Handgun/ammo storage idea

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I was walking around Home Depot today looking for something to impulse buy. I stumbled across a Ridgid tool storage box and thought it could make a Pelican equivalent gun case for 1/3 of the price, since I have extra foam laying around the house.

Here is what I came up with. I thought some of you may like the idea.

The two dividers can be removed to make it more like your typical gun case.
 

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Kmack1588 said:
I was walking around Home Depot today looking for something to impulse buy. I stumbled across a Ridgid tool storage box and thought it could make a Pelican equivalent gun case for 1/3 of the price, since I have extra foam laying around the house.

Here is what I came up with. I thought some of you may like the idea.

The two dividers can be removed to make it more like your typical gun case.
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Looks good. Only issue is you don't have enough guns in there. :D
 
It's what I use for the HK
There was a company that did custom cut foam for those but they dont do it for the k-model HKs anymore. Sucks.
But, yeah, those cases rule
 
Kmack1588 said:
I was walking around Home Depot today looking for something to impulse buy. I stumbled across a Ridgid tool storage box and thought it could make a Pelican equivalent gun case for 1/3 of the price, since I have extra foam laying around the house.

Here is what I came up with. I thought some of you may like the idea.

The two dividers can be removed to make it more like your typical gun case.
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I have one for a range pistol which is this same Ridgid box. I also have the three stack with wheels for all my ammo. I don’t use ammo cans. These have a seal tight lid. I have the big, mediums, and your smaller one. I have a total of 12 boxes and 6 of the open crates which stack and lock. I have not cut the foam.
 
Red Marley said:
And it conveys the additional benefit that your average thief, seeing that it looks like something associated with work, will give it a wide berth
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The only real downside to this kind of setup is in the event you come across a situation where the thief is willing to snatch ANYTHING to potentially sell.... I mean, how many tools of the type the case is intended to hold end up in a pawn shop?

It IS such a cool way to reuse cases, aswell as hide in plain sight. It just sucks that people will try and take anything not nailed down.
 
Me. said:
Hardly.

Any criminal who sees that case will think it's full of fast money from the nearby pawn shop.


I assume that any decent tool available in a pawn shop was stolen.

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If you want "nobody's-gonna-steal-this" low-profile. A pink diaper bag is the way to go.
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I once kept my jewelry in a tampon box.
 
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Id love to find pick and pluck for these
 
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@pirate, what are you cutting that Kaizen foam with?
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You can use a disposable razor knife which is very thin. The supplier sells them but you can get them at Harbor Freight for $1.99 when I was last there. What’s nice about Kaizen is the layering which makes depth adjustment simple. I saw a video of a pistol AR-15 in the Ridgid one above. I may make one for a truck gun but locked up since the handgun is inside the passenger area.
 
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@pirate, what are you cutting that Kaizen foam with?
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I used a 4" Mora knife. This is my first try cutting the Kaizen foam and I could have done better but it turned out Ok, I ordered some more foam for another case project and the specialty knife they sell to cut the foam, this should make cleaner cuts. To make the holes for the batteries I heated with a lighter a 8" section of an old aluminum arrow shaft and it burns/melts the holes on the foam perfectly for round penetrations. I also used this method to make the finger index hole in front of the pistol grip so its easier to get the handgun out of the foam.

https://www.fastcap.com/product/knife
 
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Does anyone one know on the rigid Is the dims listed for the outside or inside of the case? Have a project for one and trying to see if it will fit but wasn’t sure how they measured it.
 
Jp8819 said:
Does anyone one know on the rigid Is the dims listed for the outside or inside of the case? Have a project for one and trying to see if it will fit but wasn’t sure how they measured it.
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I just measured the interior width at 20.5". Outside was 21.5"
 
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Kmack1588 said:
I was walking around Home Depot today looking for something to impulse buy. I stumbled across a Ridgid tool storage box and thought it could make a Pelican equivalent gun case for 1/3 of the price, since I have extra foam laying around the house.

Here is what I came up with. I thought some of you may like the idea.

The two dividers can be removed to make it more like your typical gun case.
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Very nice!

What did it set you back?
 
Oh, and there are other cases they make, including one with wheels and a pull up handle.
It might make for a good gun tote if you have smooth concrete/pavement etc
I dont think I'd get much from it at my range with all the gravel, but it could be useful at other places
 
If anyone wants some free foam I can meet up with you (Winston-Salem). Like I said, I’m going to buy the kaizen foam to redo this one.
 
Yours if you want it. Save you a few dollars on gifts, @Inglis
 

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Me. said:
Hardly.

Any criminal who sees that case will think it's full of fast money from the nearby pawn shop.


I assume that any decent tool available in a pawn shop was stolen.

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If you want "nobody's-gonna-steal-this" low-profile. A pink diaper bag is the way to go.
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^^this 100%^^

anytime our trucks have been broken into it’s always tools in cases that the crackheads where after.
 
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