If you are looking for something that would become a family heirloom then purchasing a hand crafted with fine furniture finishes, selected grade Cherry, Oak or Walnut hardwoods with attention to quality and details a must. Fill that with a life time of firearm that you purchased and you would have a beautiful family heirloom to pass on to your sons, grandsons and hopefully great grandson’s some day.

 As beautiful as these gun cabinets are and made of sturdy wood to securely hold your rifles, shotguns and pistols they are an attractive alternative to a metal gun safe. Even though they are less secure than most gun safe, an elegant wooden gun cabinet can provide efficient protection in keeping your firearms out of unauthorized persons. That unauthorized person being the tiny hands of a child or a would be thief that only wants to do a snatch and grab. Your wooden cabinet will still allow you to show off your favorite rifle or shotgun in an atmosphere full of testosterone in your trophy room or den.

I know when I was still wet behind the ears that when we would go and visit Uncle Jim’s it would not be long until the “men folk” would somehow be all gather around in the den, gazing at the rifles, shotguns, over-under and double barrels in his Solid Oak Wooden Gun Cabinet that his dad made. Then the talk would turn to the best hunts, the longest shots made and the best camaraderie ever formed even to this day.

There are question to consider when shopping for a Wooden Gun Cabinet. Do you want smoked glass doors or extraordinarily beautiful etching on the glass? What type wood will match the room that you are going to place the cabinet in cherry, natural oak, dark oak, walnut, ash, natural pine or stained pine? Brand names to consider American Furniture Classics, Scout Gun, and Japer Cabinet or will you build it yourself.

How much capacity will you need not only for the guns that you have now four to five or ten to twelve but, chances are that your collection will grow in the coming years especially when your son or grandson  or sons come of age. You may need a cabinet that features shelves or display areas for pistols, knives or old arrowheads.

It is recommended that storing the guns and ammunition separately will help prevent accidental firing a gun causing an injury or fatality. Locking the gun cabinet with a different lock in the storage area from the glass doors of the firearms area would help with that issue.