What I did over summer vacation.

[DrHenley]

Originally Posted by RandallZ

Nicely done. I would make some kind of support (maybe dowels or threaded rod) for the outer ends of the rifle rack arms. Over time, those will probably droop and fail.

I had a home made rack in the tool shed that was drooping like Randall said, and so I cut some blocks with 45 degree angles on both sides and braced it. On the power miter saw it was soooo quick and easy. But you can do it the old fashioned way with a miter box and hand saw.