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“Gun room” organization

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Inspired by the area419 cleaning rod holder I’m about to purchase, because I have too much stuff to keep organized:

How do you keep all of your shooting gear, cleaning stuff, ammo, etc organized?

Any tip/tricks/products to look at?
 
Careful piling so I can't find what I want when I need it quick, industrial shelving and akro bins / parts storage containers. I've got a gladiator bench that works for my bench. Been debating on installing the tracks in it and using strong mounts to relieve some space issues.
 
Akro bin panel, and bins, for stuff I use a lot.

Metro shelf for shooting bags and ammo cans.

Hooks on the wall for gun cases.

Home made rod holders, just drilled staggered holes in some wood, band-sawed them into slots, screwed to the wall. Also, elsewhere, use the same for power strip organization, hanging them so they aren't all tangled, etc. Hanging storage is a great space saver.

Lewis bins on top of the arms locker for stuff I use less, like actual gun parts. I'd love for them to be on their own Metro shelf, but it's a Very Small arms room. More like a concrete closet in the basement. Small house. Lucky I finagled one at all.
 
File cabinets are designed to hold a lot of weight at full drawer extention so they are great for tools / ammo/ components, and good old 50 Cal ammo cans are great for odds and ends.

Also a label maker will save you hours of headaches.
 
We should all share some photos of our reloading tables, maybe the humiliation will cause us to keep it tidy

My table is currently an embarrassment:confused:
 
Heres my system
 

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I went all boujie.

Elfa.

Weapons are in surplus Navy cabinets.
 

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Peg board, notice the cleaning rods hanging to the left. It’s a peg board hanger that has multiple pegs for hanging screwdrivers, the open end version.
This is a pic of both sides of my room. One for reloading, one for cleaning.
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Damn, I envy some of you.

Wish I had the space for a gun room.

Definitely happening when the kids are gone...
 
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I liked this thread better before the pictures. My arms room is a closet. Not kidding. Not enough room for a chair. Not even folded.

It holds everything I need, and I like the way it is organized, but it is only in storage. Work is done at the normal workbench. Man it would be nice to have a whole spare room like most of these.
 
Best money I ever spent.
 

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What kind of spacing between rifles? I'm getting ready to build racks but I'm not sure how far to space them.
 
Acro bins for storage and in-line fab wall mounts make it easy to put odds and ends up around chin level. I think the biggest thing is shelves or storage for under the benches so it’s not empty space.
 

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I need to find something for better ammo storage. Thought about using the MTM ammo crates?
 
Gotta have depth to a loading room. Depth outweighs organization!
 

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I don't have a "gun room", but i was able to fit this workbench bought on sale from costco in my home office.
it looks a bit differnt now, but you get the idea.

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