Catalogued all of my guns yesterday

[mjd932]

I have been meaning to do it for a while and I finally got around to it. I took 2 pictures of each side of every gun. This is strictly for insurance and keeping books...there were no glamour shots with natural lighting and mounds of bullets in the background to make people "ooh and ahh." More importantly though, I worked up an Excel spreadsheet that contains: Make, Model, Serial Number, Caliber, and Major Accessories. Some of this may be overkill considering my small number of firearms compared to most people but I've been wanting to catalog the serial numbers for a while and I figure that I'm setting a good foundation for the future. The only downside is if my wife finds the file and realizes how much stuff I have . What do y'all do as far as records are concerned??

[LorDiego01]

Here is a tip.

Spend $5 and buy a 32meg thumbdrive. Put your file on there.

Hide it.

Do NOT keep this on your computer.

[GRoPA]

Here is a tip.

Spend $5 and buy a 32meg thumbdrive. Put your file on there.

Hide it.

Do NOT keep this on your computer.

Very good idea. If you have a house fire you could loose your firearms and the file on your computer. Also, for the same reason, do not keep the flash drive at home. Have a trusted friend or relative keep it.

[mjd932]

I was thinking about just sending the file to my e-mail address.

[D-FENS]

This is a little ghetto but you can always open your text file or spreadsheet and do a screenshot with 'Print Screen' and paste it into MS Paint and save it. Then upload it to the forum through the image hosting feature.

Not the greatest method but effective and easy. This may not suffice if you've got a huge list that can't be captured in one screenshot.

Just a thought.

[ithinkimamedic]

This is a great idea and everyone should do it and do it early on in their firearms lifetime. I started doing it late last year and everytime I get a new gun I add to it and photograph it. The concept of storing the information offsite is a great idea and I agree with it completely! Unfourtinatly I have not done this yet but I will more than likley do it this weekend and have one of my buddies store the flash drive. Right now I have been using the Excel files that excel2excel had posted up a little while back, its already set up with all the information that I need to store and I stuck the pictures in as well.
Keep up the good work this is a great thing to be done and with good reason, just remember to keep it updated when you buy or sell or it will be completely pointless.

Cheers
Josh

[crazyyankee]

I have both a hard copy and a computer copy put away and stored in different locations for security.

[Willtallica]

Can we see the exact format unfilled?

[Frenchy]

Well 1001th post, Ill try to make it short Actually its a copy of an other post at Inventory Software and that was my 999 post. 1000 was actually talking about ice!
Anyways back to this post,
You might try gun safe or one of the other programs listed on this page
As far as online storage, there are free websites out there, even storage sites ...FTP that are free or close to it.

[IceFire]

I have two records. One is an Excel spreadsheet that lists make, model, caliber, serial #, DATE I acquired it, acquisition cost, and approximate current value. I keep one copy on my computer, and one on a thumb drive. The other is an actual notebook with a "pocket" where I list all of the same info as on the spreadsheet, PLUS I can keep my purchase receipts in the pocket. If I ever have to get out, I can grab the notebook and have PROOF that the guns are mine (Can we say lessons learned after what N.O. did?)