Ye Old Gun room

[Russ Jackson]

A few weeks back I was sitting in my Gun Room ,Man Cave which ever you prefer and decided ,it is a shame to have the guns I enjoy the most hiding away in a gun safe tucked neatly away in cases where even the owner " ME " can't ever enjoy just looking at them ! I mentioned this fact to my Wife and she suggested a small change in furniture placement and making a display area so I could enjoy looking at my guns while I was in my Room at my computer etc. ! Shopping we went and I came away with an inexpensive but I think very nice piece of furniture for the job ,it has space inside ,for TPS , Dbl. Gun journals ,Parker Pages and a few random Books and Brass Shells and Misc.Parker items and Gun Related stuff ,then on the top ,I can place a Cased Parker Gun on the top and enjoy having it out to ogle over it on occasion ,I intend to change guns once a week ,now the problem is I'll need a few more to fill in the blanks for the rest of the weeks of the year ! Just thinking if any of you other fellows have a similar set up ,might be fun to take a look at them !

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Very nice Russ. I see you must play the guitar. I do also. Maybe we will have to get together for a little jam/ parker BS session.

[Russ Jackson]

Harold ,I do a little Flat Pickin once in a while ,I played alot more when I was a kid than I do now ,months go by I don't touch it sorry to say !

[charlie cleveland]

mighty nice setup you got there..i really like your idea of enjoying the gun s and related stuff instead of keeping every thing locked away...thats what pretty guns are for eye appeal... charlie

[wayne goerres]

Nice cave you have there. I just started mine and allready it looks a little unsightly. Was thinking of building a couple of racks to display some of mine when there not locked up.

[Daryl Corona]

Nice Russ. Your wife has good taste.

[Russ Jackson]

Nice Russ. Your wife has good taste.

Thank You ,maybe that explains why She picked me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotf::rotf:

[Rich Anderson]

My gun room is a mess:eek: what with a month plus of bird hunting there are shells, clothes, dog equipment everywhere. Now add in deer season and the number of boots on the floor has doubled and there are rifles leaning against open drawers (so they don't fall down) reloading equipment and assorted paraphenalia scattered everywhere. I looked for a pair of gloves for over a week, even contacted the people I hunted with to see if I left them in their truck....I found them in a pair of hunting boots I hadn't worn:shock:

Russ your gun room looks very nice...but it lacks that used look:rotf: Maybe I should post a couple of pics of mine to give you a goal:rotf::rotf::rotf:

Seriously my one New Years resolution is to clean and reorganize:whistle:

[Russ Jackson]

Rich ,Would love to see it in any condition ,mine was so bad last week ,I spent most of the day straightening up the mess and tossing and putting away ! My Lovely Wife says , Wow ,now isn't that much nicer ,I guess it is but I can't find anything ,just the gun on top of the new cabinet :rotf:!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rich Anderson]

ok you asked. This is no Martha Stewart room:shock:

[Daryl Corona]

Thank You ,maybe that explains why She picked me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotf::rotf:

I meant the furniture.:whistle::)

[wayne goerres]

WOW! That makes me feel right at home.

[Russ Jackson]

I meant the furniture.:whistle::)

OH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotf::rotf::rotf:

[Russ Jackson]

Rich ,Great Gun Room ,Well organized with all the necessities !!!!!!!!!!!!! That's close to what mine looked like about a week ago ,but I knew exactly where everything was ,............... ALMOST !

[charlie cleveland]

now you boy s got the rest of your life to get it back in good shape the way it was before you cleaned it up to impress the wife..oh were did i put those primers and buckshot... charlie

[Russ Lindsay]

Russ, at last, I know where all of those period leg of mutton cases go. Your man cave. I am looking in all the wrong places. BC

[edgarspencer]

My wife's closet is bigger, but I'll take what space I can get.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Rich, I see you tidied up a bit.

[charlie cleveland]

i really like the gun holders and whats in them..and i like the shotgun shell boxes heck i like the whole setup...charlie

[paul stafford jr]

looks like rich and I have the same problem , I could use a third room

[todd allen]

Beautiful gun rooms, all!

[Rich Anderson]

My wife refers to the Gun Room as uncontrolled clutter, of course if there is anything that she wants to put elsewhere it goes in there. I refer to call it a working gun room.

[charlie cleveland]

i agree cob every body wants to share the gun room wife kids and evengrankids...maybe today i can get a picture of my junk room... charlie

[Rick Losey]

I think it was Patrick McManus that said he called the place he keeps his stuff his den - his wife called it the place he keeps his stuff

I always like seeing the storage ideas creative people come up with

and Rich, how come EVERY JD bottle is empty :glug:

[Rich Anderson]

There not all empty, I have one full one left from a very limited run of commerative bottles.

There are a lot of good times in those empty bottles:bowdown: Emptied one last night as we celebrated the end of rifle deer season...no asprin required:rotf:

[Bill Murphy]

I have a library, which doubles as a guest bedroom, a gun room, a loading room, and a bit of gun and book storage in the family room. The library usually has a few guns leaning up in corners for study and research. Linda wants a new house, soon.

[todd allen]

I don't have a dedicated "Gun Room", per se, but have a dedicated reloading room in the basement. I would post pictures, but then everyone would know how unorganized, and sloppy I can be. My wife tolerates this level of clutter in this one room only!
That said, the whole house is basically a "Gun Room".

[charlie cleveland]

Charlie's collection of shells and junk

[charlie cleveland]

The rest of the junk

[edgarspencer]

I cracked up when, what did I see beside the railroad lantern, but a Doctor Pepper can.
Charlie, who's that sleeping in the cage?

[charlie cleveland]

thats the famous tropy i won shooting the 70 step champion ship..they awarded me the can with the most hits ever at 70 steps..there was 7 holes put in this can by a smithand wesson auto of my dads useing 3 inch remington nitro turkey loads no 5 shot... the critter living in the cage is the parker loving guinea pig named wilbur... in herited from a daughter whose allergic to the pig..so you see anything can wind up in your gun room... charlie

[Russ Lindsay]

Edgarspencer said "what did I see beside the railroad lantern, but a Doctor Pepper can."

and a couple more in the cabinet. As well as Prince Albert in the can, heh, heh, heh.

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie, I hope your mailing address is in the PGCA address book. We need to band together and send you more crap. You don't have nearly enough. Especially shell boxes. You are way short on them.

[charlie cleveland]

i think my mailing address is in there somewhere and youre rite i need a few more shell boxes to round out my collection..junk has been in my blood since i was born i reckon...guess i shoulda took a few more pictures of my old reloading room but it was just too messy...charlie

[wayne goerres]

Charlie. I hate to mention this but that TV is a little obsolete.

[Russ Jackson]

The library usually has a few guns leaning up in corners for study and research. Linda wants a new house, soon.

Bill ,Is the New House ,With You or Without You ? :rotf::):rotf::rotf: Charlie ,I Love the Gun Room !

[Mills Morrison]

Ok, I just found Charlie's gun room photos. Very cool! I like the old shell collection.

[edgarspencer]

Charlie. I hate to mention this but that TV is a little obsolete.

That's OK, Wayne. He only watches old re-runs on it.

[Mills Morrison]

Re runs are about the only thing worth watching these days

[Bill Murphy]

Russ, Linda is willing to live with me in the same house as long as there is a very large "stuff room", preferably separated from the main house. A very large car and motorcycle room, also separated from the main house, is also a requirement. She doesn't mind the guns so much, but she would prefer that she never see the cars and motorcycles at all. She sees a Harley Davidson as immediate death in my present physical condition. She sees cars and trucks with more than 400 cubic inches under the hood as slow, although not immediate, death. I am doomed.

[Phil Yearout]

I love seeing pics of gun rooms/man caves/dens/studies - whatever you call them. I call mine The Museum of the Completely Unrelated, Mostly Forgotten and Largely Useless. A couple of shots...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/prairieschooner/Stuff/IMG_0745.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/prairieschooner/Stuff/IMG_0743.jpg

One of its features is The World's Smallest Gun Room, pictured here:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w109/prairieschooner/Stuff/IMG_0741.jpg

[John Taddeo]

I had arrived home one evening after working late to find serving platters, with Sterno heaters ,residing on my work bench in the man cave (as I was late for the holiday festivities). It was at this point I had the realization what had to be done.... :nono:. In the following days my loving Wife explained to me how things become inadvertently locked and the pros and cons of such hasty decisions... I guess a crock pot and hoppes #9 aren't that bad after all..:bigbye:

[Ken Blackburn]

hey what a beautiful room! but mine's messier!

[FRANK HALSEY]

I had put these on here before but here they are again. Thanks, Frank

[wayne goerres]

Its hard to find some place to put those peskey gun cases. They are a huge distraction to an otherwise tranquil setting.

[charlie cleveland]

you boys shore got some fine gun rooms there..i enjoy this post greatly.... charlie

[Mills Morrison]

I'd send a picture of the room where the guns are kept, except it does not lend itself to photos. "Gun room" is being a bit generous. Hopefully, one day I will have one as cool as the ones shown on this thread

[John Taddeo]

Any room in this country of ours that keeps a gun is a grand room

[wayne goerres]

Just keep buying guns Mills. Eventually you will have enough funs to fill your very own Man Cave.

[Mills Morrison]

I have no lack of guns, just a lack of a good place to display them. They stay locked in the safe.

[wayne goerres]

Mine too but I am working on it as we speak.

[chris dawe]

Great thread !

[Randy Davis]

A little Trapshooting history from the past... Few shots of my cave for your enjoyment...


RD

[David Noble]

I'm not a trap shooter but I could spend a couple of days admiring items and absorbing the history there. Good job, sir.

[charlie cleveland]

mighty nice...charlie

[Russ Jackson]

WOW , Randy ,I might be coming up for adoption !!!!!!!!!!!:rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

[Randy Davis]

Thanks Gents! I might of got a little carried away over the last twenty years...

[chris dawe]

This is mine ...a work in progress to say the least ,and looking at these I think I have way too much bare wall!

[edgarspencer]

We have a lot of musicians. My son has about a dozen dobros, I have 4 sets of bagpipes and a few harmonicas. Somebody got a hell of a deal from my ex when she sold my Steinway.

[Russ Jackson]

Chris ,Great Gun Room ,is that a Gibson Dove hanging on the wall ? My Guitar at the start of this thread is an Alvarez Dove model !

[chris dawe]

Thanks Russ,the guitar is a Epiphone knock off,the real one is a few years away for me ...my older brother is the real guitar man in the family,my favorite of his bunch is an old Gretsch country gentleman ,it has a fire branded monogram ,tooled leather wrapped around the body,and mother of pearl fret markers with various western motifs ,really neat guitar.

[Russ Jackson]

I have to agree with Edgar ,seems as we have a lot of musicians in the Parker Family ! When I was a Boy ,I used to play that old Guitar for hours every day even did a little pickin at the local Fairs and stuff when I was between 8 to 12 years old or so , I really have no idea why I lost interest but now a days I am lucky to pick it up a couple of times a year and when I do I'm lousy !!!!!!!!!!!!! Chris ,I have a Buddy that has a beautiful Martin ,an old one but he claims his Gretsch is his favorite !

[James Brown]

Looks like Mr. Fin2Feather has a D-28 or D-35 Martin hanging on his wall.
James

[Harold Lee Pickens]

I played for years, but then just got away from it after I got married at age 40. My wife got me guitar lessons for Christmas last year, and I continued with them--every Wed night. Favorite artist to play is James Taylor

[Mills Morrison]

My cousin, Harry, made banjoes and I always meant to buy one and learn how to play it.

[Larry Stauch]

A little Trapshooting history from the past... Few shots of my cave for your enjoyment...


RD

A trap shooter with a sense of style and creativity; what's that all about?:bigbye:

[Randy Davis]

Larry, born under the right stars I guess... I know... probably not your stereotypical trap shooter of today.

[Brian Stucker]

All I can say is...WOW, ALL GREAT ROOMS! Some are actually museums in my view. Love to see more. Thanks for the enjoyable pics.

[Larry Stauch]

Just getting started on my man cave. This is what it looks like when Martha Stewart is involved and moves your scotch collection down with the guns. The side x sides are in safes behind the green curtains, along with a little bit of a mess, but hey it's a start.

[Mills Morrison]

:shock:

You all are making me jealous. One day . . .

[wayne goerres]

Sweet.

[Randy Davis]

Mighty fine start Larry... Not much more a man could ask for...

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Well he photo is not good taken a year ago but you can see my man cave

[Russ Jackson]

WOW , Another Wonderful Gun Room , this thread just keeps getting better and better !

[Craig Larter]

My gun cave and AH Fox Collectors Corporate Headquarters, on the low end scale.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/clarter/DSC_0004_zps662f5296.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/clarter/media/DSC_0004_zps662f5296.jpg.html)
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[charlie cleveland]

you boys certainly have some fine gun rooms..and some fine looking articles in those rooms..and i see somebody must like straight stock guns too..and the fox headquarters is great... charlie

[wayne goerres]

CL what is the jones underlever in the last photo.

[Craig Larter]

Wayne: You have good eyes!. It a beautiful (in my opinion) 12ga 30" Mortimer & Sons Jones underlever. I bought it a few years back at the CLA. It is listed in the Mortimer book and was made for the nephew of Mortimer. I have the original hard case. I am of Scottish descent and "needed" one Scottish gun. :)

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/clarter/DSC_0002_zps9cae58ff.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/clarter/media/DSC_0002_zps9cae58ff.jpg.html)

[wayne goerres]

I only have one underlever and its a Boss But i do love the design. They are very strong actions. They make a classey gun.

[Phil Yearout]

Looks like Mr. Fin2Feather has a D-28 or D-35 Martin hanging on his wall.
James

Good eye, Sir! Martin HD-28, c. 1978

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Looks like a good weekend to retreat to the man cave. Sub zero and 6 inches of snow on the way. Going to re-read an old upland classic from my library, play some guitar, currently working on Kenny Loggins "House at Pooh Corner", load some shells, play with the dogs, and open that small batch bottle of bourbon my son gave me for Christmas.

[Mills Morrison]

Good for you Harold. See, cold weather is not so bad after all. I am celebrating Robert Burns' nicht tonight and celebrating the close of duck season Sunday morning with my boys

[Harryreed]

Sounds like my kind of weekend. I highly suggest a shot of that burbon in a mug of Bigelows Orange Spice tea right before bed. Sleep like a baby:coffee:

[Rich Anderson]

I just got in from running errands it's -24 with the wind:eek: My truck hasn't been started in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd better give her a try and she cranked right up.

I picked up the 32 inch 16ga hammer gun from the smith as I had 3/8th taken off the comb, no need to float the target now. The rifle project will go out for case colour next week so thats finally coming to a close.

Off to load some more 16's to prepare for the season, shoot some imaginary birds with the hammergun just to get the feel of the lower stock, go to Namibia hunting dangerous game with a good book and enjoy a little Buffalo Trace. All in all it's going to be a great afternoon.

[Richard Flanders]

Boy, sure glad I live in the warm north country. It's 42deg here with light rain in the forecast. How do you guys tolerate all that cold !?

[Harryreed]

Isn't that a hoot. We are 28 in the heat of the day here in North GA, and Richard is 42 in AK. Ya never know with the weather.:vconfused:

[Larry Frey]

Funny you say that Harry, on my way to work this morning I looked at the truck temperature gage and it said -9. My first thought was maybe I should move to Alaska where it's nice and warm.:rolleyes:

[Michael Murphy]

Rich,
I'm so glad you posted that picture. I've shown it to my wife so she can see that's the way it's supposed to be!

[charlie cleveland]

mighty fine man cave you got there harlod... it was 5 degrees at my house this morning..some strange weather huh..richard basking in the sun and me basking and freezeing setting by the heater..charlie

[Milton Starr]

Isn't that a hoot. We are 28 in the heat of the day here in North GA, and Richard is 42 in AK. Ya never know with the weather.:vconfused:

Im in South Ga near Tallahassee last week we had some 70 degree days now its in the 40-50s . Freezing for us ! :rotf:

[wayne goerres]

There are several of use that live in the state of goerga. It would be interesting to find out how many.

[Larry Frey]

Wayne,
There were 48 PGCA members as of 12/31/2013 from the great state of Georgia. You can thank Mary Bowes for that information.

[Milton Starr]

I love Georgia , home of the bobwhite :)

[wayne goerres]

Thanks Mary.

[George Lander]

Milton: South Carolina has a good suppky of Bobwhites as well.

Best Regards, George

[Rich Anderson]

How is the wild Quail population in the South?

[charlie cleveland]

mississippi also has a lot of bob whites in places but saddly most of them are pen raised..hope you boys well with your wild bob whites ours vanished in about 20 years for some reason...charlie

[Harryreed]

I hunt in the piedmont portion of GA which runs across GA from a little North of Atlanta across the state south of Macon. Native populations of quail decline has stabilized, but quail populations are still low. When I was very young I remember responding to quail with the bob white whistle for hours. If you answered, they would answer. As kids we did this until dusk. Rarely do I hear the bobwhite whistle in the late afternoon now. I am grateful for pen birds because a small percentage do survive in the wild. I really do not know the reasons for quail declines in the south.

[Rich Anderson]

I really do not know the reasons for quail declines in the south.

I would think the suspects are A) Loss of habitat, B) use of insecticides for crops C) increased predation.

[Harryreed]

I think you are correct Rich. I do know that when some of our leases have been clear-cut for timber and re-planted. The years when the new seeding are several inches high until they are ten foot high quail populations explode. Then after the pines grow larger the quail population disappears. Farming in GA has changed from a collection of small family farms to large operations. With the loss of cutover areas and natural boundaries the quail have declined.

[Mills Morrison]

The wild quail population in my area of Georgia and SC is abysmal. There are lots of opinions about why it happened, but the longer you listen the more you realize nobody really knows. Hopefully they will come back one day.

[George Lander]

When I first moved into my present home in Lexington, South Carolina @ 30 years ago there were at least 3 large coveys of wild Bob White quail in the 150 acre pasture behind my house. Today there are none. I don't know why either!

Best Regards, GeorgeThe wild quail population in my area of Georgia and SC is abysmal. There are lots of opinions about why it happened, but the longer you listen the more you realize nobody really knows. Hopefully they will come back one day.

[Milton Starr]

i used to work on a quail plantation .
from what I seen hawks would massacre the quail population .
To bad we don't have a hawk season, really they are just a coyote with wings :whistle:

[Leighton Stallones]

Thought I would include my Man cave also:

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/DSC_0004_-_Copy.JPG
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[Russ Jackson]

Leighton ,Very Nice ,Looks as if you must have some Fantastic Deer Hunting in your neck of the woods ! Great Gun Room !

[Dean Romig]

Very nice!!

Who mounted that albino barn cat for you? Nice job whoever it was!

[John Dallas]

Leighton - What's the name of the woman who painted the scene in the last picture? She has a very distinctive style.

[edgarspencer]

Very nice!!

Who mounted that albino barn cat for you? Nice job whoever it was!

It's so lifelike.

[Bill Murphy]

I was going to have my neighbor's cat stuffed, but I was afraid that Linda would invite her over for coffee some day. My plan was trashed when I started to see "Have you Seen Fluffy?" posters around the neighborhood. I kept looking, but I never was able to find Fluffy.

[wayne goerres]

That's an interesting place to store your luger.

[Michael Murphy]

Leighton, That print looks like a "Doolittle". Is it?

[Leighton Stallones]

The print is Bev Doolittles Sacred Ground. Thats my cat Whitey, she stays with me all day

[Dean Romig]

Thats my cat Whitey, she stays with me all day


Oops... Sorry :bigbye:

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

I like the sofa, looks very comfortable! Gary

[edgarspencer]

In every sense of the word, a cave. Complete with artwork and the best gun collection you'll ever see (or not) I was lucky to see it, but I had an inside contact.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/inside-the-armys-spectacular-hidden-treasure-room

[John Dallas]

Someone forwarded this same video to me about 3 hours ago. Unbelievable.

[edgarspencer]

My niece sent it to me because she remembered how I couldn't stop talking about it. It was her father who got me in to see it.

[Dave Noreen]

The Army will have quite a task to match this museum --

http://www.usmcmuseum.org

[Bill Murphy]

From what I understand from the video, the Army Museum will be built on Fort Belvoir. Another important military museum is in the planning stages just a few miles down the road. That will be three major military museums within a ten mile distance. The "other" museum is the "Museum of Americans in Wartime", to be built on 70 acres close to the Marine Corps Museum. It will include at least part of the Allan Cors tank collection, a major running collection now housed a bit west of I-95..

[edgarspencer]

I think the Army could rival any branch based on the shear volume of their collection, but I would have thought West Point might have made a better setting.
The Imperial War Museum in London ranks at the top of my list for the lasting impression it left.

[charlie cleveland]

the war musem inaustralia istops in my book..the vietnam war display is so real it will scare you...charlie

[Rich Anderson]

Well I'm back in a state of dissrepair or terminal clutter so to speak. i can't load a shell if my life depended on it and it took 20 min of moving stuff around just to get to the guns I listed for sale recently. All of this goes to the greater good however as after 8 years my basement (enlarged Man Cave) will be finished off and suitable for living.

[Mills Morrison]

Can't wait to see the finished product

Those pictures look like our whole house, even though we have two boys as an excuse

[Rich Anderson]

The really big mounts are wrapped in plastic and basically in the way of the contractor who has to move them to get his work done. I couldn't put it off any longer.

[charlie cleveland]

good for you...charlie

[allen newell]

who/what make is that red head decoy?

[wayne goerres]

I like the wart hog and that is a good looking buff.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

What gauge Parker do you use on warthogs?

[Rich Anderson]

What gauge Parker do you use on warthogs?

The pigs are flushed from heavy cover by a pair of Jack Russell terriers and shot on the run using a Parker GHE 16ga with Heavy Shot....:rotf::rotf:

Actually I shot the Warthog using a custom built 416 Taylor and a 400gr Swift A Frame.

[Bill Murphy]

Rich, I think it's about time you went shopping for some proper vintage rifles.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

I'm late to the game on this thread, it's the first time I've opened it up for some reason. Great pictures here guys, really some impressive spaces. Essentially (being an old bachelor) my entire home is a gun room. I have been slowing turning the spare bedroom into my "Scout Room" to house my collection of that sort of memorabilia. This is a terrible picture taken with my ancient flip phone but you'll get the idea of where I'm heading.


Destry

[Rich Anderson]

Rich, I think it's about time you went shopping for some proper vintage rifles.

I have enough financial mischief with vintage shotguns and my rifle fetish gets me into enough trouble as it is:whistle:

[Destry L. Hoffard]

This is how it looked when I started a couple months ago so I've come a long way. Hah!

[Chris Travinski]

All these gun room pictures and I didn't see a single "inside Harley".

[WilliamGuest]

The new gun room is all done, not a real big space, but cozy enough
(15'x13'6") quite empty right now though, so a picture of my newly made gun cabinet will have to suffice for now (still lacking the felt backing...I'll get around to it sooner than later hopefully:rolleyes:). Currently holding a few Parkers, Ithaca's, Lefever's, Beretta and Browning doubles, amongst other makes/models/action styles. Sorry if the picture is a bit dark, the lighting in the room is a little dull at the moment, and didn't want to use a flash.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j131/Polaris500HO/image.jpg1_zps75py6tsy.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Polaris500HO/media/image.jpg1_zps75py6tsy.jpg.html)

[Dean Romig]

Wow - what a nice gun cabinet! Congratulations on a job well done!

I see a Ruger No. 1 in there... a 'Must' for any well-stocked gun cabinet.

[WilliamGuest]

Thank you kindly, but I can't take credit for the carpentry work itself, it was my design, measurments, etc... But a friend/co-worker requested the chance to build it for me, so I took him up on the offer, and don't regret it! He would have had the felt backer in place during construction, but he became tied for time with other responsibilities, so I told him that I would look after it down the road.

And yes, that's a Ruger No. 1 Tropical Stainless in 375 H&H. The couple semi's you might see ( one or two are hidden by the frame) are Browning Auto 5's, a mint 20 gauge and a light twelve, along with a newer 20 gauge Browning Silver, and a couple run of the mill rifles / .22's.

[KCordell]

Great looking caves!

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Some fine rooms, but also the glimpse of some fine guitars, I am ashamed that I do not play more, I have my dads Gibson, Called Nashville to inquire about it, seems it was made between 1918-1922, I looked inside the box seems as though there is some writing do not know what it says need to get a light and a glass to see, he played on the radio in the 30's with a group called the Carolina Boys I think, He is long gone and taught me to play, what little I know is from him, I also have a Les Paul in the closet that has not been out of its case in several years, the Amp probably has a mouse home in it, just kidding, I think there is a Yamaha hiding in the closet too! Box guitars for for country, and electric for a little rock, just me Chet Atkins was my favorite, in country Clapton for rock, Gary

[Harold Lee Pickens]

I have been having a hard time keeping up on my reading, and have stopped watching most television because I started back playing the guitar. I am trying to learn to play classical style guitar and am really enjoying it. I always was a finger picker but this is really a workout. Now when I go back to playing James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, etc, it seems so much easier. A good friend asked me if I wanted a guitar, and I said sure. I had been helping him move with my truck. Turns out, it was a beautiful Ibanez dreadnot from the early 1970's that was such a direct knock-off of the Gibson that they were sued over it. Many were destroyed by cutting off their necks when they were seized coming into the country--They are called "lawsuit guitars" on the internet. A former Chet Atkins award winning guitar player who lives here loves it ( Martin makes a special run of guitars named after him-Roger Hoard).
It plays much easier than my old 1972 Yamaha FG 160. So, I am enjoying it but sure wished I hadn't stopped playing 20 years ago

[Dean Romig]

Box guitars for for country, and electric for a little rock, just me Chet Atkins was my favorite, in country Clapton for rock, Gary


I'm with you Gary on Clapton very possibly being the most well-versed guitar player today but Stevie Ray ties him in blues and rock in my opinion.

Chet Atkins was a fabulous country player but there were so many excellent country players I just can't choose...

Back to gun rooms... I too like looking around in those pictures of folks' gun rooms to see what else is lurking in the shadows or out in full display.

[John Dallas]

Watch out for this young man in a few years.

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[Dean Romig]

He's got to get away from that "dut-dut-daaa" that he puts in there all through his 'exercise' of cute stuff. I'd like to hear him play something real or compose his own work.
Not bad though for a beginner... He'll get there someday.

[Rich Anderson]

One of the best guitar players...Jimi Hendrix:bowdown:

[Dean Romig]

Oh YES!

[Dave Suponski]

My vote goes to Stevie Ray Vaughn

[Eric Grims]

The lord works in mysterious ways. I was all set for a long planned trip to Pulaski for the steelhead run. Best fishing buddy gets sick and I'm totally bummed about making the trip alone. Low and behold water level us 3800 CFS and about (not totally) unfishable. End result is I didn't go, cut my losses, got my reloading done and the man cave is impeccable.

[Robert Delk]

Sonny Landreth and Jimmy Burton.

[Dean Romig]

I went to Pulaski during high water one time three or four decades ago. I hooked a big Chinook and he took off out in the current and spooled me. What a wasted trip that was.

[Dave Suponski]

I got spooled some years ago on the Salmon river up there. It was the most exciting fish I never caught.

[Bob Hardison]

Not in the same company with Hendrix, Clapton or Vaughn but Dwayne Allman and Dickie Betts had some great performances (Jessica to name one).

As Dean said back to gun rooms. I'm looking for ideas. I especially like the gun cabinet that William has but would be afraid to leave meaningful guns out of the safes. Maybe something to display vintage cases and easily replaceable guns and rifles? Bob

[Eric Grims]

We have alway s done fairly well there (Salmon River) and did catch fish at 3000 CFS in the past (recommend a life jacket) but as this year taught us sometimes you can fish and sometimes not. I've hit it in horrendous cold and windy weather, but one or two big fish and a picture or two makes it worth it. There will be other days. It truly is a world class fishery right now but I get the sense that it can still be a fragil system. There was a fish kill of unknown origin this year so I tend to try and get there while it lasts.
The most memorable fish I ever hooked there(and kissed goodbye) jumped over a big downed tree in the river, smashed through the dead branches on the other side right after I said "I'd better keep him away from that tree" and left a burned image in my mind forever.

[Dean Romig]

Have they dropped the PCB ban on eating those fish?

[Eric Grims]

Dean, I don't know. It came up in a discussion today with a description of the signs on the river that warned of such. I have pretty much fished the fly fishing catch and release are but in passing through the lower River and the upper parts of the whole River I have not seen a warning sign but that's not to say it still is not an issue.

[Rick Losey]

away from the gun room yet- but there is a growing summer fishery on the Salmon River

summer steelhead (Skamania strain) and a small but hopefully growing return on the Atlantic Salmon stocking efforts -

there is a spey gathering there in June
http://speynation.com/