If you are like me and pulled the trigger on a short AR you found it fits awkwardly in most safes. It sort of hangs around in the corner.
My safe with the interior panel off.
The solution: make a small shelf on the panel on the door.
First problem: the internal panel of my stack-on safe is some kind of cheap gypsum board, no problem to hold two plastic bins but I feared it would break if I screwed a piece of wood straight in it.
So I cut 3x 4"x4" wood squares, and joined two to form an L.
Then I took off the gypsum board and measured the position of the internals.
Knowing where the locking bar was I put my third wood square behind the board so that my wooden L would not break off the board.
I then screwed the "shelf" through the board into the third piece of wood.
The last touch was to install a velcro loop with some tacks.
The finished product
My short AR in it's new home!
Each safe will have it's own challenges but that's how I did it for myself!
My safe with the interior panel off.
The solution: make a small shelf on the panel on the door.
First problem: the internal panel of my stack-on safe is some kind of cheap gypsum board, no problem to hold two plastic bins but I feared it would break if I screwed a piece of wood straight in it.
So I cut 3x 4"x4" wood squares, and joined two to form an L.
Then I took off the gypsum board and measured the position of the internals.
Knowing where the locking bar was I put my third wood square behind the board so that my wooden L would not break off the board.
I then screwed the "shelf" through the board into the third piece of wood.
The last touch was to install a velcro loop with some tacks.
The finished product
My short AR in it's new home!
Each safe will have it's own challenges but that's how I did it for myself!
