Do you display your flintlock or other guns in your home

tom in nc · Aug 21, 2024

One of mine, currently this Dart brand full stock .45 caliber percussion gun hangs above the fireplace in our living room, along with a powder horn. (EMPTY horn and unloaded gun). We only use the fireplace on special occasions and I take the gun down when it's in use.
It is a very good shooting gun. I've been told that Dart was the importer probably in the 1970s.
The barrel is marked Dart .45 CAL.

nick_1 · Aug 21, 2024

I keep my competition pistol out when I am here because i shoot every day but lock it up when I go to work. hawken is always on the wall. It shoots ok but I don't compete with it.

Taevers · Aug 22, 2024

Robin101 said:
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You, my friend, were raised right!

mikesto44 · Aug 22, 2024

Robin101 very impressive set of rifles...!

emery · Aug 22, 2024

These are a few I have on display

wiscoaster · Aug 22, 2024

emery said:
These are a few I have on display

Very nice!! :thumb:

Jaegermeister · Aug 22, 2024

BruceS · Aug 22, 2024

All of mine are in the gun safe because of travelling a lot. I live rural and don’t want to come home to find my toys missing. Many years ago my dad said leave my single .410 out that I acquired for 12 dollars when I was 12 years old after a summer of work in a tobacco patch and hide the rest of my guns. I told him all the rest of my guns were worth less than that .410 to me. I am near 70 now and that is still my most prized posession, except now my wife claims it. Oh well!

wojciste · Aug 23, 2024

I do not display any of my firearms. Though I am proud of what I have I don't want anyone, other than family, to know what I have.

smoothshooter · Aug 23, 2024

longcruise said:
Ditto. I did display mine for a few years but when we moved i didn’t put them up. It would be nice but I feel it's putting them at risk for theft.

I don't, and never have, had guests or friends to my home that concerned me but people converse and others overhear...... so.

The biggest threat is people talking about your guns out of your earshot with others you don’t know.

Jedidiah · Aug 24, 2024

SOLANCO said:
"lots of cameras and booby traps now."
Have a care with the booby traps. I have heard of civil suits and even criminal charges when an intruder is harmed or killed by a booby trap. And heaven forfend some innocent wander into one!

It is illegal to set "traps" for intruders' , period.There have been may court cases that ended with the homeowner in jail. it is what it is

nick_1 · Aug 25, 2024

these are just flash bangs. Fith ops. check it out. pretty cool. scares the manure out of me when i forget to dissarm.
https://fithops.com/

Leadball loader · Aug 25, 2024

This is the only gun that I display with one original.,one new and my grandfathers horn made when he was young. It is a Belgian trade gun in the form of Charleville. It is 20 ga with a thick walled tube barrel I used to re enact the Coburn Militia during the celebration of Arnolds March to Quebec.
It has fired blank charges but I never fired ball even though it has Belgian proof marks.
LBL

Norman Brooks · Aug 28, 2024

Mine are in a climate controlled room that is locked, other than the home defense guns.

ChuckJonesWagon · Aug 28, 2024

Year 'round...all the time. Walk in my front door and you will see them hanging above my fireplace. They add charm and warmth to the room and the entire house.

RiverRat · Aug 28, 2024

emery said:
These are a few I have on display

Very nice collection!

bud in pa · Aug 28, 2024

Jedidiah said:
It is illegal to set "traps" for intruders' , period.There have been may court cases that ended with the homeowner in jail. it is what it is

This is why I am glad that I have over 5,000 acres of woods out my back door.

The Black Tyrone · Aug 28, 2024

Mike in FL said:
As of recently, I do. As I sit in my living room right now, I can see four. I'm 75 and started wondering why I don't enjoy them every day I have left. Should have done it years ago. I know chance of theft is enhanced many times over by leaving them out of the safe. In my case, I have no one interested in guns to leave them to. I do take precautions though. Secure them if I leave overnight and close the curtains after dark, plus I placed them high and out of reach. A bit risky still. When my eyes rest on any particular one, it "talks" to me, reminding me of previous adventures in the wildwood or at the range. How about you?

I hang a 2 rifles and i just picked up a pistol that might join them it just looks like it should be there

Taevers · Aug 29, 2024

ChuckJonesWagon said:
Year 'round...all the time. Walk in my front door and you will see them hanging above my fireplace. They add charm and warmth to the room and the entire house.

I’m coming up right behind you. I taint gonna hold my soot belchers hostage in the safe because I’m paralyzed that they’ll get snitched. Doors are locked at all times and if nobody is home, they will be locked back up. Maybe not everyone’s comfort zone, but I’m going to bask in my rifles that bring joy to my eye!

Taevers · Aug 29, 2024

Taevers said:
I’m coming up right behind you. I taint gonna hold my soot belchers hostage in the safe because I’m paralyzed that they’ll get snitched. Doors are locked at all times and if nobody is home, they will be locked back up. Maybe not everyone’s comfort zone, but I’m going to bask in my rifles that bring joy to my eye!

Nobody wants or enjoys my old guns but me anyways.

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