Wall Mounted Gun Rack??
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Rick L
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sounds like the old style wall racks we had when i was a kid-
had the BB guns there until I got the real ones
I see them in antique shops - did a search on "wall gun rack" and saw several like this
https://www.walmart.com/...1390a6d44e7ff8e4e2d1
had the BB guns there until I got the real ones
I see them in antique shops - did a search on "wall gun rack" and saw several like this
https://www.walmart.com/...1390a6d44e7ff8e4e2d1
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roy brewington
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Been a long time since I,ve seen one of those wall racks. Reminds me of days in high school shop class getting to build one, You had reached a pinnacle when you were able to build one, graduateing from maple leaf nick nac shelves.!
benp
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You did say vertical so is this more along what you wanted, just with a locking mechanism?
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/secureit-gun-safe-kit-steel-6?a=2145593&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&utm_medium=PLA&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=CI&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq_zclpez6AIVhYjICh0ADA1HEAkYAyABEgJCKvD_BwE
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/secureit-gun-safe-kit-steel-6?a=2145593&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&utm_medium=PLA&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=CI&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq_zclpez6AIVhYjICh0ADA1HEAkYAyABEgJCKvD_BwE
Paul
I know you said no safes and mentioned cable through action locks and the following doesn't match that but here goes. How about and old school locker mounted to the wall? You can easily convert them to a gun locker and they are widely available and cheap. Plus with a little patina they have a cool "repurposed" look. Just a suggestion.
Eric
I know you said no safes and mentioned cable through action locks and the following doesn't match that but here goes. How about and old school locker mounted to the wall? You can easily convert them to a gun locker and they are widely available and cheap. Plus with a little patina they have a cool "repurposed" look. Just a suggestion.
Eric
Something like this could be fabricated rather easily by any small machine shop. Or could be made from hardwood. Instead of a locking rod or bar, a long cable lock could be used to lock several guns together and to the frame of the rack.
This cable lock does NOT have a large "eye" on the end of the cable, therefore is able to be threaded through smaller openings. cable lock link
the use of a cable lock would allow one to secure handguns as well as rifles/shotguns.
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This cable lock does NOT have a large "eye" on the end of the cable, therefore is able to be threaded through smaller openings. cable lock link
the use of a cable lock would allow one to secure handguns as well as rifles/shotguns.
View attachment gun rack.jpg
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Capt Rich Geminski
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Built the horizontal rack in shop class in the 60's and still have it. Took my guns to school to get the spacing [two in each direction] correct. I was the last hunter safety instructor to use the school for classes. The good ol days...
Capt Rich Geminski said:
Can you imagine what would happen today if a student, with ZERO ill intentions, took a shotgun to his shop class? He'd be expelled and might even go to jail. We used to keep our shotguns in our vehicles in Highschool when we went on early morning hunts or were leaving early to hunt the afternoon. My how times have changed.
Capt Rich Geminski
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Eric, we also hunted before school. The superintendent of schools made us lock them in our school locker, but no ammo. Didn't want them in the rear window of our trucks. Go figure...
I'm a gun dealer and have closed down because of the virus. Have had calls from NYC people moving out to their summer homes to get away from the crowded city. They NOW want a gun for protection, no idea how to use it. I'm Closed...
I'm a gun dealer and have closed down because of the virus. Have had calls from NYC people moving out to their summer homes to get away from the crowded city. They NOW want a gun for protection, no idea how to use it. I'm Closed...
I'd say over half of the vehicles in our school parking lot back in high school had a shotgun or .22 in it from October 1 to Thanksgiving. And a rifle during the two week deer season after Thanksgiving.
And everyone carried a small pocket knife. Even some of the girls!
I also remember bringing my trappers backpack full of muskrat traps, hatchet, etc., onto the bus in the morning so in the afternoon our driver could let me out 2 miles down the road to set & check traps. Saved me a lot daylight before I could drive!
Oh yes, times have changed.
And everyone carried a small pocket knife. Even some of the girls!
I also remember bringing my trappers backpack full of muskrat traps, hatchet, etc., onto the bus in the morning so in the afternoon our driver could let me out 2 miles down the road to set & check traps. Saved me a lot daylight before I could drive!
Oh yes, times have changed.
roy brewington
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As a kid use to take cased shotgun on school bus to school when spending weekends with a friend and hunting on sat. morning. Gun went into area in back of classroom along with lunch box and coats. Fairly common occurrence during last years of elementary school during fall. If we were spending night w/classmate on Friday afternoon bus driver would drop us off with them at their house. All this with a note from parent of course.In high school all that went out the window but once you reached driving age and had a vehicle lots of guys kept their shotgun or 22 rifle in vehicle cased during fall hunting seasons. Never a problem but way different times back then. I graduated high school in 73.
Capt Rich Geminski
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All of the places I hunted and trapped are full of multimillion dollar houses. I grew up in Southampton, NY the heart of the Hamptons. When I grew up all the summer people left the end of september and closed up their houses and vacationed in the islands or florida. We trapped, hunted and and played in all the fields that are now houses and more houses.
Progress as we now know it. Gone are the fields, farms and all the fun I had.
The good ol' days...
Progress as we now know it. Gone are the fields, farms and all the fun I had.
The good ol' days...
roy brewington
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Looking back I think part of the reason I fell in love with water fowling was being out in areas where time kind of stood still. At least in the area of river I mostly hunt which is to swampy to be developed. Progress ,sometimes good , sometimes bad. Love my boat motors that start reliably and my super insulated hunting clothes that keep me warm and dry. Don,t like the fact that my little nich of waterfowl hunting area is starting to get overrun with the duck commander generation. All good things must come to an end is becoming a too appropriate expression!
