hey, all. I recently had to find a way to store my pcp’s, should the need arise that I take one off of the one on my bench mounted gun vice to work on another. I have to let you know, I don’t own a gun safe, only a gun cabinet that two springers and a couple of powder burners occupy. My “gun/reloading room is a small 5’x9’, so I had to get creative in a storage system that would allow me to just hang the gun and it had to be effective without a burden in both storing it and taking up valuable real estate. I didn’t want any head knockers with guns mounted above me, and due to worn out rotator cuffs, I didn’t want to be reaching overhead.
while cruising the aisles at Home Depot, the garage storage section, I found these Tornado hangers. Really built stout and they have a thick protective rubber coating so as not to scratch or mar up any gun I hang it on. Each hanger is rated at 40 lbs, and I use two of them per gun, the large style Tornado hook bearing the weight and attached to a stud, and the small version meant to cradle the barrel at a point that balances the offset weight due to a scope. I offset the top bracket just very slightly to just catch a balance point, as I don’t want a lot of pressure against a barrel shroud when leaning a gun.
Naturally due to the offset, the top hanger is off of the stud, so I use (2) 40 lb rated drywall anchors and throw a drop of adhesive on the back of the anchor, just for good measure.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Tornado-40-lb-Tornado-Large-Orange-Vinyl-Coated-Steel-Wall-Mount-J-Hook-48034/202639947
The system came out sweet. So easy to get a gun on and off. It’s perfect for bullpup type guns depending on where you orient the hooks. On standard rifles I would use the Tornado hanger with the flat, non curved prongs as to catch the shoulder pad, the a hook mounted sideways just to catch the lean point like I did the bullpup guns.
Just thought I’d share to anyone dealing with like a studio apartment or if wanting to mount pcp guns inside a closet.
At the level i chose to mount the pcp’s, it allows me to also check the pressure gage at a glance without having to remove the gun from the hangers, to always make sure the gun isn’t leaking air.
I gotta say, as I’m almost completely out of room, I’m glad I don’t own a lot of PCP’s. This is good reason not to buy another, lol!
while cruising the aisles at Home Depot, the garage storage section, I found these Tornado hangers. Really built stout and they have a thick protective rubber coating so as not to scratch or mar up any gun I hang it on. Each hanger is rated at 40 lbs, and I use two of them per gun, the large style Tornado hook bearing the weight and attached to a stud, and the small version meant to cradle the barrel at a point that balances the offset weight due to a scope. I offset the top bracket just very slightly to just catch a balance point, as I don’t want a lot of pressure against a barrel shroud when leaning a gun.
Naturally due to the offset, the top hanger is off of the stud, so I use (2) 40 lb rated drywall anchors and throw a drop of adhesive on the back of the anchor, just for good measure.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Tornado-40-lb-Tornado-Large-Orange-Vinyl-Coated-Steel-Wall-Mount-J-Hook-48034/202639947
The system came out sweet. So easy to get a gun on and off. It’s perfect for bullpup type guns depending on where you orient the hooks. On standard rifles I would use the Tornado hanger with the flat, non curved prongs as to catch the shoulder pad, the a hook mounted sideways just to catch the lean point like I did the bullpup guns.
Just thought I’d share to anyone dealing with like a studio apartment or if wanting to mount pcp guns inside a closet.
At the level i chose to mount the pcp’s, it allows me to also check the pressure gage at a glance without having to remove the gun from the hangers, to always make sure the gun isn’t leaking air.
I gotta say, as I’m almost completely out of room, I’m glad I don’t own a lot of PCP’s. This is good reason not to buy another, lol!
