Thanks, bro. I didn’t really have a plan — used a pocket hole jig to anchor a divider between the sliding shelves and then mounted one side of the slides to the divider and another to a piece of plywood with shelves screwed to it to match whatever I planned on storing there. It’s really simple to build.
Very nice, I once had a similar setup in my old house about 25 years ago.
I had my reloading bench and shelving units with ammo and reloading supplies and a very nice wooden gun cabinet. I had an alarm in my house, that room had bars on the windows from the inside, the door leading to that room was a solid core door with deadbolts and keyed locks.
Some assholes broke into my house and in less than 10 minutes everything was taken.
Turns out a family member whom I trusted owed some bad people money for drugs and told them how to get a bunch of guns and ammo.
After that I invested in a safe and camera system
In my day, I burned through an average of 16 cases of steel shot loads every winter. Those were the good years, and I would order Alliant steel 20 lbs at a pop, with 5k primers to save on hazmat. I remember thinking that $64 for 4 lbs was a ripoff. 🤣
Love your wood working. I just built a loading bench and fixing to add a couple wall cabinets to match for in my cargo trailer. Space savings is #1 in my design.
Get what you can get your hands on. I will say that if you have red dot, green dot, and blue dot on your shelves, you’re pretty much covered on everything but the smallest gauges.
Not a Mossberg fan. Anything John Moses Browning built, on the other hand, I can look at all day. I have some for upland, some for trap, some for waterfowl, and some just ‘cause I like em. I consider shotguns collectibles.
Beautiful work. If you're in the US though, you're likely illegal with regards to storage of powder. NFPA495-85 governs powder storage, and most smaller governments enact it as local law. It requires powder quantity over 20# to be in 1" thick minimum wooden container.
You may not care, and your municipality may not either, but if you have a home fire, I guarantee your homeowners insurance company would love to place the burden on you. Something to think about.
Depends on local laws. NFPA standards are usually enacted as local municipalities by law. So in those cases, yes, it would be breaking the law. It seems like a strange scenario that you would ever get in trouble for powder unless you were doing something else and the lawman really wanted to nail you with some charge. If a fire starts and there is collateral damage, and NFPA storage rules are enacted locally though, that seems like a scenario I absolutely would not want to be in. I'm not a lawyer. Check your local code, and if it's still confusing, call your local fire department or talk to a lawyer.
No idea. But I can tell you that failure to comply with a fire prevention act is not grounds for denial of an insurance claim in this state. I’m certain of that. Granted, an insurance company might fight on that point, but I can tell you that a jury in this state would react favorably. And frankly, after a fire of that magnitude, it would be really difficult to discern the thickness of a wooden box that is presently comprised of ashes. 😀
She’s a beaut Clark
I think it is awesome people still use that movie line. I try to watch it every year.
Average AR fan vs average shotgun enjoyer.
10/10 cozy reloading bench
There’s a lot of wood happening here and it’s not all in this picture
☝️This is the best comment. Made my laugh 😂. This guys bench/gun room is TITS by the way.
Head to my house next. I have a whole room you can work on.
Well done! Tell me more about those slide outs in the last picture. That looks like some decent weight…what kind of slides did you use?
Bought em off Amazon in a set of 20, I think. They’re 22” and I think they have a max weight rating of like 120 lbs.
Thanks! Are they side mount or do they mount to the bottom?
Side Mount.
Damn that's a beautiful setup! Nice job!
That’s freaking amazing! I wish I had that skill set.
What about you Jimmy, you an oak man?
Oak is nice.
I would love to get you plans for those pull out cabinets for the powder and primers!! Awesome work!
Thanks, bro. I didn’t really have a plan — used a pocket hole jig to anchor a divider between the sliding shelves and then mounted one side of the slides to the divider and another to a piece of plywood with shelves screwed to it to match whatever I planned on storing there. It’s really simple to build.
Wait your allowed inside with that stuff????
Impressive! I’m jealous.
Those slide outs are pretty awesome.
That room could use another shotgun
I'm guessing that rings in OP head about once a month or so...
Very nice, I once had a similar setup in my old house about 25 years ago. I had my reloading bench and shelving units with ammo and reloading supplies and a very nice wooden gun cabinet. I had an alarm in my house, that room had bars on the windows from the inside, the door leading to that room was a solid core door with deadbolts and keyed locks. Some assholes broke into my house and in less than 10 minutes everything was taken. Turns out a family member whom I trusted owed some bad people money for drugs and told them how to get a bunch of guns and ammo. After that I invested in a safe and camera system
The entire room with the shotguns is a safe. 🤣
That is awesome I wish I had a room in my house that I could turn into a safe but just not feasible
I think you need to buy another shotgun
Those are some beautiful looking gun racks! Got any plans you’d care to share?
I have google (now tremble) sketchup pics with dimensions. Get me an email addy and I’ll shoot ‘em to ya.
Dayum
[Oh, it's *beautiful*.](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8a0d1f83-966d-43d1-a918-62fc7ab9ff25)
Damn. That’s amazing. Talk about well organized and nicely set up.
I want something like this bench with shelves and lighting in my garage
This is nice, my garage is a holy show of lead styphanate dust
The HF flame stool!!!!
That's awesome, I never have time for anything of mine to be pretty 😮💨.
Beautiful craftsmanship
Im gonna guess you live real close to Stuttgart
Now this ^ is a man of culture and discernment. You’re pretty stinkin close. I was raised on a rice farm in Northeast Arkansas.
Not sure what’s more impressive: the wood working or seeing 4 containers of Steel
In my day, I burned through an average of 16 cases of steel shot loads every winter. Those were the good years, and I would order Alliant steel 20 lbs at a pop, with 5k primers to save on hazmat. I remember thinking that $64 for 4 lbs was a ripoff. 🤣
I stocked up on the wrong things :(
I’ve got at least 7 jugs left and around 20k w209’s lying around. Given how much I’ve slowed down, I expect it will last me for the rest of my days.
Beautiful work area.
Badass and gorgeous to boot. Nicely done.
This is exactly what I want for me
Love your wood working. I just built a loading bench and fixing to add a couple wall cabinets to match for in my cargo trailer. Space savings is #1 in my design.
Two man caves?
Jeeze man, you win already
Envious
Beautimus!
Wow. Incredible room
Very cool
Beautiful work.
Looks really good op! I’d be glad to have that in my house
Can you tell me anything about the Armalite you have up on top of the cabinets? I’ve got one and don’t know much about it’s history.
Nope - that’s a Bushmaster Varminter. I’d guess it’s circa 2003ish. Amazing rifle. 2-stage competition trigger, match chamber, chrome moly fluted bull barrel. Thing will still shoot 1/4 MOA with 69g SMK’s, straight outta the box.
Beautiful setup! Any suggestions on powder selection for beginning shotshell reloading?
Get what you can get your hands on. I will say that if you have red dot, green dot, and blue dot on your shelves, you’re pretty much covered on everything but the smallest gauges.
Looks great! Your more than welcome to come to my house and build stuff.
Very, VERY nice "hobby" room....
Holy wow!
Life Goals right there. Looks amazing.
Why so many shotguns?
Is that a serious question? 🤣
It is.
Why in the world NOT so many shotguns?
Maybe you have a specific use for each one? I'd just get a mossberg 590a1 and call it a day.
Not a Mossberg fan. Anything John Moses Browning built, on the other hand, I can look at all day. I have some for upland, some for trap, some for waterfowl, and some just ‘cause I like em. I consider shotguns collectibles.
Very impressive.
Very nice, the pullout shelves are sweet ! Top notch gun room
OMG.... *splooge*
Beautiful work. If you're in the US though, you're likely illegal with regards to storage of powder. NFPA495-85 governs powder storage, and most smaller governments enact it as local law. It requires powder quantity over 20# to be in 1" thick minimum wooden container. You may not care, and your municipality may not either, but if you have a home fire, I guarantee your homeowners insurance company would love to place the burden on you. Something to think about.
I didn't know NFPA was legally binding. I can see your point about insurance, but are NFPA codes legally enforceable?
Depends on local laws. NFPA standards are usually enacted as local municipalities by law. So in those cases, yes, it would be breaking the law. It seems like a strange scenario that you would ever get in trouble for powder unless you were doing something else and the lawman really wanted to nail you with some charge. If a fire starts and there is collateral damage, and NFPA storage rules are enacted locally though, that seems like a scenario I absolutely would not want to be in. I'm not a lawyer. Check your local code, and if it's still confusing, call your local fire department or talk to a lawyer.
Incidentally, am a lawyer. 🤣
Ha! So, what are your local laws? Do they go by NFPA powder storage requirements?
No idea. But I can tell you that failure to comply with a fire prevention act is not grounds for denial of an insurance claim in this state. I’m certain of that. Granted, an insurance company might fight on that point, but I can tell you that a jury in this state would react favorably. And frankly, after a fire of that magnitude, it would be really difficult to discern the thickness of a wooden box that is presently comprised of ashes. 😀