Best Home Defense Nightstand

Departed402 · October 27, 2009, 06:13 PM

I was recently introduced to this kind of nightstand recently.

The picture I attached is just an example, but the nightstand I saw at my local furniture store was made so the sliding top feature was hidden. It also had a locking mechanism so the secret compartment couldn't be opened by accident or chance. The space is just big enough for a pistol.

Bigjim3 · October 27, 2009, 06:15 PM

Very cool

serf 'rett · October 30, 2009, 05:36 PM

Very interesting. I wonder how much stuff I'd knock of the nightstand in the middle of the night when trying to open the sucker?

Departed402 · October 31, 2009, 12:55 PM

Good point I guess, but what other than a lamp, an alarm clack, and a book do you keep on your nightstand? I guess I'm anal, but that's all I have on top of my nightstand. the rest of the suff is in the draws.

KellyTTE · October 31, 2009, 01:50 PM

Well, you could use velcro tabs to keep the items on top from sliding around. Beautiful idea, ugly-ast 70's oak pattern tho.:barf:

grey sky · November 1, 2009, 04:42 AM

drawer slides would keep it from tiping. I think I could build one.

badlander · November 1, 2009, 08:01 AM

No room for the 12ga.

Skans · November 2, 2009, 08:32 AM

I like it, but agree that the style is a little out dated. It's not really '70's, more like late '80's.

I'd like to see more of this type of furniture - I'd seriously consider buying something like that.

Yankee Traveler · November 2, 2009, 12:09 PM

If it had a hidden biometric lock, and something other then oak...

(BH) · November 2, 2009, 12:26 PM

I want one. That might be a good project for me. I might just have to build me one of those.

rcupka · November 3, 2009, 09:16 PM

A few years ago I read a post about nightstand storage and I implemented the idea at my house.

All nightstands have a frame that leaves a dead space between the drawer and the outer wall. If you take out he bottom drawer, you will see a frame member in the rear corner. I drilled a hole in the frame and inserted a wooden dowel. I have an SP101 that when I push the muzzle onto the dowel and the butt wedges itself into the floor of the nightstand.

It is now trapped there against the side wall and will not fall out even if the drawer is pulled and the nightstand tipped over.

I works very well, I feel safe from the grandkids and the burglars.

Berettaman · November 5, 2009, 04:50 PM

No children in the house so at night I keep my 8045 Cougar on my nightstand and the wife keeps her 3032 TomCat on her nightstand. The Kimber Eclipse is in the bathroom vanity and the 92 FS is under the pillow in the spare room.

October 27, 2009, 06:15 PM	#2
Bigjim3 Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 419	Very cool __________________ Jesus according to Luke:22:36: Then said he unto them, ,,,,,, and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one......... Thomas Jefferson: "No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

October 31, 2009, 12:55 PM	#4
Departed402 Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2009 Location: Midwest Posts: 884	Good point I guess, but what other than a lamp, an alarm clack, and a book do you keep on your nightstand? I guess I'm anal, but that's all I have on top of my nightstand. the rest of the suff is in the draws. __________________ Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast.

October 31, 2009, 01:50 PM	#5
KellyTTE Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2007 Location: Denver CO Posts: 123	Well, you could use velcro tabs to keep the items on top from sliding around. Beautiful idea, ugly-ast 70's oak pattern tho.:barf: __________________ Kelly H Cool no bs gear & gun reviews http://www.ttellc.net - [email protected]

November 2, 2009, 12:26 PM	#10
(BH) Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: East TN Posts: 638	I want one. That might be a good project for me. I might just have to build me one of those. __________________ It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. -Samuel Johnson

November 5, 2009, 04:50 PM	#12
Berettaman Member Join Date: November 26, 2004 Location: Sometown, Ct. U.S.A. Posts: 19	No children in the house so at night I keep my 8045 Cougar on my nightstand and the wife keeps her 3032 TomCat on her nightstand. The Kimber Eclipse is in the bathroom vanity and the 92 FS is under the pillow in the spare room. __________________ "The Day We Lose The Second Amendment Will Be The Day We Start The Second Revolution" "I Didn't Vote For Him"

October 30, 2009, 05:36 PM	#3
serf 'rett Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2009 Location: Stuttgart, AR Posts: 1,569	Very interesting. I wonder how much stuff I'd knock of the nightstand in the middle of the night when trying to open the sucker?

November 1, 2009, 04:42 AM	#6
grey sky Senior Member Join Date: July 2, 2007 Posts: 324	drawer slides would keep it from tiping. I think I could build one.

November 1, 2009, 08:01 AM	#7
badlander Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2008 Location: So. Fla Posts: 344	No room for the 12ga.

November 2, 2009, 08:32 AM	#8
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	I like it, but agree that the style is a little out dated. It's not really '70's, more like late '80's. I'd like to see more of this type of furniture - I'd seriously consider buying something like that.

November 2, 2009, 12:09 PM	#9
Yankee Traveler Senior Member Join Date: April 17, 2008 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 265	If it had a hidden biometric lock, and something other then oak...

November 3, 2009, 09:16 PM	#11
rcupka Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2006 Posts: 339	A few years ago I read a post about nightstand storage and I implemented the idea at my house. All nightstands have a frame that leaves a dead space between the drawer and the outer wall. If you take out he bottom drawer, you will see a frame member in the rear corner. I drilled a hole in the frame and inserted a wooden dowel. I have an SP101 that when I push the muzzle onto the dowel and the butt wedges itself into the floor of the nightstand. It is now trapped there against the side wall and will not fall out even if the drawer is pulled and the nightstand tipped over. I works very well, I feel safe from the grandkids and the burglars.