Display Cabinets

[Daniel Cary]

I'm looking for a Display Cabinet. DutchCrafters no longer makes this, wouldn't be hard to have built.

I'm just curious how many people Display & if you care to share? .. I understand if it's personal, looking for ideas.
Thank you.

 

[wesheltonj]

My father has one similar, you can't even give those away anymore. Everyone wants a safe now.

 

[Red Leg]

There are some wonderful antiques pieces to find if you search diligently. I just looked and there are several on 1stDibs https://www.1stdibs.com/search/furniture/?oq=gun cabinets&q=gun cabinets&st=classified. When buying from the various retailers who advertise there, remember never ever to pay list price.

This is a mid-nineteenth century piece we found years ago in Northern Virginia. Not sure what the kudu thinks of it.

 

[Firebird]

I wouldn’t display guns in one but I do love that style for books and other trinkets and treasures.
My fear is theft-

 

[mdwest]

Just saw one at an estate sale auction this weekend… I probably would have gone for it… but they wanted a sorta ridiculous price for it… I wouldn’t mind one just for a handful of rifles and shotguns that I’m constantly getting in and out of the safe (skeet/trap guns, etc)…

 

[Daniel Cary]

Thank you, all. Display's, links, opinions.
Some of these Cabinets are costly, really. Just the consensus or majority being concerned about theft/fire above & beyond display has changed perspective. (common sense, but worth the ask..

Thank you.

 

[degoins]

My father has one similar, you can't even give those away anymore. Everyone wants a safe now.

No one has even tried to give me one. If you know someone who wants to give one away, tell them I'll gladly take it.

 

[Rare Breed]

I wouldn’t display guns in one but I do love that style for books and other trinkets and treasures.
My fear is theft-

I had mine custom built out of 100% cedar and love both the look and smell

 

[Luvthunt]

Had mine built out of knotty pine back in the day.

 

[Hunt anything]

With kids and grandkids running around the house I turned mine into a book cabinet.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I had mine custom built out of 100% cedar and love both the look and smell

Cedar is beneficial in a lot of ways ..

 

[mdwest]

Just saw one at an estate sale auction this weekend… I probably would have gone for it… but they wanted a sorta ridiculous price for it… I wouldn’t mind one just for a handful of rifles and shotguns that I’m constantly getting in and out of the safe (skeet/trap guns, etc)…

Got lucky this time! Caught one last night at an online estate auction.. it’s a little beat up.. but will be a fun restoration project.. I’d estimate it to be at least 50 years old (not really antique, but old) and still has the original lock and key… $25 was all that was paid

 

[Hunt anything]

Here is my old gun cabinet that my father built me back in 1980 or so. As I’ve said before with grandkids running around I’ve turned it int a book cabinet.

 

[JINKLE]

Got lucky at an estate sale a few weeks back. We were told it was locally made by Austin Amish.

 

[colorado]

Very nice! Cabelas sells a less fancy one, but still nice.

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/american-furniture-classics-8-gun-cabinet

 

[mdwest]

We were told it was locally made by Austin Amish.

Mine had some paperwork in it .. looks like it was made by the Morton Booth Company.. From the tiny bit of research I did, they mass produced cabinets from the late 50's until the late 70's.. all solid wood (no veneers) and seem to have had a decent reputation.. but Im sure the cabinet isnt anything special or worth much..

At $25 from an estate sale I was happy to have snagged it though.. I needed some more storage space (safe completely full.. guns in sleeves under beds and in closets now, etc..) and this will give me a place to put some of the firearms that Im constantly dragging in and out of the safe that will make them easier to access (trap/skeet shotguns, primary deer rifle, etc).. and once I clean it up a bit and do a little refinishing work on it I think it will display nicely in my office..

 

[Daniel Cary]

Really nice ideas here ..

 

[Tundra Tiger]

It's a bit on the plain side - I have plans to gussy it up a bit. But I had a friend who has a wood shop build me one, and I think he did a right fine job - I am very happy with it. The problem is this was three years ago, and I keep acquiring more guns. (sorry for the crappy photo; I do not have a better one)

 

[cash_tx]

Mine had some paperwork in it .. looks like it was made by the Morton Booth Company.. From the tiny bit of research I did, they mass produced cabinets from the late 50's until the late 70's.. all solid wood (no veneers) and seem to have had a decent reputation.. but Im sure the cabinet isnt anything special or worth much..

At $25 from an estate sale I was happy to have snagged it though.. I needed some more storage space (safe completely full.. guns in sleeves under beds and in closets now, etc..) and this will give me a place to put some of the firearms that Im constantly dragging in and out of the safe that will make them easier to access (trap/skeet shotguns, primary deer rifle, etc).. and once I clean it up a bit and do a little refinishing work on it I think it will display nicely in my office..

If you need an extra hand moving it into the house or anything like that, feel free to holler.

 

[93marlin]

I made one when I was in high school out of walnut.
Now days I only keep a couple of pellet rifles and one 410 Springfield single shot shotgun in it