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Wall mounted rifle display
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1847 Springfield converted to percussion. It's a relic but it's the oldest thing I own.Had some free time yesterday afternoon…well, honestly, I was just sick of putting up with the people I work with… Being self employed means it’s a quick conversation when I tell the boss to pi$$ off!
It’s been a challenging year health wise for me and I am really focusing on the things that make this life worth the trouble. For me that is my two boys at home aged 14 and 11. They both turn a year older this summer, but it just reminds me how soon they will be gone. Well enough of that…
My soon to be 15 year old is 6’2 already and a damn fine shot. It has really come together for him in the last six months shooting iron sights and his muzzleloaders. I have 2000 yard rifles and he is very solid to 1200 or so…but irons are a different animal as we all know. But, two weeks ago we were out shooting and he was stacking balls on top of each other off hand at 50 yards. Hurrah!!
He is cross dominant, so lefty on long guns. I picked up his Leman from a friend and rebarreled it to .58 with a Rice barrel. Rice is money well spent! The Enfield we got at the Gettysburg reenactment a few years ago. Both are his, and favorites of his as well.
Had a bunch of this barn wood and since my rifles are hung up around the house I figured I would get his out of the corner in his bedroom.
It didn’t come out too bad! Used three pieces of 1x4 vertically on the backside and painted them black so you couldn’t see them. Laid out the guns and then placed the screws holding it together behind where the guns would be to hide them. Also used wood glue. That worked out well.
Cut, stained and glued the dowels. Going to add a short shelf at the top. The knives are hiding the hooks and screws mounting it to the wall. The shelf will conceal those and give a spot to display other stuff.
Not a bad four hour investment. He wants to get started with AMM and The Texas Army next year…that’s gonna get fun! He is already snorting and ready to go to rendezvous this summer.
Come to think of it, this child is too!!
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Banjoman
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Wow! Do you need another Thompson Center? I see at least one empty slot.
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Wish I had the wall space! Love the barn-wood.
Eutycus
Cannon
Gotta keep em up high so little hands can't touch. Talk about primitive, notice the slingshot?
I like the old spurs holding the rifle!
I wish I had thought of that.
I'm working on my little section of wall, and will post a photo when I get it right.
Right now, I'm bending wrought iron hooks from Hobby Lobby with a torch to be wider, so I can put felt on the contact surfaces. The Bernzomatic torch works, but it's slow. And I'm no smithy, so I imagine I'll end up with a burn or two.
Eutycus
Cannon
I really hated drilling holes in those things but they did need to be sturdy.
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Funny you noticed that, in process of trying to fill that slot !Wow! Do you need another Thompson Center? I see at least one empty slot.
That looks great. You did good!
Looks good, Ian.
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I read an article one day about a man from Australia he was talking about his firearm collection and all he had was a photo album of all his nice pistols that he once owned because of his government..
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And citizens of the UK, as well.You poor Aussies.
Oh, and Germans, and Irish, and just about everybody else you can think of........................................
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An 1847 Springfield musket should have been built as a percussion arm.
Please post a picture of the lock.
Canada has tough firearms laws, but flintlocks are not classified as firearms. So I can display mine (flintlocks, that is).
I sorta like that! Simple but effective. I have some 100 yr old cedar post I can use to display them.
Vermont libfarts have made it a crime to have your grandpa s 30 30 hanging on the mantle.
The lock has an 1847 date on it but it was clearly a flintlock originally and converted to a bolster type percussion later. The bolster is gone but you can see where it has been welded. You can also see where the pan had been originally. I know the mixing of military stuff don't make much sense but it's in my office with my stuff. The print was a Christmas gift from my wife a few years ago. The Rolling Thunder plaques are from more then 15 years of of organizing escort rides for America's Gold Star Moms in DC on Memorial Day weekend during Rolling Thunders premier civil protest.
"America's Ride For Freedom"
Old thread update: it was the Frontier that ended up on the wall, not in a frame, but strapped. Easily dismounted for shooting.
