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Miscellaneous => Care, Cleaning, and Restoration => Cleaning/Chemicals/Methods => Topic started by: carls sks on January 13, 2021, 03:36:38 PM

Title: Storing your rifles
Post by: carls sks on January 13, 2021, 03:36:38 PM
was trying to make them all fit. limited space in safe. can you stand them up on barrel and stock(alternate to make them fit)?
Title: Re: Storing your rifles
Post by: Cz315 on January 13, 2021, 03:56:27 PM
The idea has crossed my mind too. I'm running out of space. I'm using rifle rods (https://www.storemoreguns.com/rifle-rods-gun-rack-system/) and they work fine, but, sure, alternating stacking is the most efficient way. It'd be a pain to take stuff out and put it in every time, though
Title: Re: Storing your rifles
Post by: Greatguns on January 13, 2021, 03:58:18 PM
Just want to be sure you are not damaging the muzzle whether by hard surface scraping or wicking moisture, etc.
Title: Re: Storing your rifles
Post by: echo1 on January 13, 2021, 04:02:29 PM
My rifles are in 3 gun racks on the wall, a stand up rack, in 3 glassed cases, hanging from hooks, or displayed on bipods. This is most of the SKSs. There's 35 in there. PAX

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Title: Re: Storing your rifles
Post by: Larry D. on January 14, 2021, 03:01:46 PM
Before my great sell off, I took the stuff I didn't use much and put them in socks and alternated up and down.
That worked pretty well for me.
Title: Re: Storing your rifles
Post by: Rvulcan500 on March 14, 2021, 12:40:18 AM
I dont want to sound this way but back in the day I had 3 safes.  One just for pistols. One for C&R and one for my regular rifles and shotguns.  20yrs later I'm whittled down to one safe for all.
Luckily I'm able to stand them up on their buttplates.
Title: Re: Storing your rifles
Post by: Justin Hell on March 14, 2021, 11:05:42 AM
While I have entertained the notion...I don't have any safes at all.
I make my own wall hangars with scrap pieces of 1x4 and 3/4" dowel pieces....and keep them all on display.
That way I can enjoy them the 99.999% of the time I am not firing them. It also prevents me from buying more guitars...I have very little wall space left. :)

I don't have small children over...very few friends who come all the way out here to visit, and folk who are offended by them even less. Our neighborhood is pretty crummy...but it's mostly conservative poor white trash who respect their neighbors, and also expect everyone to be well armed.  If I lived elsewhere, I would likely be more likely to keep things under lock and key.  Security cameras covering the entire property also lend some piece of mind, for those very rare occasions when someone isn't home.

It doesn't hurt to be scary looking...I was recently described as a 'biker-type' by one of my daughter's boyfriend's mothers. I guess my ancient Polaris and Kawasaki quads make me look tough.  rofl