Wallhanger guns, what do you have hanging up?

[K_W]

I got permission from my better half to fill the gap above our fireplace with a wallhanger gun.

I'm looking for ideas and tips beyond just pictures on Google. What do you have hanging on display and how did you mount it?

 

[TheBoss930]

I have a M1 Carbine hanging in my room, just sitting on a shelf

 

[Joniki]

I have a M-1867 above my TV..

 

[POB]

I would love to have an old Winchester model 94 and a picture of the Duke over mine.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Hand-made 12 gauge percussion-cap shotgun with hand checkering hanging over entrance to library. We believe it was made shortly after the Civil War when my greatgreatgreatgrandfather come back home. He was a wheelwright with the 5th and 7th Indiana Artillery Regiment.

I went to Von Tobel's and bought brass hooks with nice long wood screws.



Close up of "fancy" hand checkering:

 

[K_W]

Hand-made 12 gauge percussion-cap shotgun with hand checkering hanging over entrance to library. We believe it was made shortly after the Civil War when my greatgreatgreatgrandfather come back home. He was a wheelwright with the 5th and 7th Indiana Artillery Regiment.

I went to Von Tobel's and bought brass hooks with nice long wood screws.



Close up of "fancy" hand checkering:

Goergeous... hand made by an ancestor?... I'd have that in a safe at jeweler.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Goergeous... hand made by an ancestor?... I'd have that in a safe at jeweler.

Insurance companies do not value at full sentimental value.

 

[Sniper 79]

I have an old side by side 12ga that I found in grandparents attic.

I router ed the edges on an oak board and cut out hooks on a scroll saw. Finished it and it hangs above the doorway.

It's a great conversation piece.

 

[Sniper 79]

An H&R single shot would be neat. They can be had cheap and you could still shoot it. See them at every show. About a hundred bucks regardless of condition.

 

[K_W]

An H&R single shot would be neat. They can be had cheap and you could still shoot it. See them at every show. About a hundred bucks regardless of condition.

I'm the type that will never leave home with an operable gun unsecured.

 

[redleg16]

Found an old Stevens model 520 for $95 @ Cabelas. Great condition, still fires, bought some hooks on Amazon, may try and dress it up this winter. Hangs over the fireplace. Google "how to hang a rifle" or something similar, there are many pictures of what others have done. Good luck!

 

[redleg16]

Sorry about the Google advice, missed that on your message!

 

[churchmouse]

Do the double...

 

[Leadeye]

Do the double...

Looks good, Winchester 1866?

 

[K_W]

Do the double...

I was thinking something like that, a rifle with a holstered pistol hanging from the sling.

 

[churchmouse]

I was thinking something like that, a rifle with a holstered pistol hanging from the sling.

Yeah I could/should hang it somewhere beside the speaker.

 

[K_W]

Rather than some random broken real gun, we're leaning now to a Denix Garand prop rifle and a flag or plaque as a sort of tribute to both our grandfathers.

Both were in the Navy, mine was WWII Pacific and her's was either WWII Europe or Korea.

They're still living, but both would have trained and/or served with them as their arms.

 

[Sniper 79]

I'm the type that will never leave home with an operable gun unsecured.

I took the hammers off.

 

[churchmouse]

Rather than some random broken real gun, we're leaning now to a Denix Garand prop rifle and a flag or plaque as a sort of tribute to both our grandfathers.

Both were in the Navy, mine was WWII Pacific and her's was either WWII Europe or Korea.

They're still living, but both would have trained and/or served with them as their arms.

Both the guns in my pic are Props. They look absolutely real. They cock and drop hammer. The cylinder turns with the hammer action. The lever on the rifle works.
They are slick.

 

[rob63]

How is this for simple? Lag screw covered by surgical tubing. Works fine, looks fine, cheap, available at any hardware store.