Muzzle loader over fireplace.

[small hole shooter]

Yep, maybe think of a theme, what statement do you want to make with the rifle?

Pennsylvania Rifle? Musket? Lever gun sounds good, too.

By the way, congrats on your awesome wife!

My wife is very patriotic, bless her heart. I have a few other ideas to build around this theme. Copies of the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence,
Battle Hymn of the Republic type of things.

[small hole shooter]

I picked up an old belgian trap door heavy octagonal barrel long gun at the Santa Barbara show for a wopping 80 bucks it is some weird 7.62 cal looks over a hundred years old. I am hanging it above my pheasant mount here at house. The barrel is so heavy i thought I could pour split shot and screws on top of 30 cal blank ramset load and it would be my back up gun(LOL)

Neat, now we have to go to the next show and see what we can find. Like that idea of a back up with maybe grape shot(look out Mr. Bad-guy) in it.

[edgerly779]

I'll mix some warfarin with it and the wound won't clot instant hemophilia.

[small hole shooter]

I'll mix some warfarin with it and the wound won't clot instant hemophilia.

I like the way you think.

[adamjay]

My wife is very patriotic, bless her heart. I have a few other ideas to build around this theme. Copies of the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence,
Battle Hymn of the Republic type of things.

Sounds awesome!
Maybe one of these, too.

http://www.usflag.org/history/the13starflag.html

[fal_762x51]

Nothing says fireplace art like a LAW tube. However, ima-usa.com has replica resin WWII guns.

[Sir Toast]

How about an old Blunt (sp) gun that looks like a round funnel at the tip? You drop a handful of powder down the barrel and drop in some old screws, nails, gravel, staples, condoms, golf tees, nuts, bolts, door knobs, loose change, old keys, dog collars, cabinet handles, welding rod nubs, and other stuff in there to shoot.

[SigP510]

Western? I say Sharps 1874 50 Cal.
Kinda biased though, as my folks have great great grand dad's sharps mounted on the wall in their den. Great conversation piece. "it's the rifle from quigly down under... True grit.."

[09cs]

When I'm finally out of apartments and have a house with a fire place, this is what I would love to do

[Sir Toast]

When I'm finally out of apartments and have a house with a fire place, this is what I would love to do

Well 09CS, now that the SSE era is over, you should be able to afford 2 houses.

[Eljay]

We have a flintlock musket hanging in a public part of our house. It looks good and it's something of a conversation piece. Nobody's been freaked out by it so far - it pretty much looks like a museum piece. Gun people ask what it is and do I shoot it (yes) and non-gun people I think mostly assume it's non-functional.

Mostly what it is, is too long to fit in the safe...

[19K]

I bought one of those Nepalese martini Henry rifles. Cleaned it up a little bit (enough to make it functional) and it great hanging up on the wall. It's still got all the Patina all over it.

[09cs]

Well 09CS, now that the SSE era is over, you should be able to afford 2 houses.

Haha, just tell my boss to pay me more

[DennisCA]

I'm assuming replicas can be bought w/o going through a ffl?

[John J]

We are going to hang my 45-70

On Elk horns of some sort.

Out of the blue my wife wants to take down the painting we have over the mantle and replace it with a rifle of some sort, like it the old western films.
First I thought of a muzzle loader/ black powder, second maybe a Henrys lever gun. We could also put up a replica of some sort. I need some ideas.
It would be visible from the front door. Maybe a coach shot gun?