Too many long guns.

[Rudedog]

Over twenty-five years ago my friends dad built me a gun rack in his modern western style. I asked that it be like the rack seen on the Bonanza TV show. A place where you could grab a rifle and a box of shells on the way out of the door. He made it a self stander since a rack for scoped rifles would be too large to hang. I reasoned that I would only need a total of seven spots on the rack to cover my sporting needs. These needs were hunting big game and varmints. After ,purchasing three rifles this year I am in a bind. There are two defensive long guns that are excluded but now a single rifle is left with no place of permanent residence. You all will tell me I need a safe and I will agree. So must the old rack go to a new home ? Or should I give one rimfire the chop ? This plan makes no sense since I still want a semi auto .308 which will once again upset this balance. So far the only work around seems to be leaving one rifle on the gun cleaning rack perpetually. Or cased up for a theoretical outing. Then there is the mixed up left vs right bolt handle problem.

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[11Charlie]

Buy two big safes! Then keep buying long guns because you are always one short of a collection!

 

[nammac]

If there's one that's an orphan, I can provide a warm, dry, safe home

 

[deadeye]

I have an oak wall hanger for four with two shelves if you want it. I made it years ago for my Dad but have no use for it now.

 

[Stomper]

Q: Just how many guns does one man NEED in his collection?!



A: At LEAST one more.

 

[11Charlie]

At LEAST one more.

you forgot "After another"

 

[Rudedog]

I have an oak wall hanger for four with two shelves if you want it. I made it years ago for my Dad but have no use for it now.

That sounds great I would love to have it !

 

[osprey]

I got some C&R guns displayed but with the exception of a shotgun and a few strategically placed pistols, the others are in a safe where they belong. Yes you need a safe. A friend of mine I work with has started collecting some firearms with a bit of steerage from me. Last year he started asking me about a few more guns that interested him and where he might find them. One was a pretty high dollar Sako varmint rifle and I told him with the potential monetary loss of a break in, a safe could pay for itself pretty quickly. So he is now the proud owner of a safe and now I feel better about enabling his gun habits.

 

[Rudedog]

Q: Just how many guns does one man NEED in his collection?!



A: At LEAST one more.

Well I am no exception since I seem to think I need a .308 as well.

 

[11Charlie]

Well I am no exception since I seem to think I need a .308 as well.

Bolt and semi auto, and the safe just got bigger!

 

[Argonaut]

I have guns out and around but when we leave the ranch unattended, everything (except what is traveling with us) goes in the safe. I am always nervous returning to a heavily armed (unoccupied) house without something in my hands or pocket.

 

[41mag]

Good idea on the 2 safe plan....them dern long guns take up way too much room in a pistol collection safe....

 

[Rudedog]

I took up Deadeye on his generous offer of a gun rack he had made for his Dad. I picked it up on Saturday. It has enough space to display a pair of rimfires that are light enough not to cause stress. I will try to ignore the open spot this creates on my main rack. Thanks again Deadeye.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I took up Deadeye on his generous offer of a gun rack he had made for his Dad. I picked it up on Saturday. It has enough space to display a pair of rimfires that are light enough not to cause stress. I will try to ignore the open spot this creates on my main rack. Thanks again Deadeye.

How about pictures of your generous acquisition donated by Deadeye? This is one of the things I love about this site, the sharing nature of it's members.

 

[Ruger Rich]

Guns are like air, you'll always need more.

 

[B5Ben]

Get a safe twice (or more) as big as you think you need. They really get filled up quick with all of the "other things" that find their way in.

 

[MountainBear]

The title of this thread confused me. How can one have "too many long guns"?

One can have too little space on a rack or in a safe, but that simply means that the rack or safe needs to be bigger.

I'm glad you found a solution that allows you to keep all yours.

I need a bigger safe just for my Springfield rifles...

 

[Member 5605]

Blasphemy!

 

[Sgt Nambu]

I'm expanding back, out of the safe! Just three C&R military rifles but those big honkers will open the safe for four or five, smaller modern sporting rifles. Dresses up the bedroom wall too!

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Over twenty-five years ago my friends dad built me a gun rack in his modern western style. I asked that it be like the rack seen on the Bonanza TV show. A place where you could grab a rifle and a box of shells on the way out of the door. He made it a self stander since a rack for scoped rifles would be too large to hang. I reasoned that I would only need a total of seven spots on the rack to cover my sporting needs. These needs were hunting big game and varmints. After ,purchasing three rifles this year I am in a bind. There are two defensive long guns that are excluded but now a single rifle is left with no place of permanent residence. You all will tell me I need a safe and I will agree. So must the old rack go to a new home ? Or should I give one rimfire the chop ? This plan makes no sense since I still want a semi auto .308 which will once again upset this balance. So far the only work around seems to be leaving one rifle on the gun cleaning rack perpetually. Or cased up for a theoretical outing. Then there is the mixed up left vs right bolt handle problem.

That original wall rack sounds super cool! I'd like to see a photo of it, too!