Barrel holders in your safe.....HELP

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Well, since the fire, my wife finally volunteered,"You need a better place to keep your rifles, lets find room (money ) for a safe. :grin: So I found one that will fit the space and I can afford. (The "stack-on" variety) of cheap metal cabinet but I am grateful. Only thing is, there is no way my rifle barrels are going in that stick-on foam rubber thing to hold them up in th safe. Any ideas? I dont really want to drill holes in my new safe to put in holders. Is there a magnetic version out there? See how lazy I am......Anything is better than the foam or stacking them together. Ideas? CL

 

[257 Ackley]

Cloverleaf -
Glad to hear that you have a nice home for your rifles. I had one of those safes years ago and found a solution for holding them in place that does involve drilling holes in the safe. I cut a 1X4 shaped to hold the rifles inside the safe, drilled and screwed the shaped holders from the outside of the safe and put mole-skin in the cutout where each rifle would rest. I know you don't want to drill the safe like that, but it worked well for me. One of my brothers is still using that safe 20 plus years since that was done. Good luck.

On another note, you need to find a place in Northern Minnesota to hunt deer instead of staying down in the SW part of the state where you have to use shotguns :mrgreen: That 250 you have would be a great little rifle for the area that we hunt. One of my nephews uses 250 Savage that he got from my Dad after he passed. Has taken several nice deer with it.

 

[hardpan]

Cloverleaf,
I have used wooden supports that I made in the past. It is really simple and they can be siliconed in place. You can even add foam rubber or cloth as a cushion.
Hardpan

 

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Ackley- no doubt the 250 needs a place to play. Almost worked out a deal to hunt up along lake superior a few years back. That woul have been a fine hunt. Still, the ol'e 250 is fine Antelope medicine ( my favorite thing) It'd be nice to canvas a big swamp buck with the thing though. Never enjoyed or figured out entirely, shooting slugs. Is that 257 Ackley a straight Ackley or a blown out 250-3000? Cant even remember for sure if there is a difference. CL

 

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The wife said that???????


Lucky! :evil:

 

[SJB358]

Ackley- no doubt the 250 needs a place to play. Almost worked out a deal to hunt up along lake superior a few years back. That woul have been a fine hunt. Still, the ol'e 250 is fine Antelope medicine ( my favorite thing) It'd be nice to canvas a big swamp buck with the thing though. Never enjoyed or figured out entirely, shooting slugs. Is that 257 Ackley a straight Ackley or a blown out 250-3000? Cant even remember for sure if there is a difference. CL

CL, I think Joel 257 Ackley is a "Ackely'ed" 257 Roberts. I know there is a 250AI also though. That was supposed to be one of the most efficient cartridges he built, as least I think I read about it in his book. Scotty

 

[JD338]

CL

I think the best approach is going to involve drilling holes through the safe walls.

Hope you can make a road trip with your 250 to the MN north country.

JD338

 

[257 Ackley]

CL - I have three 257 Roberts rifles....the only one I hunt with is the Ackley version. The other two are Remington Limited Edition models that are safe queens until I have grandkids :lol:. The 257 Ackley has taken quite a few deer over the last few years between Minnesota and Montana using the 110 AB bullet. Going to leave it at home this year and try to get the 25-06 bloody for the first time, using the same 110 AB bullet.

 

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Ackley- The "Bob" Acklyfied has got to b one heck of a sweet round. I am really thinking about trading off my 250 Mauser for a new Savage in 250 (bad day at the range I guess) I did however, pick up a "classic Slug gun" An old Ithica mod 37 in 16 Ga. w/ a scope. Dang thing is way more accurate than a smooth bore ought to be. 2in grps or better at 50 yards, and 3-4 at 100. Its just plain fun to shoot and way cheaper than Sabboted slugs. just gotta hope I can get in a goat tagnext year. Good luck with your hunting! I surrendered and used the dang foam rubber things. Too many other "Move in Chores" to do right now. And yup, she said that and paid for the safe. You can let her saddle the horses any day! CL

 

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Man CL! You have the classic slug gun for slug hunting! The 16 gauge M37 is THE gun that most folks wanted back when my area was a slug zone. My uncle and a few other family members have them. My uncles has a VXIII 1.5x5 on it and has made some really impressive shots with his over the last 40 years. I think he shoots regular Winichester Foster type slugs out of his. What load are you shooting. Those Ithaca's are great guns. The 2nd most sought after slug gun was a Browning 16ga with the buck barrel. Good luck, hope you get to put it to some use. Scotty

 

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Thats what I had heard too. Definitely a hoot to shoot and so much cheaper than sabboted that I can afford it too! My 100 yard (yes thats right- 100 yard target) shows about 4in. drop with a 3-4 inch group. Thats usuall better than my fully rifled Mossberg 500 12 Ga. can do. A 1.5-4.5 Bushnell now sits on top as I couldnt get the Tasco that was on it to do anything but shoot high. Still, a couple inch 5 shot group at 50 yards is a impressive. The thing seems to have no preference for brand. Ive tried Rem, Win, and Fed. Currently with Federals cause I can get them cheaper. I was surprised how easy it was to find 16 Ga. slugs. Was also surprised at the balistics. Accroding to Federal website I am better off with a 20 ga. at every range and factor except meuzzle velocity, that was disappointing but I will go with it anyway. Cool gun dosent even begin to describe it.

I should move this conversation to another thread...... but where? The barrel aint "groovy" :grin: CL

 

[SJB358]

CL, here is a picture of my slug gun. Where I grew up, until a few years ago was a slug only area. So, everyone had slug guns, I bought this when I was 14, I think it was the first years for the cantilever scope mounts and rifled choke tubes for Remington. I had an issue when coming out of the tree one time, my pant leg slipped over the scopes eyepiece as it was hanging from the pull up rope. Well as I stepped down, I bent that cantilever arm about 70 degrees out of whack. I took it to the gunsmith who I bought it from and he drilled the receiver and placed a stainless block in there and secured everything down to the receiver. At the same time, he had a used M8 4X Leupold that I put on the gun. It has remained the same since then. I shot Remington Sluggers for a long time, and then switched to Buckhammers! Man, it was a world of difference. They will actually touch one another at 100 yards! I was blown away, I was good with the 4-5" groups I was getting at 100 with the Remington Sluggers, but the Buckhammers were unreal. That same year I killed a good buck and doe while on leave, (one with wife and one with son). They put big holes through deer and ruined very little meat. I love them, and I still hunt with it in certain parts of Va. It is deadly up to 150 yards.

Your Deerslayer is one of the best. If they would have had a 12 Gauge Deerslayer with the rifled barrel when I went to buy a slug gun that day, that is what I would have bought, hands down. It is a tack driver. Scotty

 

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Bretzels-
Do you shoot those buck hammers in a rifled barrel? The concept and engineering sound good, just worry about the leading. CL

 

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CL, I use a screw in Rifled Choke. I wished I had a rifled barrel, but this 11-87 shoots really well the way it is, so I doubt I would ever have a reason to change it. It is a good hunting gun and really puts big holes deer. .75" hole in game takes the fight out of them pretty fast! Scotty

 

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Tried some of them "Hammers" Shure hammered me.....no thanks, accuracy was 34- inches at 50 yards in my gun, and they were punishment. Thanks for the lead though. Was worth a try.....CL