bushmaster1313
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What are simple and effective ways to store a handful of collectible revolvers on the top shelf of a gun safe?
Advise Please - Ways to store revolvers on top shelf of safe
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Geno44
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How many is a handful and what is the distance from the top of the shelf to the top of the safe? They can be laid down and if there is little height available or they can be placed in wood, plastic or wire racks, barrels up or barrels pointing to the rear. Nicely padded racks will store a greater number if you have the available height. There are a lot of different racks up on the net.
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I just put mine in their box and lay the box on the shelf with a label
on the outward end that identifies contents.
on the outward end that identifies contents.
daniel lawecki
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Handgun rack's or clip on racks that hang under your top shelf. These can be had for $11.00 - $30.00 Gander Mountain, Midway, and Cabela's sell nice racks. Or two safes one for handguns one for long guns works for me.
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bigwheelzip
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And if you have some that don't have boxes, just leave a space and use the boxed guns like bookends to hold the bare guns upright.
Or fold back the box flaps if you want to see them, and access them without needing to remove the box from the safe.
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bigwheelzip, I like the white safes. I'm not familiar with them. Can you tell a bit about them. Btw, nicely organized!
bigwheelzip
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Oh heck, that's not my stuff, it belongs to someone on another forum from Germany. He's only been collecting since 2009 and averaging a purchase every other day. I've been following his thread because he posts nice photos of beautiful guns I never see and because I admire his organization ideas for his constantly expanding collection.
ColbyBruce
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I have a National Security safe that measures 60"x30"x24". Two of these baking sheets sit side by side on two shelves in the top of my safe. I do have shelf liner on the tray.
Versatile Gun Racks. Good stuff!
I have kept my blued (and SS) pistols and revolvers stored on these racks for years in my safe. No problems of any sort. Highly recommended.
VR5 Versatile Handgun Rack (Holds 5 Guns) - VersatileGunRack.com
I have kept my blued (and SS) pistols and revolvers stored on these racks for years in my safe. No problems of any sort. Highly recommended.
VR5 Versatile Handgun Rack (Holds 5 Guns) - VersatileGunRack.com
QweekStraw
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Yeah, I did too!
Years & years ago I kept them in an oiled sock in my closet. Not Now. In my safe, with new fangled stuff we didn't have have then. RIG was the thing then. Colt SA 44 pre war. 17 old S&&W's etc. all gone now.
These are the same thing that I use too. I have two that sit side by side for revolvers. I also use the door pocket organizer for my semi autos.
I store mine in white athletic type socks to keep them from rubbing together, then store them sights down, side by side across the shelf. I've got a dozen or so with a little room left over.
For Christmas I got the versatile double stack set. Check their website. Put it on my top shelf yesterday, have a lot more room now and used up some waisted space. Could only use a 6 gun width and have 12 guns in a organized space. Also got the under shelf set of 6 to see how they worked, another use of wasted space. Didn't realize how many handguns I had!!! Larry
Rubber/plastic coated dish racks work pretty well.
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Organization is over-rated.....
I like having to open every bag when looking for a specific gun, they like the attention..
I like having to open every bag when looking for a specific gun, they like the attention..
As I stated before....I store mine in clean white socks.......been doing it LONG before commercial gun socks became available.
I like having to open every bag when looking for a specific gun, they like the attention..
That looks familiar.................but just from the pictures you've posted; that safe must extend back several hundred feet out into the yard!!!
I started out with a system ...... honest I did....
Red for Beretta,
Blue for S&W
Black for Sig
Camo for Browning
If they are old and came with boxes they stay together
Footlocker in attic full of plastic boxes...........from newer/shooter guns.
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