October 04, 2022 4 min read
Building your own gun rack provides the flexibility of personalizing a rack to fit your specific firearm needs. Whether you want a vertical rack that can work on your limited wall space or a horizontal gun rack for your garage, you have numerous options.
Learning how to build a gun rack in a closet is one of the most popular rack construction ideas. Not only does this work for interior space, like in a bedroom closet, but it can also work for additional buildings, like a shed, garage, or semi-detached house.
The best part? You can use Spartan Mounts products to ensure you save money and build a high-quality DIY gun rack that can fit your unique needs. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars for a generic gun rack, our products are compatible with horizontal gun racks, custom hangers, and other personalized gun storage ideas.
Before you get started, specific tools and materials are needed to ensure a long-lasting, secure, and durable closet rifle rack. Choose the proper Spartan Mounts for the firearms you want to mount, as well as the proper hardware and install tools. Choosing high-end materials guarantees you create the best display gun rack that will last for years.
Knowing the tips and tricks of building a gun rack from start to finish is important, so you don’t skip any steps. We offer a step-by-step tutorial, so gun owners are confident in making stand-alone racks, weapon racks, and affordable gun racks for their homes.
The first step of creating your gun rack is choosing the right closet space. Gun owners must decide where they want to build their in-home gun rack.
By browsing online gun closet design ideas, gun owners can find a cool idea they love for the additional space in their house.
Measure the closet using a tape measure to see how much space you have to build your custom rack.
Determine if you're going to store rifles, magazines, uppers, shotguns, pistols, and other accessories in your rack.
Browse the 550 products at Spartan Mounts so that each firearm and accessory has a spot.
Ensure the firearms you want to display can fit in your chosen gun rack. Measure the width, length, and height of your firearms compared to the wall and floor space.
Using chalk or a construction pencil, measure the area where you want to build and hang the gun rack.
Mark the wall with some blue masking tape to help visualize where the guns will be displayed. Ensure you leave a couple of inches on each side for extra room and additional floor space to get in and out of the closet.
Alternatively, you can use blue masking tape to lay out the size of the rack location on the floor, and lay your firearms inside the space to finalize their location before mounting.
Choose the type of finish you want for your rack. Most owners choose an easy spray-on finish or spray paint. If you are mounting directly to your closet wall or door, now is your chance to add vinyl texture, or paint the walls before you mount your firearms.
Use proper installation screws to attach the mounts to the wall or backing-board that the rack is built out of. Transfer each mount using the locations you figured out in step 8
Display your work and firearms. Your custom rack is the best way to showcase your unique collection of guns.
Still curious about the best place to put your gun collection? Check out these questions.
Gun owners can store a gun in a closet to save space. Firearm owners can use vertical gun storage (vertical gun rack) on the wall or horizontal racks to lay out their firearms.
Guns can be stored long-term by using temperature-controlled storage space in a closet. Owners can use vertical storage with a vertical gun rack or horizontal storage with a horizontal gun rack to save space in their home's closet.
Yes. If you don't have the money or the space for a traditional gun safe, one of the best storage solutions for keeping your firearms protected is to keep your gun in a closet with a standard key or fingerprint lock. Not only is this relatively safe from burglars or children, you can keep your weapons temperature-controlled to avoid moisture, mildew, and deterioration.
This is a personal preference. However, if your gun rack is easy to access for display purposes, you should keep your ammo locked up separately for safety.
Are you looking for affordable closet gun rack ideas? Are you in desperate need of DIY closet gun storage?
Spartan Mounts makes it possible to build a safe, affordable, high-end, and durable gun closet rack that can fit into any closet in your home.
Customize your DIY closet gun rack to save space and build a versatile gun rack that can work for all of your necessary firearms.
Check out our high-quality gun mounts to get started. We have unique gun rack ideas to help you save money, time, and space.
Good overall results. I ordered the mount for a VR-80. My latch didn't lock into the mount. Emailed Spartan and they immediately sent a paid label to return the faulty mount, and shipped a replacement. It also failed with my shotgun. So they suggested that I try a Typhoon 12 mount and it locked. Problem solved.
Works as advertised, no problems. I decided to use larger screws and anchors bc, well those are my babies, ain’t takin no chances. The mounts fit my both 5.56 and 9mm tubes
The mount says it is for the ruger pistol. After a quick email reply from spartan, I ordered one for my Ruger carbine in 5.7x28. The carbine does not lock into place like most spartan mounts, but did not affect me I mounted mine vertically. Sturdy, well built. I love spartan mounts. Will buy more in the future.
I purchased 2 balance bike mounts, 1 of which broke on the wall. Spartan replaced the mount no questions asked and both have held up very well since installing the new mount. Great company, great products.
Excellent mounts!!
I use them in my hunting cabin.
Lockable with a cable lock.
The Spartan custom mount fits like a glove on this unusually shaped Tavor TS-12 shotgun, which now is in a location accessible to me at short notice should the need arise.
Great stuff!
My 50 looks great hanging on my office wall.
My 50 looks great hanging on my office wall.