And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yup. Got one of those racks as a gift during my early college days, although a simpler version without the drawer. It hangs on the wall to my left as I type this. Only rifle I keep up there these days is my Thompson-Center Hawken 50 cal.
They stopped doing that because they made your truck a thief-target. And in some jurisdictions, they would even prosecute you if it were stolen for allowing an "attractive nuisance".
I built a gun rack almost identical to that one in Shop Class in High school as my work-work project. Late '60s. Had a gun rack in my old pickup, everyone did, and we took our guns everywhere,,,, not one was ever injured,,,, except the occasional rattlesnake or tin can.
Ok, maybe I'm so old I'm going senile. But I remember we always hung our rifles upside down - they were more stable that way. Hanging like the picture shows might be more photogenic, but the center of gravity is higher that the supports and the rifle will tend to twist or tilt over. And yeah, I had a rack in the back window of my truck, plus built two wooden racks in high school shop class. Still got one in the attic somewhere.
Yup. Got one of those racks as a gift during my early college days, although a simpler version without the drawer. It hangs on the wall to my left as I type this. Only rifle I keep up there these days is my Thompson-Center Hawken 50 cal.
ReplyDeleteAs am I. Had a Savage Model 24D (.22 WMR/20 ga.), a Marlin .22WMR & a couple 12 ga pumps, Ithaca & Remimington if memory serves, in it.
ReplyDeletePlease identify each one. [I can guess at the last three, but the top one, . . . that "?" at the end of the barrel is throwing me off.].
ReplyDeleteIt’s a polychoke or a similar brand. Used to be common.
Deletehttps://www.ebay.com/itm/184663422999
Mossberg 12- or 16-gauge, w/Polychoke as noted below, Model 295 maybe.
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But that's not a shotgun. It has a bolt action.
DeleteThere are bolt action shotguns kicking around still. Mossbergs and maybe Savages, IIRC.
DeleteHowever, I have an older Swedish Mauser with a similar-looking muzzle brake barrel end (Husqvarna 6.5x55). A clearer pic would help.
It wasn't that long ago that there were pick ups everywhere with gun racks. We let the nanny state take our rights away.
ReplyDeletenot all of us.....move to a better area....
DeleteThey stopped doing that because they made your truck a thief-target. And in some jurisdictions, they would even prosecute you if it were stolen for allowing an "attractive nuisance".
DeleteI built a gun rack almost identical to that one in Shop Class in High school as my work-work project. Late '60s. Had a gun rack in my old pickup, everyone did, and we took our guns everywhere,,,, not one was ever injured,,,, except the occasional rattlesnake or tin can.
ReplyDeleteYep. Easy Rider rifle rack. Common in Montana.
ReplyDeleteI'm older, we made those in high school shop class, every boy needed/wanted one.
ReplyDeleteOk, maybe I'm so old I'm going senile. But I remember we always hung our rifles upside down - they were more stable that way. Hanging like the picture shows might be more photogenic, but the center of gravity is higher that the supports and the rifle will tend to twist or tilt over. And yeah, I had a rack in the back window of my truck, plus built two wooden racks in high school shop class. Still got one in the attic somewhere.
ReplyDeleteBuilt one like that in 8th grade woodshop, shelf, no drawer.
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