I realize many of us simply put their guns in safes and that is as far as it goes, but do any of you have any new , unusual or otherwise interesting ways of displaying your collection in a secure area {walk-in vault or security room}? I ask this question every couple of years and usually always see something new. Thanks for sharing any thoughts and ideas. All my best, Joe.
Displaying your collection
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I'd love to have a walk in vault, but that's the only way I'd display them. And since I don't have a basement, I guess the walk in vault idea is off the table. 
JJEH
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Once we buy a house we think about this:
Storm Shelters | Tornado Shelters | Safe Room | Sportsman Safes Co.
It's a safe room / shelter and it might just kill two birds with one stone. Not sure. Just something we think about. It wouldn't be primarily to display our stuff but more to store/protect.
Storm Shelters | Tornado Shelters | Safe Room | Sportsman Safes Co.
It's a safe room / shelter and it might just kill two birds with one stone. Not sure. Just something we think about. It wouldn't be primarily to display our stuff but more to store/protect.
I have a small collection of Mod 1 1/2's, and 32 Safety Hammerless and #1's that I put in glass fronted shadow boxes that grace the top of my roll top desk in my home office. I spend a lot of time there and enjoy looking up and seeing them.
Everything else is in my walk in vault, that is too small to take pictures in very well. I do have all handguns on pegs at 3" intervals mounted on 2x4's stacked in layers up the wall. It's one way to get them out in the open in the least amount of space.
Everything else is in my walk in vault, that is too small to take pictures in very well. I do have all handguns on pegs at 3" intervals mounted on 2x4's stacked in layers up the wall. It's one way to get them out in the open in the least amount of space.
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Does posting pictures on this forum count?
THE PILGRIM
Member
Way back, I just knew that someday I would have nice house with a den.
And in that den I would have a big gun display case with all my fine smoke poles out for the world to see. And a few collectible knives too.
Now the harsh reality is most of my guns are locked in two safes which are bolted to the slab.
And in that den I would have a big gun display case with all my fine smoke poles out for the world to see. And a few collectible knives too.
Now the harsh reality is most of my guns are locked in two safes which are bolted to the slab.
Tex1001
Member
I used to display all of my firearms in my dad's cabin cruiser
Sadly, they were all lost when the boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bummer.
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I don't have Alzheimer's- My wife had me tested.
Sadly, they were all lost when the boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bummer.
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I don't have Alzheimer's- My wife had me tested.
italiansport
Member
Darn: Another collection lost to a boating accident!!
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zzzippper
Member
I usually leave them sticking in the bodies by the bayonet.
Well i set up and sell grips at the local shows ,I am thinking about setting up another table with some of my other guns labeled with a short or long Identification with each. In the past i have enjoyed showing my model 1 to young children ( with parent consent)and letting them know "THAT WAS MADE WHEN LINCOLN WAS ALIVE". Of course i will have my grand daughter watching over the display "don't mess with grandpa's guns" and a padded cable through each . As a accumulator I enjoy displaying and talking about my guns . It is amazing how many are interested and are to be willing to talk to you.I hate the idea of the cable BUT things DO walk off.
carpriver
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All mine went down in the great sinkhole.
I lost mine to a rare volcano that formed in the corner of my basement in swallowed my gun safe and all my rifles. the strange thing is the rest of the house was undamaged.
lrb1200
Member
For us old guys,
I remember all too well the 50's, my father and his brothers
house with their firearms on display in gorgeous glass fronted cabinets of high quality wood and craftsmanship.
An amazing sense of pride an accomplishment in the day.
Gone is that, it's now you hide everything behind steel and security, sad for me.
We now have to lock up and hide a passion we are all proud of.
I remember all too well the 50's, my father and his brothers
house with their firearms on display in gorgeous glass fronted cabinets of high quality wood and craftsmanship.
An amazing sense of pride an accomplishment in the day.
Gone is that, it's now you hide everything behind steel and security, sad for me.
We now have to lock up and hide a passion we are all proud of.
Does the property room count?
Rpg
Member
As a kid in the '50's, our neighbor had a display in a glass case including a Savage 99 in 303 Savage.
Learned a lot about the cartridge (and gun) as well as several other cartridges as well as guns they were identified with.
I'm sure this display made a difference to me in my later decisions about firearms.
Don't pretend that displaying guns doesn't influence the future.
Learned a lot about the cartridge (and gun) as well as several other cartridges as well as guns they were identified with.
I'm sure this display made a difference to me in my later decisions about firearms.
Don't pretend that displaying guns doesn't influence the future.
CustomChevyGuy
Member
I have a small cabinet, which is portable. Once I get the house, I'll have an actual safe..I've already got plans for expansions on "a safe" ..lol
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My civil practice lawyer had an outstanding collection of lever action Winchesters hanging on racks in his office. He was burglarized and lost the entire collection of about 25 Winchesters. Happened in the late 60s or early 70s, in the East New York section of Brooklyn NY, once a working class, melting pot neighborhood. Today, no comment.
Everything of value is locked up except, of course, my carry and HD handguns. Strange thing, I have a fear of safes large enough to be coerced into entering and then locked inside. I don't think they make safes with an internal escape mechanism.
My civil practice lawyer had an outstanding collection of lever action Winchesters hanging on racks in his office. He was burglarized and lost the entire collection of about 25 Winchesters. Happened in the late 60s or early 70s, in the East New York section of Brooklyn NY, once a working class, melting pot neighborhood. Today, no comment.
Everything of value is locked up except, of course, my carry and HD handguns. Strange thing, I have a fear of safes large enough to be coerced into entering and then locked inside. I don't think they make safes with an internal escape mechanism.
