Do you display your revolvers?

[CaptainVane]

I have 4 revolvers that i keep hidden. Seems a shame to hide them or lock them away.
I live in a safe area, and thinking of displaying them above the fireplace. But i do wonder if leaving them out is not the smartest move, you never know when you may have a B&E.
So, lets hear your opinion, display or keep hidden from prying eyes?

 

[2ndltsdad]

I own several revolvers that i "display" in my properly locked safe. I would never leave a functional revolver or any other gun out in the open.unless the gun is a movie prop or something.

 

[DutchV]

I might set out something if I'm having my buddies over.

Ordinarily I don't leave guns in plain sight. It seems like a bad idea.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

It's a sign of the times when you have nice things and have to secure them away from prying eyes and hands...and I'm not talking about keep them safe from children's hands.

 

[vanquish1]

I struggle with this also. Such a shame to keep them locked away but would be really upsetting to have them stolen and I would have a hard time living with myself knowing I could have done more to keep them off the street.

 

[CaptainVane]

All good ideas. I should have mentioned its just the wife and I. Both our kids live out of state and no grandkids so children in house is not an issue.

 

[linkstate]

Since this is the black powder forum, I assume you mean one or all of your repro cap and ball revolvers. In that case I would at least one. I actually plan to get a nice stand for one of mine.

I would not leave out anything of significant value or modern.

 

[jbridgely]

The dilemma is always accessibility versus safety. Maybe someone reading this will use the technology associated with the quick access gun storage units and combine it with a high-quality plexiglass display. Until that happens, I am afraid biometric, or RFID storage is my choice.

Sorry, just realized this was black powder forum... thanks "linkstate"

 

[CaptainVane]

Yes BP.
Uberti 1858 Remington .36
Uberti 1851 Colt Navy .36
I doubt they worth much on the streets of West Baltimore.

 

[owldo]

I have 4 revolvers that i keep hidden. Seems a shame to hide them or lock them away.
I live in a safe area, and thinking of displaying them above the fireplace. But i do wonder if leaving them out is not the smartest move, you never know when you may have a B&E.
So, lets hear your opinion, display or keep hidden from prying eyes?

IMO ... not a good idea to display and as an aside, you have to be a very very good friend who I know well to even tell you what I have !

 

[TI-tick]

IDK, when in doubt, whip it out!

Seriously, nowadays best to keep them secured and away from eyes.

 

[johnkn]

I would never leave a functional revolver or any other gun out in the open.unless the gun is a movie prop or something.

Alec Baldwin approves.....


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[tjiann]

Yes, I display a few muzzleloading guns. It's not like they can be pulled off the wall or shelf and shot in the house. My powder, ball and caps are all safely locked away. As far as the theft and value issue, not much different than other items with some value I have in the house.

 

[Boats]

I have a Repro LeMat hanging on the wall in my office, but that's it.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

This isn't a revolver...or a real gun at all...but this is the only "gun" I have displayed. I've had it for maybe forty years.

 

[lazarus]

It's a sign of the times when you have nice things and have to secure them away from prying eyes and hands...and I'm not talking about keep them safe from children's hands.

B&Es have always been a thing. But elsewhere someone brought up murders, which had me looking at crime rates in the 1960s. At least in Maryland, we have somewhat more murders per capita than in the early 1960s. But most other crimes are massively higher. B&Es happen at something like 3-4x the rate per person that they did in the early 1960s. Its a sad reality. I don't leave cash sitting out, nor jewelry, and I certainly wouldn't leave guns sitting out unless they were non-functional. I am not sure I'd have an expensive non-functional display piece sitting out either.

 

[Zaicran]

I don't display anything in my home.

 

[gungate]

My aunt used to display a rifle on the wall might have been a Sharps rifle or something that looked similar. It was a holdover from when her husband was alive and put it up. They said it belonged to a family member back in the civil war.

You don't see many firearms displayed in the open anymore. I would like to display some cowboy guns but I won't. I have thought about making an old style rifle display case like they used to have but realistically I will never put any rifles in it for display. Really I think every man needs a "real" man-cave that is secured where firearms can be displayed. They are only for trusted and appropriate audiences.

I would consider a black powder rifle (flintlock) on the wall but I don't have one. At one point I was going to make a display showing the progression of building an AR15. I bought 10 stripped lowers for that project but never did the display. I built most into full guns since then and just have a couple lowers left unbuilt.