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I'm more of a "listener" than "talker" on TGO, but certainly enjoy the exchanges and information on this site. I'm looking for suggestions for a rack or temporary storage system for removing/rearranging rifles and shotguns in my safe. It's always a pain to access long guns in the back of the safe and figure out where to put everything I've removed. I'm guessing this is a common issue TGOers experience. My apologies if I've missed this topic, but thought I'd check here before reinventing the wheel. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Yes it seems to be a common issue. I have been "inwork" on a fix for way too long. LOL I am making a rifle rack that will fold up against the wall when not in use. If I ever complete that project I will post a picture. (Don't hold your breath, as the wife has her own ideas of priorities)

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I've been planning to make a double-layered, round rack on a lazy Susan bearing. Stack the stuff you don't use as much in the back, put the ones you pull out more often on the spinning rack.

If I ever get time to get it done, I'll post some pitchers.
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This what I made for a portable/temporary gun rack. Cost about $5 to make.

 

GunRack.jpg

 

Cheap plastic sawhorse from Harbor Freight and some dog throw tennis balls.  Base is a piece of plastic I had from some old packing material but could be a piece of wood.

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This what I made for a portable/temporary gun rack. Cost about $5 to make.
 
GunRack.jpg
 
Cheap plastic sawhorse from Harbor Freight and some dog throw tennis balls.  Base is a piece of plastic I had from some old packing material but could be a piece of wood.


That's a good idea, I may have to steal that.
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My safe is at capacity, and I have no choice but to have 3 groups of guns:  Guns that are keep sakes, that don't get shot often, those are in the rear.  The ones that get shot in a seasonally speaking manner, those are in the middle, and of course the go to guns and guns that I shoot regular they are in the front.  I have consider gadgets and gizmos for my safe, but in reality short of gun room, my thinking is just another much bigger safe in addition to the one that I already have.

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This what I made for a portable/temporary gun rack. Cost about $5 to make.
 
GunRack.jpg
 
Cheap plastic sawhorse from Harbor Freight and some dog throw tennis balls.  Base is a piece of plastic I had from some old packing material but could be a piece of wood.


Did you use long screws through the tennis balls? Kinda hard to tell from the picture
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ideally a safe would be long-gun deep so you could just put a row on a shelf.   The safes are too shallow, and you can't do that.  A 5 foot deep safe would hold most and you could have instant access to something like what, 50 long guns?   I dunno if such a thing exists, would be near double the price at a guess...

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I just back the MRAP out of the garage for a few days. 

 

And let it get rained on? No way!

 

The one whom I allowed to marry me keeps it detailed.  No rain spots allowed.

 

And I did err.  She backs it out of the garage, not I.

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Did you use long screws through the tennis balls? Kinda hard to tell from the picture

They are not really tennis balls but you could use TBs. These were at a hardware store as dog toys and look like TBs but they are harder and were 3 to a package for like a dollar. I used a spade bit and drilled a hole through one side then used a short screw.

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They are not really tennis balls but you could use TBs. These were at a hardware store as dog toys and look like TBs but they are harder and were 3 to a package for like a dollar. I used a spade bit and drilled a hole through one side then used a short screw.


Thank you.
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The one whom I allowed to marry me keeps it detailed.  No rain spots allowed.

 

And I did err.  She backs it out of the garage, not I.

 

How does she do that without leaving the kitchen? I'm confused. :devil:

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What's on the bottom of the sawhorse where the rifle butts sit?

 

 looks like standard angle iron, or whatever metal?

its a nice design.  now sure how it goes in the safe :P  but I like it for outdoor range time.  If need be you could do both sides, squeeze one more slot in there and get  10 guns on it.

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 looks like standard angle iron, or whatever metal?

its a nice design.  now sure how it goes in the safe :P  but I like it for outdoor range time.  If need be you could do both sides, squeeze one more slot in there and get  10 guns on it.

The bottom was a piece of angle plastic that I had in the shop that was some edge packing from something we got at work and I thought it might be useful and brought it home. Probably could find something similar in the pieces they make for vinyl siding or make it out of wood. I understood the original poster as wanting something to temporarily rack long guns while sorting out the gun safe not for storing in the gun safe. I made it for my backyard range so when a couple of us were shooting and wanted to bring out more than one gun each we had a place to hold the extras rather than putting them on the ground on a case or leaning against a tree. It weights almost nothing and is easy to setup.

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This device is made to give you a place to lean one or two guns against a car or the outside of the safe.  I use mine inside a gun cabinet because the rifle rest inside was too high for my AR.  It is lightweight foam, so it is meant to be portable.  It is made in the USA.  I have seen other magnetic devices, similar to what barewolf posted, in Academy and Sportsman's Warehouse.

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