<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good questions. <div><br></div><div>I have a .38 pistol in my shop office file cabinet in a zip lock bag. I pulled it out the other day & it wasn’t so great. I cleaned it & put some desiccate packs in the bag with it. Can’t say if this will help yet. I had ammunition stored in the same bag & wonder if this is a bad idea. </div><div><br></div><div>Before anyone says that it isn’t safe enough to just have it hidden, I live alone & have very few visitors. A lock or safe is on my to get list. </div><div><br></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Pat<br><br><div dir="ltr">Pat Horne <div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 29, 2020, at 12:58 PM, eric--- via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr"><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Ok, I know I've asked
some weird questions before, but I think this one will take the cake.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I live out in
the country, and often work well into the night with a large shop door
open. With having bears, coyotes and other large animals in the area,
I got to thinking, it might be a good idea to keep a pistol in the garage
to scare off any would be 'late night snackers."</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Actually, I had
a run-in the other night that made me think about this.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">So my question
is, if I have a pistol, in a rapid access safe in a shop environment, what
factors should I consider? I understand that humidity will play a
huge role, as will dust (I have to see how 'sealed' the safe is.)</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Is there anything
I'm missing that I should consider? I understand that I will most
likely have to clean the weapon often, but is there anything I need to
think about?</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Also, I'm open
to suggestions for a weapon type. I thinking an XD-M elite polymer
hand gun. With mostly composite parts. Similar to a Glock.
(Note, I don't have anything against Glock, I just never owned one.
I do have and love my XD however, so Glock isn't out of consideration.)</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I don't want this
to turn into a 2nd amendment thread. Just a 'what to consider' for
leaving a pistol in a shop.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Note, in my shop
I do just about everything, metal work, wood work, car and heavy equipment
work, etc. </span>
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Thanks in advance.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
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"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John Galt?</span>
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