Pickup Gun Rack

[RIFLERACK31]

I Just bought myself a 1966 ford single cab pickup with a gun rack in the back window. Had it for about 2 months and now I have an itch to throw a shotgun in it now. I know it is legal to do so and probably will throw a gun in the rack when i go hunting or to the range. My question is for the guys here is if you ever done the same within the past 5 years or so? And if you got pulled over a ton? If so how did the cop act with your guns in the back window? My concerns are rookie cops, and people calling 911 because they only see that on tv. I will be traveling threw town for about 5 mins before i get in more rural areas. I live in madera, central cali. Please don't say how its an invitation thieves. I wont leave the guns in the truck after use. Its strictly for to and from the range or hunting.

[toby]

Good luck.

[Pauliedad]

I've had that same itch for my work truck.
I while back, you would see a 30" and 48" level in the back window but I haven't seen a gun rack for a loooong time.

The reaction would be great but then again, the reaction could not be great.

[flyerq68]

Now that's from a bygone era, used to be a common sight. Personally, I don't think it is a very good place to carry one from a safety standpoint. I wouldn't want anything behind me at head level in case of a wreck.

[The War Wagon]

Please don't say how its an invitation thieves.

Ok - won't mention how it wouldn't get a second glance in AL, but would attract bangaz like free Obamaphones in CA.

[desertrider]

I Just bought myself a 1966 ford single cab pickup with a gun rack in the back window.

That was the first truck I ever owned. It was my dad's truck handed down to me when I turned fifteen back in 1980.

I found this pic on the 'net of the same color scheme, minus the gun rack. At the time I lived in Yuma, AZ and on weekends when I'd go shooting in the desert with friends, I'd drive around with my 10/22 and my dads 30-30 in the gun rack. Never once had a problem.



I can't speak from experience in this day and age, but I doubt that carrying a shotgun, lever gun, or pump action .22 to and from the range in a window rack would be a problem, especially with a trigger lock installed.

Of course, some will argue that advertising gun ownership is an invitation to theft. Everybody has an opinion, ya know?

[Rockit]

Tint the back window.
issue solved

[cannon]

Up until about five years ago I had a truck with a gun rack in the window and carried rifles in it to the range.

Never got pulled over but I did get followed by the CHP a few times while they ran the plates and then puled away.

BTW, I only carried bolt actions and 22s in the rack. The scary looking stuff was in the back of the truck.

[M1A Rifleman]

Used to carry an AR in a pickup rear window rack when I had one in the early 90's. Used to get head turns, stares and finger pointing around Santa Cruz. Can't imagine why.

[Oceanbob]

Yeah, probably legal until you drive by a School Zone.
(Rifles need to be in an enclosed locked case in a school zone. Unloaded as well)

It's an invitation for police to pull you over and check for unloaded. Who wants a search like that?

Back when I was a Tailgunner on a Budweiser Truck in Oakland, you could expect Gang Bangers to shoot you at the stop light just to grab your truck rack rifles.

Personally, I wouldn't do it.

[tileguy]

do it. that was normal in the day. thats how we did it back in the 70s and 80s in our 61 chevy with three or four peolpe in the front seat and no seat belts on. life was good. use a cable lock to lock it to the rack if near a school zone.

[nickel plate]

Before you hang that shotgun in the rack, line up a dealer that stocks 1966 Ford truck replacement window glass.

[wweigle]

I used to carry my shotgun home from duck hunting in a rear window truck gun rack so it would have an opportunity to dry out a little. I would not do it today, as I prefer not to draw attention to myself. I believe it may no longer be legal as of a few years ago with the passage of the long gun open carry law. I may be wrong about the legality of it, but again no need to draw attention. I would research the open carry law before I did it today. It may only require that it be in a case. As a side note, back in the seventies I had friends that kept their shotguns in their gun racks parked on the street when attending our high school. The good old days.

[RIFLERACK31]

That was the first truck I ever owned. It was my dad's truck handed down to me when I turned fifteen back in 1980.

I found this pic on the 'net of the same color scheme, minus the gun rack. At the time I lived in Yuma, AZ and on weekends when I'd go shooting in the desert with friends, I'd drive around with my 10/22 and my dads 30-30 in the gun rack. Never once had a problem.



I can't speak from experience in this day and age, but I doubt that carrying a shotgun, lever gun, or pump action .22 to and from the range in a window rack would be a problem, especially with a trigger lock installed.

Of course, some will argue that advertising gun ownership is an invitation to theft. Everybody has an opinion, ya know?

Thanks for the reply. Yes the rack i have has a locking cable. Probably a good idea to use it.

[RIFLERACK31]

Up until about five years ago I had a truck with a gun rack in the window and carried rifles in it to the range.

Never got pulled over but I did get followed by the CHP a few times while they ran the plates and then puled away.

BTW, I only carried bolt actions and 22s in the rack. The scary looking stuff was in the back of the truck.

Where abouts do you live?