Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Is there any market for non-functional guns to be used as wall hangers? Over the years I've picked up a few, some would be valuable if they worked, a few even look very good on the outside, some not so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 The only problem I have with old, non-functional "wall-hanger" guns is a compulsion to make 'em functional. Think I was inspired by my old pard Hank. We've had a few successes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Forty, I am sure you could sell them. I just don’t know where or how. I did find this https://www.atlantacutlery.com/non-firing-dummy-weapons I did a search on “non firing guns as decorations” and found lots of “non firing replica guns”. I do recall a shop in North Carolina that took some old guns and made them into “Wall Hangers” but they made sure they couldn’t be fired by removing firing pins and welding the firing pin opening in the receiver closed. If I recall the prices were still nearly as much as the real thing. They cleaned them up. Disabled them. “Museum Waxed” them and mounted them on really nice wall plaques and, of all things, really old gray barn wall boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 An Alabama gunshop sells on gunbroker. They regularly sell "gunsmith specials" in groups of four or five guns. They do a pretty good job of describing the group, and add the disclaimer "as is, no returns". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 When I see people say that they are looking for a "wall hanger" firearm, I have often had the impression that they're really hoping to get a gun very cheaply that they can make functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Just had Boomstick use a "wall-hanger" as a parts donor to repair a Yellowboy of mine. I would love to find a couple of cheap non-shooters to hang up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I can NOT stand to see "wall Hangers" that don't work properly might be the reason , I have had way to many $$$$ in things , over the years CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Three years ago, I sold an old Damascus hammer 10g shotgun "wallhanger" to somebody on here for $50, shipped... shipping was $33.34. It was loose, needed firing pins, one hammer was missing, and the lock on that side was broken. He wanted a decoration over the fireplace of his new house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I took a 10ga. Double sxs, 4 digit serial number Charles Daly to several shops years ago and was told it was a $50 wall hanger. Finally traded towards my Marlin and got the $50. Since found it was worth thousands according to Flayterman's (sp). It also had a Damascus barrel. Who knows ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Why not repair them? You don't have to shoot them, but the fact you could makes all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I can’t have a “wall hanger”! It’ll hang there and play with my “you gotta fix that” mind until I take it down and start spending my time and money on it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 My problem as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Antique stores do OK by them. On a side note, I bought a 1906 Winchester pump from a friend that purchased it as a wall hanger from an antique store. The externals were "aged". I disassembled it and the internals were pristine. I reassembled it and it is a tack driver. It is also my granddaughter's (14 yo) current favorite rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/20/2023 at 9:21 AM, DeaconKC said: Just had Boomstick use a "wall-hanger" as a parts donor to repair a Yellowboy of mine. I would love to find a couple of cheap non-shooters to hang up. What are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Son living in Minnesota says you can't buy a junker hammer double because people have scarfed them up to decorate over fireplaces. My old Winchester 1878 was a wall hanger before I fixed it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 8:01 AM, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: Why not repair them? You don't have to shoot them, but the fact you could makes all the difference. One is a "Hammond Bulldog" .44 rf with the guts filled with something like epoxy. The chamber works well and it's a gorgeous gun to look at but no parts are available, and ammo is all collector stuff that costs as much as a good rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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