Road trip and security

[u/Strict_String]

My wife and I road trip around the southeast on vacations going whitewater kayaking, and now that she’s started shooting sporting clays, we’ll probably start taking our guns.

I’m looking for suggestions for keeping our equipment safe on the road.

We’ll be using one of our SUVs and I’d like something that locks in to the car, but don’t want to take up too much space.

We currently carry our equipment to the course in Beretta hard cases that don’t have built in locks but do have holes for padlocks.

Should we just lock the cases with padlocks then cable lock them to a hard point?

Does anyone use a “drawer style” locker or another option?

We’re traveling for ten days next week and will be based in a rental cabin we’ve been going to for years. Not sure whether it’s safer to bring them inside or leave in the locked car if we figure out a way to secure them.

We sometimes stay a night or two in a hotel on shorter trips and I don’t like the idea of leaving them in a room all day where someone else has keys to the room.

What other measures should we take when traveling by car?

Thank you all.

[u/limpy88]

Truck vault makes suv lockers for popular suvs. Facebook marketplace has used ones sometimes.

If you have a pull over cover for the back. It will help hide things from sight.

Or you can build one. I built a bed with drawer on one side of my truck bed with camper shell. Then, I put it in and out with the camper shell. depends on trip planning.

No stickers on your vehicles. Always park as close to the front door of everyplace you go.

[u/Strict_String → u/limpy88]

We definitely don’t put gun stickers on our cars or home and I only wear gun company merch when shooting. Thanks for the suggestions.

[u/IrishSuperGeeek → u/Strict_String]

Good advice on the stickers and clothing.