Cabinet gun holders.

[Dickie]

Anyone seen or fitted these in their cabinets?
They look quite good but a little pricey if you have plenty in the cabinet.

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[Hatch]

I can’t help but feel like these are severely over engineered for the UK market.

They look smart but €65 for something that a £5 piece of foam could achieve does make me think that some people just have more money than sense!

 

[Quixote]

Recipe for disaster if you ask me. I can see innumerable stock and scope clashes happening

 

[Dickie]

Recipe for disaster if you ask me. I can see innumerable stock and scope clashes happening

Surely that’s down to how you have them in the cabinet.

 

[wytonpjs]

Nice but pricey. To get my CF rifles plus moderated .410 into my “ready-use” cabinet I have had to get creative and hung 2 CF rifles from magnets to avoid the inevitable scope clash that result (reversing alternate rifles doesn’t work as I like short barrels) given all the stocks have the same LOP. All this in a cabinet supposed to hold more than I do. This solution strikes me of being a much nicer (and flexible) alternative but that’s pricey - almost as much as the Brattonsound cabinet itself! I’ll have a mooch around Temu/AliExpress - bet they’ll be cloning them asap.

 

[royalewithcheese]

I saw these in the middle of Aldi the other day, would probably do exactly the same thing but they were 6 for a fiver

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Says they're good for things upto 30mm diameter, which should do most things except shotguns and maybe the very heaviest barreled rifles

 

[Pedro]

Smacks me as being a bit gimmicky. I can't see it saving space in a cabinet although if you do have a lot of space, they'll keep your guns from getting too personal with each other. If you want them, then get them though. Who am I to stop you getting what you fancy? Let's face it, let he who hasn't bought something completely useless and over priced to do with shooting throw the first stone.

 

[Steff]

Nice. But useless if you store your guns the correct way around which is muzzle down.

 

[308rws]

I fit budget scope coats to all my rifles when they’re being stored and transported which seems to work well.

 

[Bowland blades]

Nice. But useless if you store your guns the correct way around which is muzzle down.

I would say a rifle is best stored muzzle up to protect the crown , indeed when do we even see shotguns stored with the barrel down ? Many store alternating up and down as you can cram more in the safe LOL

 

[Steff]

I would say a rifle is best stored muzzle up to protect the crown , indeed when do we even see shotguns stored with the barrel down ? Many store alternating up and down as you can cram more in the safe LOL

Protecting the crown is simply a matter of the underlay. Thick cardboard will do the job nicely.
I know it doesn't look nice but it prevents that anything will flow or fall into the action, be it rifle or shotgun.

 

[baguio]

I can’t help but feel like these are severely over engineered for the UK market.

They look smart but €65 for something that a £5 piece of foam could achieve does make me think that some people just have more money than sense!

Yep. Another example of reinventing the wheel. What ever happened to the saying 'Necessity is the mother of invention'? Foam works extremely well.

 

[baguio]

Protecting the crown is simply a matter of the underlay. Thick cardboard will do the job nicely.
I know it doesn't look nice but it prevents that anything will flow or fall into the action, be it rifle or shotgun.

High density foam is even better at protecting everything.

 

[Mike L]

Crikey, 65 each!, foam works fine for me

 

[Bowland blades]

Protecting the crown is simply a matter of the underlay. Thick cardboard will do the job nicely.
I know it doesn't look nice but it prevents that anything will flow or fall into the action, be it rifle or shotgun.

the crown is imho under too much chance of damage and foam is a SOB for breaking down and a goopy mess on the crown is a likely outcome. the thing about oil etc getting into the stock is over oiling or using the wrong lubricant .

 

[baguio]

the crown is imho under too much chance of damage and foam is a SOB for breaking down and a goopy mess on the crown is a likely outcome. the thing about oil etc getting into the stock is over oiling or using the wrong lubricant .

You’re at it again Bowland. I have had high density foam in the bottom of my two cabinets for 15 years with no breaking down. We also have it on the shelves in the aircraft hangers for placing the spares on. It’s used because it doesn’t break down. It’s almost like it was made for the purpose!

 

[wytonpjs]

You’re at it again Bowland. I have had high density foam in the bottom of my two cabinets for 15 years with no breaking down. We also have it on the shelves in the aircraft hangers for placing the spares on. It’s used because it doesn’t break down. It’s almost like it was made for the purpose!

I'm somewhat out of date but when I was in charge of depth maintenance on fast jets we were getting a bit twitchy over foam breakdown and I've seen some nasties especially in infrequently accessed LACONS holding STTTE for example, where the foam has gone into a sticky mess. Moreover, any "chips" of foam that enter hydraulic/pneumatic/fuel lines were also a bit no-no.

However, for the base of a gun cabinet I see no issues as the user should be readily aware of any breakdown of the material. I store rifles barrel uppermost with bolt removed (separate secure storage) and like others do, always check the bore is clear before fitting the bolt so not an issue for me.

Major issue I have to content with where these new clamps might help is the clash of scope turrets all being at the same height and they are inevitably wider than the stock - hence any opportunity to stagger the clash would be good.

 

[enfieldspares]

I got a length of 2" x 1" the same width as the cabinet internally. Used a bench drill (drill press) to drill 1/2" holes three inches apart and then knocked 4" lengths of 1/2" dowel into those holes. Then put said spacer device into the cabinet two thirds of the way up it's height. Being wood you can if you get the width correct tap in into place once you got it past the door flanges. No glue needed!

 

[Bowland blades]

You’re at it again Bowland. I have had high density foam in the bottom of my two cabinets for 15 years with no breaking down. We also have it on the shelves in the aircraft hangers for placing the spares on. It’s used because it doesn’t break down. It’s almost like it was made for the purpose!

apparently others who have worked with it have found the same. You think i sit trying to make stuff up to what end ? I removed it from one of my safes years ago because of it , my other Bratton safe has some different slightly grey stuff its been fine for 20 years minimum.
I remember a shipment of Suzuki jeeps when i was in that trade , the Spanish factory if i remember correctly used some different stuff on the steering wheels and they where melting as they arrived at the dammed dealerships . Go grind your axe elsewhere eh

 

[Steff]

I‘ve got thick cardboard on top of a layer of high density foam. The cardboard gets replaced now and then.