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My Xmas project is to build a wall display case for my shotguns. I don't know if it will be vertical or horizontal. I would love to see what others have designed to give me some ideas. Again it is a wall mounted display cabinet so I'm not interested in other types of displays at this time. Thanks for posting pics or descriptions of your displays. V
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us in the US don't display our guns any more, since 75/85% of our population is crooked in one way or another...[on both sides of the political/economic spectrum]....so we now lock our guns up in safes like they are made of gold or addictive narcotic drugs......
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Best way to see old guns displayed is to go to a Cracker Barrel Restaurant, sorry
Mike
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Gunut is correct, 40 years ago, I displayed them in my livingroom wall, now I have a vault.
Mike
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The rack we had in our den when I was growing up (sorry, no pix) displayed 4 guns horizontally (so you can see the sides of the receivers, instead of looking at the floorplates)
Essentially, it was two vertical 1 X 4's with 1 X 4's set perpendicularly with cutouts for the guns. At the bottom was a drawer about 2 1/2 feet long which defined the bottom supports for the 1 X 4's. There was also a cross piece on the top.
A movable dowel was mounted vertically on the left hand support which was captured by the drawer. The drawer had a simple lock on it, which, when locked also secured the guns. Certainly not very robust, but perhaps enough to keep the grandkids from getting into them
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Try googling "gun display cabinets". Lots of hits, but here is the first one I came to, with pictures: http://www.guncabinet.net/HHH
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There is no problem displaying guns on a wall if you have a secure location or they will bet be in plain view from the outside of the house. To do so otherwise would invite theft these days.
I display a few guns in my gun room on the wall and do so in the horizontal so the entire gun can be seen in profile. Others are stored in gun racks but they look like so many pens in a row. Hard to tell one from the other that way.
It gets down to how you want them displayed, in a case or on the wall in some type of custom rack. One thing to consider is lighting. It makes all the difference to the display in my book.
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On Hipshot's suggested website, the rack I was trying to describe is similar to the 2nd from the left on the top row.
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I live in rural Wyoming where crime is not a problem. That said, I have a safe and my guns reside there when we are out of the area. The following is not a gun case, but a simple way to have access to your guns while displaying. 
Jim
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