Author Topic: CHEAP storage options (Read 1788 times))

Iowa airguner · « **on:** October 29, 2024, 05:06:39 PM »

I have to many airguns. 99% are not good guns just old BB guns and stuff I have collected. I have a small gun safe but it is filled with my good airguns. The rest are in cardboard boxes and foam lined gun cases. I hate to leave guns in cases.
So I am looking at options. I don't want to spend 3-4 hundred bucks on another gun safe.
Amazon has a 71x33 inch lockable metal cabinet for 79 bucks. But I need to make a thing that will hold rifles up. Like maybe cut up one of the shelves or something to make a rack.

Any ideas on storage for low security Airgun stuff? Under 100 bucks total.

Buk · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2024, 05:22:03 PM »

Get some boxes/cheap cases for them and put them under your bed...........

Back_Roads · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2024, 06:21:33 PM »

Might be able to find a used one, as I did, I was gifted a book shelf from an old library, I used a hole saw to cut out holes for the gun barrels to rest up in, and only used the center shelf. Or guitar racks for multiple guitars.
www.amazon.com/VASAGLE-Bookshelf-Bookcase-Adjustable-Standing/dp/B08LDGRR68/ref=pd_scr_dp_alt_d_d_sccl_2_1/142-3687412-9530637?
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Iowa airguner · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2024, 06:54:39 PM »

Need to have a front. I’m looking at a 41 inch cabinet. Most BB guns I have a short.

buellm2 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2024, 09:00:09 PM »

Always get one a little bigger than you think you need.

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2024, 09:42:29 PM »

After measuring my guns and looking at options and my space available. The best option is the 200 dollar harbor freight gun safe. Double what I want to spend.

eeler1 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2024, 12:31:37 AM »

google portable gun rack and see what comes up, some are under $50. If you need security, run one (or2) of those bike security chain things and lock it up through the trigger guards. Now, I haven’t done this myself, so just a suggestion to your problem.

buellm2 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2024, 03:52:18 AM »

Some of the guns I use regularly, I hang on pegboard

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2024, 08:06:56 AM »

Those portable racks would be great inside a large locker to organize things.

As for pegboard. The guns I want to put in the safe are not display stuff. Just old junk like a 1976 daisy winchester or a 1934 buck Jones. A couple of Chinese flying dragon underlevers. Stuff like that.

tennx · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2024, 12:46:56 PM »

When i started this ag journey ,my goal was to have just a couple of guns….well we all know how that works out…i made this using a rubber maid cabinet..it locks and is bolted to the wall….thinking it would be all I needed…lol…just a suggestion if u want to save money..good luck

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2024, 01:52:41 PM »

I just found these . I think I might get one. It would be delivered to the door.

This will hold more than my current one .

120 bucks

Roadworthy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2024, 02:08:20 PM »

I got an older wood with glass door gun cabinet off Craigslist for $60. See what's available in your area or on Facebook. I'm told they have a marketplace there. You could also check gun cabinets on Walmart. They have an assortment.

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2024, 02:39:47 PM »

Thanks I just checked.There are a couple small ones for 50 but nothing within 150 miles.

There were some good deals on big ones but still a long drive away. And expensive for what I want.

kerplunk · « **Reply #13 on:** October 31, 2024, 10:26:34 AM »

Magnetic hooks are cheap and help make efficient use of space if you have a filing cabinet or something similar in your storage area.

They can also be used to hang pistols on the inside face of the door in lockable gun cabinets

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #14 on:** October 31, 2024, 02:18:43 PM »

My space is very limited. The large cabinet 72 inch tall is too large for my area. And my wall space is gone.
I ordered the Amazon cabinet and it will be here next week. Let’s see what 150 bucks gets me.

It already got me a ton of gun related adds popping up everywhere.

Back_Roads · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2024, 08:22:11 AM »

As soon as you get your new safe set up, you will see a nice wood one curbside for free, that's how I got 2 of mine. one I still have to haul home from work one of these years

avator · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2024, 10:04:46 AM »

LOL... in my case I would need a entire room.

Build four walls of 2 stack racks and a double stand rack in the center.
Now, if I were a single man that would most likely be a reality.

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #17 on:** November 01, 2024, 10:26:50 AM »

I build and race RC cars. So I have a floor to ceiling area covered. I had to buy a 10x12 foot shed just to put stuff in. Plus all the upper parts above the ceiling and under the house in the craw space is stuffed with stuff. I have been selling off a lot of stuff laity.

Funny thing is the new gun safe is going to be full as soon as I get it.

avator · « **Reply #18 on:** November 01, 2024, 10:37:20 AM »

Let's just hope you don't get into bicycles...

Iowa airguner · « **Reply #19 on:** November 01, 2024, 11:38:24 AM »

O not bicycles that could lead to a woman that rides bicycles then bad knees. That could lead to land speed racing with a motorcycle.

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