easily adjusting the distance between the lower saddles 40 in each pair in operation a lower saddle pair is preliminarily positioned at approximately the correct spacing apart from each other the weapon stock or other component 100 is placed in the pair and then either or both of the lower saddles 40 is moved toward the stock and secured by tightening wing nuts 98 to snugly constrain the stock in the pair further security may be provided by stretching one or more lanyards 80 around convenient elements of the weapon 102 and respective hooks 64 of the lower saddles 40 one of skill in the art will understand the amount of spacing needed between saddles in order to create a configuration necessary to affix a weapon or weapon system to the saddle system in a further embodiment not shown the contour of each member of a pair of lower saddles 40 may be formed to receive a specific weapon stock or other component referring now to fig1 it will be seen that a further important practical advantage of a weapon storage system in accordance with the present invention is the capability of the system to accommodate a variety of different weapons in a single storage.