Old TexMex
Member
I converted my 16 long gun glass fronted case ( that my father built) into a pantry. Took the glass out replaced it with bronze screen, took the racks out, mounted shelves. Damn shame.
Displaying your collection
- Thread starter Joe Kent
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carpriver
US Veteran
normally in a holster i have made and hang from my belt or inside my waist band.
If any of you are close to any of the new S&W groups, it's fun to display your guns at them. The NE Ohio bunch meets October 1st and we have a blast all day. This is the 6th year doin it. Get a group started in your area, Larry
rburg
Member
And then:
The safe room shown has one problem. Its got an outward opening door. If used as a tornado shelter, debris from your blown up home can jam the door and trap you. To my way of thinking, all safe rooms should have inward opening doors.
The makers of safe doors will sell you an inward opening door with a release inside. Its really simple and can let you escape when the wind is gone.
Seven years ago my wife decided to build a new house. To get me to go along, she decided we could demolish the old shanty and build a new retirement cottage on the same site. When I realized it would allow me to build a vault room, I agreed. So I was talking to a friend and pretty excitedly told him I was going to build a 10x10 room. His first comment was "why so small?" OK, I bumped it up to 10x20. At almost no increase in cost, just the concrete.
But the rule of safes isn't negotiable. They're never big enough. Its not the size that causes problems, its the owner stuffing too much garbage into the space available. Boy, am I skilled at clutter and stacking. My current plan, one that isn't making any progress, is to use a glass TV stand I bought for $5 at a yard sale for shelves on an old executive desk. It will allow the display of gun boxes, some with guns in them, for the handguns. Then at an OGCA meet I bought a carrosel that will hold I think 18 long guns. Its new and has a terrible defect. There is nothing to hold the guns in the thing. The last thing I want is for my display to damage my guns. I think the cure can be some bungee or shock cord, or maybe little "gates" to prevent the guns from falling. Well, we did have and felt a small earthquake 20 some odd years ago....
For Federali, you do need to ask a safe door builder what he can do for you. The solution I bought is pretty good, except I removed the inner liner from the door. I never put it back on, even though my goal was to just see how it worked. It satisfied me that it was a workable modification and being lazy, I never replaced it.
H Richard and JSR III thank you for showing creative ways of display in your safe rooms. I am also sorry for all those who "lost" their collections in the boating accidents, tho I don't understand what that has to do with displaying guns in a locked and secure room. All the best to a group of fine Forum members, Joe.
JJEH
Member
And then:
The safe room shown has one problem. Its got an outward opening door. If used as a tornado shelter, debris from your blown up home can jam the door and trap you. To my way of thinking, all safe rooms should have inward opening doors.
The makers of safe doors will sell you an inward opening door with a release inside. Its really simple and can let you escape when the wind is gone.
You make a lot of sense here, thank you
model70hunter
Member
There is a bank in Parsons, ks that has Winchester levers mounted on the walls.
A dentist I met in AR built a new hone, had a large safe room in the basement, got a tax break, he uses it to keep his guns safe. He gets some guns for payment of dental work. The one I wanted was a 4" 57 that looked new. He pulled a tooth for it and liked it too.
A dentist I met in AR built a new hone, had a large safe room in the basement, got a tax break, he uses it to keep his guns safe. He gets some guns for payment of dental work. The one I wanted was a 4" 57 that looked new. He pulled a tooth for it and liked it too.
