I had a similar situation with my place, so I cut a couple 2x4s the same
length as the width of my gun cabinet, then screwed them into the wall
studs (used an electronic stud finder from Lowe's) so I wouldn't have to
line up the mounting holes in my gun cabinet with the studs. Once I had
the 2x4s solidly mounted to the wall, I placed the gun cabinet against
them and secured it with heavy duty wood screws.

As far as pistol safes are concerned, I have a GunVault Multi-vault, and
its been great. They have mounting holes in the bottom and rear of the
safe, and the keypad feature is pretty nifty.

If the Multi-vault is too big to be mounted on top of your StackOn, I
believe they make a Mini-vault that would fit just fine.

Cheers,

Brandon


On 04/16/09 10:41, metzger_r wrote:
>
>
> 09 April 16 guntotingliberals
> Our house in Salt Lake City was of masonry construction PLUS a brick
> veneer. I installed our steel StackOn gun cabinet myself in a closet,
> fastening it to the floor and the wall. But here in Michigan our house
> is "modular" (factory built). It sits on a cinder block foundation. It
> has been here for maybe five years without blowing away (yet), and it
> is better insulated than I anticipated, but the construction is so
> flimsy, I thought I should find someone with experience working on
> modular houses to install my our cabinet.
> I have now given up ever having enough money to find, let alone hire,
> someone with that expertise, but thought maybe a guntotingliberal
> might be able to give me some advice about how to do it myself. I
> think the floor may be sturdy enough to fasten to, but the walls feel
> like a cheap grade of cardboard. Would a stud locater (we don't have
> one) even work in this kind of a building?
> Also, does anyone know whether there is such a thing as a 3-hour-rated
> pistol safe that would attach on top of the StackOn and is also
> designed so the back of the safe could be attached to the wall? The
> top of our StackOn is 10 inches by 21 inches.
> R.M.
>
>


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