simple gun cabinet plans.

[Mark Stewart]

Hi all. I am looking for a plan to make a simple gun cabinet for a shotgun and a few rifles that I have acquired. thinking of just a basic box out of 3/4 ply with a shelf and a door(lockable). When saying this please keep in mind that I have minimal tools. I do have access to a table saw, and I own a router table, various sanders and a coupel of hand planes. so if anyone has an ideal let me know.

 

[nn4jw]

I've always liked the look of a nice gun cabinet with glassed doors. That said, in this day and age it's just too easy for a burglar to smash into the cabinet and steal all the firearms. All my firearms are in a metal safe bolted to the wall and floor. Not impossible to break into, but a lot more difficult than a classic display type gun cabinet.

 

[CrealBilly]

I made a knock off of this one for my father in law several years back - it was a great project.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/how-to/a96/1273026/

I built mine out of solid 5/4 quarter sawn red oak and eastern red cedar drawers instead of plywood though. If I can locate the thread and pictures il post them here for you. All in all I would say its was an intermediate level project.

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[CrealBilly]

Here are a few pics of the popular mechanics gun cabinet knock off I built. I used thick plexi glass instead of real glass also. If I recall correctly it was 7' high and 32" wide all said and done.









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[Jeff]

A simple storage unit that fits your woodworking skills and available tools. You'd like to use this kind of wood for the cabinet..........?

I'd look at a few pictures and get an idea of what you want and that simplifies building it.

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=23252496

 

[Bill Clemmons]

The SketchUp 3D Warehouse has over 100 plans for gun cabinets. Everything from simple to elaborate.

 

[JimD]

I had a built in gun cabinet in my last house. My walk in closet had clothes in a L shaped arrangement. On the wall without clothes, I cut through the drywall so the cabinet would only stick out about half as far. Sides were screwed to the studs. I think I took out one stud so it was about 32 inches wide. I mounted a piece of 1.5 inch thick construction lumber at the right height for the guns to lean against. I laid them out along this, getting them about as close as possible, then traced the butts on a piece of 3/4 plywood. I cut out the shape of the butts and let the gun butts rest on the carpet through the plywood. Up top, I screwed pieces of softwood sticking out towards you into the 2X back rail to keep the guns from sliding to the side. Above the space for the long guns I had shelves for ammo and other things. The whole cabinet locked. It would not have been real hard to break into but my guns are not expensive. I mainly wanted to keep the kids out of them. Plenty strong for that.