i have mine in cases under the bed and some on the wall on a gun rack....my shop teacher brought up a good point about standing them up...with wooden stocks all the oil and everything else in the barrel and the action runs down to the stock...it may not effect it much for a while but in time it will soften and rot the wood and thats not too good...he said he seen guns that would been beautiful collector guns worth tons but the stock rotted out because the guy passed away years ago and the wife or family is just selling them..never been touched for a while...i built myself a nice rack in his class this year...i like having them on the wall...i have mine behind a wall that goes back to where my dog sleeps and our deer freezer is so nobody really bothers them...i rather be safe then say i goto college for a few years and a few guns my dad has no intentions of ever using the stock rots out on them...he actually showed me a stock that was starting to soak up the oil...just something to think about...