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stormborn

What are your thoughts on gun racks?

I don't have much of a collection but all of them are beautiful, and I feel they deserve to be showed off, rather than stowed in a closet or under a bed.

I've been considering building a rifle rack something like this, but I have a few concerns: I don't have any children to worry about, but I wonder if having firearms out in the open is an invitation for theft or for having some visitor handle them without permission (I would of course store ammunition separately). I'm also concerned about the guns collecting dust/dog hair/etc.

Can anyone who uses a similar rack give me some perspective? Any favorite gun rack designs? I don't have space for a free-standing case, but I could find a spot for anything wall-mounted.

Posted Sep 5, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

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Brimshae•

I wonder if having firearms out in the open is an invitation for theft

Do you have window coverings? Blinds or curtains, that is...

or for having some visitor handle them without permission

If you're inviting the kind of people over that would just pick up and handle a weapon without asking, perhaps you shouldn't be inviting them over.

Other than that, it looks fine to me. Not really my style, but I don't really put things on the wall at my home.

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stormbornOP•

If you're inviting the kind of people over that would just pick up and handle a weapon without asking, perhaps you shouldn't be inviting them over.

I agree, and there isn't anyone I'm worried about in particular.

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spamlovingsuckmonkey•

I believe there are companies who make gun racks that lock the guns into place.

http://www.amazon.com/Allen-Company-Three-Locking-Rack/dp/B003TWVBRC

Here is one example of one. Now obviously it is not nearly as attractive as the one you linked to. However with a little ingenuity you could make the modifications necessary to the one you linked to. Or just build one yourself.

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DearBurt•

Gun safe.

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remotefixonline•

yup house burns.. guns fubar unless they are in a safe (not to mention theft kids etc)

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eyeffensive•

Gun racks always make me think of this scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGyJOX5wFFg

I think they're kinda ridiculous/tacky. Also if it's in an open room and not behind a locked door, it seems that it would put your firearms out there in the open, making them easy to grab at.

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stormbornOP•

Those thoughts did cross my mind - hence the current closet/under-bed storage :)

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eyeffensive•

Wrong, you lost all your firearms in a tragic boating accident. Everyone knows that.

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TwistedRabbit•

i have that exact rack. it looks nice, but i have never mounted it to the wall (i rent), so i put it on the ground leaning against the wall. It holds my 870 and mosin, everything else is stored in a safe.

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