Storage and transportation crates

[Aragorn243]

I do the occasional display/presentation of WWI and WWII weapons and decided that rather than carrying obvious cases in and out of the house I'd make crates.

Nearly finished one yesterday that holds 10 carbines.

But for anyone who may want to attempt this, I ran into a "minor" problem. These things are heavy when they are loaded. It was a passing thought as I was building it but wow, I didn't figure that heavy.

I guess the average carbine weighs 8 pounds times 10 is 80 pounds plus a 50 pound crate.

Now I can pick up that much weight and carry it but not when it's in a big box 40 inches by 30 inches by 10 inches.

I custom built it for my rifles. The M44 on the end required more room due to the folding bayonet. The No5 required a special cut at the butt end due to the sling and the four on the left are shorter than the rest. I'll probably put some felt or rubber padding on the contact points and I still need to add a few things to it. I have enough room for a small box to hold bayonets and cleaning kits but that will add even more weight. The one carcano was tight enough to require a notch cut in the butt end, the other was fine. Same type, different caliber. 40 inches is the inside height.

Lid will probably be screwed down for transport, kept loose for storage.

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