New Gun Rack

[Mark W.]

I built a rack similar a while back and I used a wool blanket cut into strips and glued to the inside of the notches to avoid and wood to wood damage. Worked very nice. Since you didn't plan on that you could use craft felt it being thin would still protect but not use up to much of your space for the butt stock to fit into.

If you do paint it you might also go to the effort to put a strip of cheap white LED lights along the top to shine down on the rifles. Then just put a narrow face board along the top to hide it from view and to keep any glare out of your eyes.

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[tbonesmith]

I think if I go to that trouble I'll build another better one. This serves a purpose for the moment, and gives me some good ideas for the next one, RE accurate sizing and layout, and basic router jig setups req'd.
This rack took me about 2 hours to knock up out of free material. When it suits me to build a nicer one or few, I've got good dimensions to take off, a list of improvements, and a jig system to route cutouts as req'd to whatever dimensions I deem most suitable.
I hadn't thought about strip lighting, but that could be housed in a routed trench in the top panel and would be quite nice, but then I'll have to pretty up the rest of the room to do it justice, Hmmmm...

[jmoore]

This rack took me about 2 hours to knock up out of free material.

And the same thing would take me a week- or more. And probably two or three iterations.

[Jake Holman]

Nice gun racks and talented wood workers. Great job guys!
I don't have the wood working tools or space to build a project.
I scored some pre fab racks from here. Firearm Racks
You can buy complete racks or build some of it your self.
I'll let you know how it turns out.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I built a rack similar a while back and I used a wool blanket cut into strips and glued to the inside of the notches to avoid and wood to wood damage. Worked very nice. Since you didn't plan on that you could use craft felt it being thin would still protect but not use up to much of your space for the butt stock to fit into.

If you do paint it you might also go to the effort to put a strip of cheap white LED lights along the top to shine down on the rifles. Then just put a narrow face board along the top to hide it from view and to keep any glare out of your eyes.

Mark,

I installed a small LED strip in the top of my old cabinet and it worked great!
You can see it in this photo with the door open. With the door closed it covers up the light casing and wire. The LED's don't put out any heat. There's a small switch on the outside top so the light can be turned off and on, and the power cord is routed behind the cabinet to an outlet.