Whats a good wall hanger for over the fireplace?

[Doug S]

Doug S.....Man I REALLY like the looks of that man cave of yours.

Looks like I will have a bit of a project this fall for that sunken living room complete with fireplace!

Thanks RVN11b. I appreciate the kind words and good luck with your project.

 

[Officers'Wife]

I know where their is a non-functioning Vicker's MG. I'm not sure how to hang the thing anywhere though.

 

[MattShlock]

Great idea. Something by Mort Kunstler would do the trick.

It looks like the consensus is something like a muzzleloader or vintage military rifles.

Dude, I've suggested the same thing for people's WORK places here and THIS big piece of professionaly framed art is what I have hanging behind me in my office at work!!!

LOL

http://mortkunstler.com/product_images/117_2.jpg

 

[shafter]

Dude, I've suggested the same thing for people's WORK places here and THIS big piece of professionaly framed art is what I have hanging behind me in my office at work!!!

That's a nice painting. His attention to detail is superb and he generally makes sure the proper firearms are featured in his work.

 

[sf46]

I Nagant would be ok, but a flintlock or Civil War musket would be better. I have an old double barrel shotgun with the hammers.

 

[Speedo66]

Whats a good wall hanger for over the fireplace?

Some might suggest an ex-wife, but I think an obsolete gun like a short chambered damascus barreled shotgun would be perfect.

If it's spotted and stolen, no regrets if the thief blows himself up trying to use modern shells in it. Perhaps a full box of magnums on the mantle might improve the display.

 

[CZ-100]

I have an 1863 Springfield on the wall.

 

[Jim Watson]

Well, these days I have the TV over the fireplace.
I wouldn't want to advertise my interests with a gun on the wall anyhow. But then the bookshelves are probably a giveaway with shooting books and my few trophies.

I once read that a frontier cabin would likelier have a gun over the door than the smoky old fireplace.

 

[On An Island]

It won't go to me when the current owner hands it down, but I'd love my great-great-grandfather's Kentucky long rifle that's been hanging over the fireplace in our family's ancestral farmhouse as long as I can remember. I've got the perfect fireplace for it.