Ingenuity

I've been meaning to show you this.  What do you do with those antique rifles that won't fit into your traditional gun cabinet (or safe) because they are too tall?  Toss them in the closet?  Store them in the basement?  Stand them in the corner?

Here's what I did.  Several years ago I drove up to Pulaski Furniture's factory outlet store (where they sell their dinged and dented stuff at great prices) and picked out one of those lighted oak curio cabinets.  I told the clerk that he could keep the glass shelving and I hauled home what you see here:

I put padding and felt in the base of the unit and mounted a color-matching oak spacer bar in the center to keep the rifles from sliding into one another.  And voila!

Nice, eh?

It worked out even better in that the entrance door to the cabinet is on the side of the cabinet, so the front is solid glass.  Looks great!

In case you're wondering, from left to right:
● Mosin-Nagant 1891 7.62x54 mm.
● Springfield 1873 Trapdoor 45-70 cal.
● Family heirloom 36 cal. percussion muzzle loader
● Springfield 1871 Rolling Block 50-70 cal.

And to the left a bubble gum dispenser for the grandkids.