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    Our agency mandates the long gun be secured to the vehicle. I use a six foot long bike cable. We have to run the cable through the ejection port and mag well. This forces officers to unload the rifle, and solves the problem mentioned above of locking throughout the front sight post. Problem is, to get a cable that fits through the ejection port requires a small diameter cable... I really like the bolt in the front takedown pin ideal though...

    Anyway, we do not have the budget for long gun lock boxes in every vehicle. I drive a U/C unmarked Jeep Grand Cherokee. So my vest, helmet, rifle, hand held radio, NVG, video camera and duty gear is only a broken window away from being lost... A ton of expensive gear. You would think with all the guns and gear we lose to auto break ins per , year it would be cheaper to just buy the damn lock boxes... They seem to think my car alarm will actually protect my gear. Doubtful...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ned Christiansen View Post
    What I have suggested to off-duty cops who would like to have a rifle along, us a length of cable with two loops in it. You can get them at Home Depot or a bike shop (Kryptonite brand, I got a few for a few guys). They are about 5/16 cable.

    (SUV application; could do the same in a trunk I reckon): One end is passed through a child seat anchor or back seat base and looped through itself. The other end, squeeze it down and pass it through the front sight base and padlock it. This whole thing can be done with the gun in a soft case; the case is zipped up around the cable. The front takedown pin is replaced with a 1/4" Allen bolt and Nylok nut so the lower can't easily be separated. I suppose any length could be gone to like a rounded nut Loctited and staked.

    Not the ultimate maybe but better than leaving it loose fer sher.

    Coming back from SHOT the other day, getting into my car in long-term parking at the airport, my car wouldn't start-- hadda have it towed. Tried a jump from the guy parked next to me although it didn't seem to be a battery issue-- no joy. When he started his car it was very loud and he commented that that was new.

    Turns out the sponges had stolen my catalytic converter and in the process sawed through a switch and some starter cables. Damned shoddy workmasnhip is everywhere! That's when I figured out why the other guy's car was so loud too..... the whole fix approaches $2000 so the M.F. could get $100 for the treasure inside my c.c. Looks like insurance will cover it under vandalism, $100 deductable, but still we all pay for this.

    I may look into your suggestion on the cable. Thankfully I am a small business owner and I am able to place my AR near or with me and not leave it unattended in a vehicle.

    I had the same thing happen when my catalytic converter was stolen. **** thieves is about all I can say.

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    I hate leaving firearms in my vehicle, I lost my xd and my sig last year to some thief, I had a bolted down safe in my jeep wrangler it was heavy duty did not stop them however when they stole the entire jeep....
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    Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    F*CK MEXICO. Come get your illegals and drug smugglers. Maybe Mexico should register f*cking Mexicans.

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    Vehicle storage?

    Had my TJ taken years back, in Chicago. I left it after work at 0430, and CPD called me at 0615 to tell me try had towed it from the middle of major intersection. It had been totally stripped! Battery, a/c, roll bar, interior, dash, steering wheel, of course wheels and tires, seats, everything but the tub essentially.
    No firearms inside. But shows what "they" can do in an hour and a half. The stripped out shell had 6 five gallon pails full of lug nuts thrown in it. Imagine how many stolen wheels that is!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5hortbus View Post
    Had my TJ taken years back, in Chicago. I left it after work at 0430, and CPD called me at 0615 to tell me try had towed it from the middle of major intersection. It had been totally stripped! Battery, a/c, roll bar, interior, dash, steering wheel, of course wheels and tires, seats, everything but the tub essentially.
    No firearms inside. But shows what "they" can do in an hour and a half. The stripped out shell had 6 five gallon pails full of lug nuts thrown in it. Imagine how many stolen wheels that is!!
    I miss my jeep 01 tj lifted nice wheels and tires winch and over $1,000 in fire arms, wish they would had at least found out what happened to it they never recovered it or my guns.
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    Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    F*CK MEXICO. Come get your illegals and drug smugglers. Maybe Mexico should register f*cking Mexicans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ned Christiansen View Post
    What I have suggested to off-duty cops who would like to have a rifle along, us a length of cable with two loops in it. You can get them at Home Depot or a bike shop (Kryptonite brand, I got a few for a few guys). They are about 5/16 cable.

    (SUV application; could do the same in a trunk I reckon): One end is passed through a child seat anchor or back seat base and looped through itself. The other end, squeeze it down and pass it through the front sight base and padlock it. This whole thing can be done with the gun in a soft case; the case is zipped up around the cable. The front takedown pin is replaced with a 1/4" Allen bolt and Nylok nut so the lower can't easily be separated. I suppose any length could be gone to like a rounded nut Loctited and staked.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gadfly View Post
    Our agency mandates the long gun be secured to the vehicle. I use a six foot long bike cable. We have to run the cable through the ejection port and mag well.
    I've found these two to be the most affordable options. I use a master lock cable lock to secure some items for short term transport. Unfortunately you have to use one that is rather thin to get it through the ejection port. Chevy was nice enough to have a hole in the rear seat bracket that is perfect for this kind of thing.



    Of course we'd all love to have the Tuffy Drawer in the back of the urban assault vehicle so we can have something to throw our "tactical package" a la Jack Bauer in, but I don't have CTU's budget.
    I've got a bunch of survival guides on my Kindle, so I'm ready for an EMP.

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