left. The rest would be loaded up in a van or inside a trailer. Rubbermaid tubs come in very handy and I keep a good supply of them available. Handguns would probably be layered between clothing inside the tubs or in hard cases. Most of the long guns would be in cases. |
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A lot to think about here, in my present state I've been considering options should I have to bug out. I've repaired a few flood damaged firearms in the past, including a couple of scopes that weren't nearly so water resistent as the owner had thought.
As for slogans. John 12:26 Which may be the basis for such mottos or slogans. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Police academy motto is "the Honor is to Serve", which Startrek the Next Generation picked up to use as a Klingon slogan. The motto of this university https://www.google.com/url?q=http://...uW1WKvlfDagZVw is "to be honorable is to serve". Asked to translate either into German it would likely come out sounding exactly like the SS motto. |
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Indeed, something to think about. I've voluntarily evacuated a couple of homes in my time and it's sobering to think about both what you get to take with you and what you have to leave behind, perhaps not to see again.
My wife's been bugging me to sell off some of my unused collection and take her on a trip to Scotland. Now may be a good time. I'll have to make a little list. Reading through the above makes it obvious, I think, that I'd likely leave most of the guns behind and take more important things... Will
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