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Offline petemi

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My Handi ready service rack
« on: August 02, 2011, 04:11:48 AM »
I just finished this yesterday.  The rack is next to the back door and they're all there and loaded for a quick grab when needed.  When you have a critter problem on a farm, you don't have time to run around looking for ammo.  I have no little kids here to worry about.  My grandkids shoot and have their own guns, so there's no locks on them either.

From top to bottom:  7.62x39, .410, .38-55, .45LC, .357 Max and .32-20.  The .410 wears three 3" slugs, 4s and 6s.  The Maxi has 3 .38s, 3 .357s and 3 Maxis.

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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2011, 06:49:42 AM »
Now that is just what I have been wanting. I like my guns where I can see them, not just standing, hiding in a case. I don't have quite the selection, AS YET, but working on it.
 
The four gun rack I built in highschool shop will not hold but one scoped gun. Built that one in 1963 or 1964 so it is bout time fer a new un. ::)
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2011, 07:26:10 AM »
That rack is simple and inexpensive to make.  About 20 bucks.  One 8 ft. 1x4 and 12 hardwood shaker pegs (available at most any lumber/hardware).  Cut the 1x4 in two. Drill half inch holes on a 30 degree angle at least seven inches apart.  Glue in the pegs. Finish as desired.  Find wall studs, predrill clearance holes and screw it to the wall and you're done.  I used 2 inch deck screws, three in each side.

We have two in the bedroom, one over each side of the bed.  Patty's guns on her side, mine on my side.  There's also one in the ground blind out back that holds 4 rifles.

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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2011, 07:39:59 AM »
Looks good Pete , it even matches the door trim , well done !
 
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2011, 07:56:50 AM »
Thanks Richard.  When we bought and remodeled this old farm house we stripped out the nasty glue down carpet, refinished the hardwood floors, put in new windows and doors etc.  Then we put in a new kitchen with hardwood cabinets and a knotty pine ceiling.  We tried to put all the trim back as close as we could to the original.  It's small, but it is warm and comfortable.

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The growing Handi/Sportster/Pardner/Topper Family:  .22 WMR, .22-250. 223, Two Superlight 7mm-08s and one .243, .30-30,  .308, 32-20, 18 inch .356/.358 Win., Two 16.5 inch .357 Max., 18 inch 38-55 BC Carbine, 16.5 inch .445 Super Mag., .45LC, 16.5 and 22 inch .45-70s, .50 Huntsman SS, .410, 20 ga., 12 ga., 20 ga. Pardner Pump, Versa-Pack .410 - .22
[size=7.4 pt]PLEASE DONATE TO THE GBO SERVER FUND  We're closer to the goal but not there yet, we can still use more donations, thanks

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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2011, 08:08:04 AM »
I like it. Good looking guns too!  ;)
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 09:10:42 AM »
That's a 'Handi' thing..........
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2011, 10:27:59 AM »
Looks good Pete. I've got the same setup in my bedroom with the guns within arms reach. You never know when you might need one. ;)
 
 
 
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2011, 02:04:49 PM »
Looks good Pete!!
I like the preparedness!!!
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2011, 06:24:17 PM »
I like it,but I am a little paranoid about thieves. But I do keep a H&R Pardner pump riot gun HANDI for those  things that could go bump in the night.
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2011, 01:00:09 AM »
Same here my friend, no displaying firearms here... My defensive rack is but two... a 870 and a M23... ;)
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2011, 01:29:36 AM »
Thieves here would have to get past five dogs without alerting anyone, including a 100 lb. Boxer-Great Dane-Pit Bull, with a very bad attitude toward strangers.  We keep  irregular hours and someone is usually here 24 hours a day.  I'm frequently up and about at two or three in the morning.  On nights when Patty plays in the band, she's not home til after midnight.  When we're gone, as we will be this weekend, my son and grandsons will be here.  In addition, I have security devices about the property.

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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2011, 04:35:21 AM »
Better security than Bin Laden  ;) !
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2011, 02:54:44 AM »
That is a "well stacked" wall of Handi's! 

Do you find that slings tangle up in the dark?  Seems to me they would. 

Slings are great for walking when you carry on the shoulder for long distances, but if they don't fold down onto the stock tightly, or draw up tightly against barrel and stock, they become a hazard.
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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2011, 06:26:59 AM »
Yes they will hang up, but I have learned if you keep the slings behind the rifle below, they won't.

Slings for me have always been an asset rather than a hazard, especially in tangled brush or rough terrain.  I use 1" soft nylon slings.  When in brush, I either sling the rifle muzzle down or gather the sling in my hand.  You often need both hands free to get through some of that stuff.

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The growing Handi/Sportster/Pardner/Topper Family:  .22 WMR, .22-250. 223, Two Superlight 7mm-08s and one .243, .30-30,  .308, 32-20, 18 inch .356/.358 Win., Two 16.5 inch .357 Max., 18 inch 38-55 BC Carbine, 16.5 inch .445 Super Mag., .45LC, 16.5 and 22 inch .45-70s, .50 Huntsman SS, .410, 20 ga., 12 ga., 20 ga. Pardner Pump, Versa-Pack .410 - .22
[size=7.4 pt]PLEASE DONATE TO THE GBO SERVER FUND  We're closer to the goal but not there yet, we can still use more donations, thanks

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Re: My Handi ready service rack
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2011, 11:38:53 AM »
I only use a sling on a rifle when it's over my shoulder, any other time it's in my fanny pack, you can't be ready for a quick shot if the rifle is on your shoulder.  ;) If I need the sling for a long shot, there's always time to slap it on with modern QR sling swivels. 
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