Gun Room Suggestions

[falconmst]

Going to be building a new gun room, other than the obvious reloading bench, safe, ammo locker... What features of your own rooms can you not live without, or what do you wish you had [ hot tubs and big screen tv's excluded I can figure that out myself ]

Thanks, I value your opinions.

 

[burnt_servo]

a solid core door and a dead bolt on it going into the room , this prevents people from screwing with things or " borrowing " stuff when your not around .
it also adds one more obstacle to anyone intent on trying to steal your firearms .

make the work bench several times heavier than you think it will need to be , with a bottom shelf .
the bottom shelf on mine has a couple hundred pounds of steel plate on it to make the whole bench much much more stable .

 

[falconmst]

Thanks, solid door and good locks are def on the list, I will post a pic of the bench I am planning to make for further review

 

[kastles]

Tunes. Gotta have a way to listen to music.

 

[Drillbit]

Lots of plugins
Some on switches
Some doubled so you don;t have to use power bars

 

[DOUGLAS D]

Bottom roller tool cabinets that fit under the bench.
Craftsman is good. Snap On or Mac if you really want to go first class.

 

[RePete]

Alarm system.

HD shelving.

 

[falconmst]

Lots of plugins
Some on switches
Some doubled so you don;t have to use power bars

Excellent Idea

 

[falconmst]

Bottom roller tool cabinets that fit under the bench.
Craftsman is good. Snap On or Mac if you really want to go first class.

Will def. look into this, would you suggest one with lots of small drawers, or the ones with a few large ones?

 

[falconmst]

Alarm system.

HD shelving.

Alarm system is in the works, have not decided if I am building shelving or picking some up somewhere.

 

[looch]

- Lighting - a mix of overhead and flexible work lamps.
- A simple 2 or 3 gun open rack for holding firearms that are waiting their turn on the bench.
- A vice with leather jaw protectors
- A hardware rack/drawer system to organize all of the fiddly bits, like cleaning jags, scope ring screws, etc.

 

[falconmst]

- Lighting - a mix of overhead and flexible work lamps.
- A simple 2 or 3 gun open rack for holding firearms that are waiting their turn on the bench.
- A vice with leather jaw protectors
- A hardware rack/drawer system to organize all of the fiddly bits, like cleaning jags, scope ring screws, etc.

I would not have thought of the gun rack, but can't even imagine how useful that will be.

 

[falconmst]

Pic of reloading bench, 3 stations; rockchucker - Dillon - MEC