First off before I forget, PA24 you've got a beautiful layout in your safe! With mine I always have to move very gingerly so none of the guns hit each other.
This is a stretch, but maybe in Greener's day the muzzles would be resting on a hard surface and there was a chance of inflicting damage over time on the muzzles if stored butt up(?)
I've got mine a mix of butt up and down, primarily for a good fit in my safe so I DON'T knock them about when pulling a piece out. All are EEZOXed so creeping oil isn't a concern.
HammerGuy - I presently have 7 guns stored flat in their cases. Makes a nice presentaion, but at the expense of security. I don't have a "safe room" like some, only a safe, soon to be TWO safes in "regular" rooms. Those in their cases, generally speaking, have a combined dollar cost more than those in my safe. Maybe a tie..
Besides the fact that I'm breaking the law by having guns out of the safe and not locked up, I'm just plain nervous about having them stashed under beds and couches, the most common form of "security" meaning, of course, NONE.
Add to the fact that I've also got 9 guns in my library just standing around. Most are Blackpowder percussion guns, 4 of them are modern replicas of the flint persuasion. But since these are "custom", their value is still somewhat high.
My New Year's resolution was to find a safe tall enough to accommodate the long rifles and fowlers as well as keep a good number of other rifles secure. That also means spacious enough so there's less a chance of them smacking each other when one is retrieved.
Hey, can you tell I had 2 1/2 cups of coffee this morning? Want me to keep typing like a woodpecker, rat-a-tat-a-rat-a-tat-a...........
I'm guessing you wouldn't, so I'm off to get an inspection sticker on my car, a 1998 Ford Escort that just got a whole new used engine implanted 2 days ago.
Priorities: buy a Mercedes or Lexus and have uninteresting guns or keep running the old jalopy and blissfully buy beautiful guns........is there really a choice?
