I hear Airbnb is the way to go.

 

Keep your gun and shooting bag in a locker at NCS.

Keep you wallet, cash, and credit cards with you.

Keep your car unlocked.

Dunno what to do with ammo. Is there room in the gun lockers at NSC for ammo?

 

That is so sad! I never lock my car or house. Thats just no way to live.

 

When traveling, I tend to keep my guns with me. Any reason you wouldn't keep them in the hotel room at night?

 

My understanding is that no national chain or their affiliates will allow firearms or ammunition on their premises.

Not that rule has ever stopped me.

 

Here is a couple of thoughts....

So if you take your firearms into a Hotel then on your way to the range be careful when you park at a restaurant.

Several years ago small reflective dots were placed on cars parked in a range's parking area. Some of those with dots were broken into at other locations.

Best placed to store them is at the range.

Don

 

Used the lockup at the NSC every time i went ,never had to worry about anything but my shooting.

 

I have driven this country dozens of time from one end to the other. The subject never came up. I always have at least one firearm. Many times I carry rifle and shotgun cases in from my car and never been asked.

 

If the choice comes down to leaving my gun in the trunk of my car in an unsupervised parking lot rather than in my hotel room my choice is clear. But, my Krieghoff branded Negrini case has a custom made plain blue cover that the untrained eye wouldn’t likely identify as containing a firearm.

Generally a closet has a top shelf and a coat rack that I can cable it to. Closing the door makes it almost inconspicuous. Wouldn’t stop a determined thief but no one other than Housekeeping is likely to enter my room.

 

You all work way too hard at this. Use the gun valet at the complex. It's $5/day and they have cleaning tables and cleaning products for you to use.

I know of 5 guns including ammo and all shooting gear that were stolen outside of the facility last month at the World Skeet Championships.

With all the $$ people invest in this sport it's insane to cheap out on $50 to have 24/7 security for your gun.

I go straight from the airport to the complex to check my gun every year. Nothing better than peace of mind.

 

The gun storage facility at the NSC is a no-brainer and cheap. And it's insured. Anyone who doesn't use that facility is making a big mistake.

As far as ammo, I have to say I do keep mine in the truck, but I prefer to stay a long way from the NSC and I never park outside of restaurants except to pick up takeout to take back to the hotel. Have never had a problem.

Also, this is Texas. A hotel room legally reserved in your name is considered to be part of your domicile. You absolutely are allowed to bring a firearm and ammunition into a hotel and management cannot stop you as long as you go straight to your room and don't brandish the weapon in public spaces. Keep it in a case as you walk to your room and no one will care.

The only time I've ever taken my gun to the hotel in San Antonio was for a repair that I needed to do overnight that I couldn't do on the table outside the gun storage facility. Otherwise, it never leaves the NSC grounds from the day I arrive to the day I leave.

Unfortunately, I can't attend Nationals this year. Grrrrrr.

Please keep sending updates!

 

Two things dissuade me from keeping guns in my hotel room. First, I have to get them from the car, through the lobby, and to the room -- announcing to anyone who's watching that I have guns. Second, many hotel personnel have access to the room, whereas only I have access to my car. Because I shoot away-matches often, I have a vehicle that has three and 1/2 layers of security between the outside world and the guns. The guns are in the "trunk" of my Ridgeline, which is locked on the circuit for the alarm system. Second, I had a lock installed on my tailgate, which must be opened to access the "trunk." Third, I have a solid bed cover that only opens from inside the bed. The 1/2 layer is that 99% of the people in the world don't know that the Ridgeline has a "trunk" underneath the bed. I try to dress in a nondescript fashion when entering, leaving, or loitering at the hotel. I have no stickers on my truck that show any affiliation with anything. I always park in eye sight of the hotel lobby and under a light. I am comfortable with the notion that my firearms are safer in my truck than they are inside the hotel room.

BTW, I have never, ever, not once gotten any blow back about taking firearms into a hotel. On the rare occasion when I've kept firearms in my room at a hotel -- this would be at a prolonged, multi-day match -- I keep them in a Pelican case with multiple padlocks. If the whole case goes missing, the hotel has got a problem that THEY will have to answer for.

 

They are taking the entire vehicle in many cases. Even vehicles with trailers. Keep guns at the shoot locker or in the room overnight.

 

Are you not all armed? Maybe it would be best to take shifts watching the cars. Its hard to discourage thievery if its allowed.

 

They should have the big tournament somewhere else, rather than having all their participants getting robbed blind every year. Can't they ever catch these thieves and make an example of them?

 

I agree with you. I live near San Antonio. It is a hot bed of gang activity and hundreds of thousands of illegals. SA is not what it used to be.

I have good friends that are active and retired police officers that tell us to avoid San Antonio. I never go there (or Houston) unarmed.

I am shooting K Cup this weekend. In and out quickly.

 

Have had some funny interactions at hotels when traveling to shoot. Switching to the Negrini cases generally stopped that but I wouldn’t think anyone near NSC is being fooled by them.

 

Make yourself a hard target. Or cry like a baby.

pls note the NSCA has a small budget for protecting you against your own laziness.

 

This conversation turned towards generally traveling with a gun and staying in hotels. That’s good for me as I’m heading on a long road trip this winter to Texas so my concern isn‘t just about the National Shooting Complex.

The quote below was just received from NSCA. I follow it regardless of where in North America I’m traveling to.

EDIT: I don’t take my gun out of the car when on the road grabbing a hamburger for lunch. That sounds like creating a problem where one might not have existed. But I do try to position myself so I can see my car as much as possible.

• Never leave a firearm in an unattended vehicle, whether on or off the club property, even for a quick meal. Remember, thieves can’t steal shotguns from your vehicle if you don’t leave them there!
• Exercise situational awareness, i.e., pay attention to your surroundings, who else is there, what you're making visible to others, and what message you're sending to thieves who may commit crimes of opportunity. Bumper stickers, shooting equipment seen through vehicle windows, and wearing shooting wear as you're leaving your vehicle suggest to thieves that there may be guns in your vehicle.

 

• Never leave a firearm in an unattended vehicle, whether on or off the club property, even for a quick meal.

Well you have to leave it somewhere when you eat. Leaving it in unattended a hotel room may is not a great deal better. Maybe take-out, especially with drive-thru pick-up is the best option.

 

If you take your shotgun(s) into the hotel room, make sure you bring your range bag with your glasses, ear protection, vest/pouch also. The bad guys are not totally dumb; they observe someone carry a gun case or two into the room and nothing else...they know there is other "stuff" that goes along with shooting still in the vehicle. I know four shooters who took guns into the hotel and lost their range bags with expensive glasses pouches/vest etc., and in three of those cases ammo, and in one case powder and shot as well.

 

Never ever ever ever leave anything of value in a car.. is this really something we have to explain to adults?

 

there is likely a flea market stall or weekly garage sale in the SA area with some deals on pouches, vest, glasses, ammo etc.............

 

For those that leave their rifles and shotguns in their room, if you go to Las Vegas that is not allowed in any of the Hotels. This is due to the mass shooting that occurred there.

Don

 

This is why we can't have nice things, everybody wants to steal them. I knew Aliante in N. Vegas would not allow guns, but I didn't realize it was city wide.

 

Maybe if we deported these scumbag illegals...

CC268, hasta la vista

 

FBI pistol team had their guns stolen from their hotel rooms.

 

To steal from that many different rooms that was an inside job.

Steve

 

I've not been able to find a published policy for any of the major hotel chains that prohibit all firearms on their property. The policy seems to vary from hotel to hotel. For example, this specific Hampton Inn seems to only prohibit openly carried handguns.

 

I would tend to believe that any sponsoring hotel of a major event would allow firearms in the room.

Steve

 

Stay in hotel. Clean everything out of vehicle. Leave doors unlocked. Keep guns in room or at armory. Never thought about ammo as I have an enclosed trailer and leave it at club with ammo inside.

 

Leave vehicle unlocked....so sad.

 

If you leave vehicle unlocked there is no reason for them to break a window. They can look around all they want. Nothing is in there. I have one of the Ford’s that they love so I take all necessary steps to prevent broken or damaged items.