A safe full of rifles leaning against each other could be a waste of a collection and a waste of space. For those who live where it’s legal, 2A Display's answer is a line of wall and safe mounts that hold firearms, magazines and blades in the open, and the company sums up its aim simply: innovative products that make storing your guns and blades swift and seamless. Everything is handcrafted in Portage, Michigan.
The Quick-Detach Rifle Mount (above) holds a rifle without using the magwell, which matters to anyone who would rather not leave a dummy magazine or a block sitting in their rifle for months at a time. That sets it apart from the company's other long gun option, the AR-15 Mount, which does use the magazine well.
That mount uses a powder-coated aluminum bracket and a PVC magazine block to protect and secure the rifle, with hidden fasteners that make the gun appear to float in position. It works at any angle and any barrel orientation, engages the magazine catch, and stays optics compatible. 2A Display suggests it for display rooms, closets, above doors, on walls and inside safes, where fastening to the walls or door increases overall capacity. Installation is a predrill-and-screw job with all hardware included.
Pistols get the magnetic treatment. The magnetic pistol mounts carry a rubber coating to protect the surface of the gun, and the range covers both a Magnetic Pistol Mount and a Metal Surface Pistol Mount for mounting on metal. A Magnetic Shotgun Mount sits alongside them.
Magazines are the quiet win here. 2A Display offers Pistol Magazine Mounts, Rifle Magazine Mounts and magnetic versions of both, which let a shooter line up loaded magazines on a safe door or wall instead of stacking them in a drawer.
Pistol Magazine Mounts start from $10.
Beyond the AR-15, the firearm mount range also covers the AR-10, pistol-caliber carbines, the Ruger Mini-14 and the Ruger 10/22.
The blade mounts are a separate line on the site, aimed at knife and blade collectors who want the same wall-mounted treatment.
Now the part that should interest anyone who writes about guns or photographs them, including myself. 2A Display makes Gun Photography Mounts: the Tripod Mag and the Tripod Post. If you have ever spent twenty minutes propping a rifle against a log, balancing it on a bipod that keeps sliding, or asking someone to hold it just out of frame, a mount that puts the gun on a tripod and holds it at whatever angle you want is a real time saver.
The Tripod Mag works through the magazine well and the Tripod Post is a post-style mount, so between them they should cover most product photography setups. For a reviewer shooting clean studio images or outdoor hero shots, this is the kind of unglamorous accessory that quietly improves every photo you take.
Note that a mount or display that leaves a firearm accessible on a wall may be perfectly legal in one state, or country, and a violation in another. Check the local laws and take special care if you have children in the house.
2A Display product range at a glance:
Check https://www.2adisplay.com/ for more details, including pricing.
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