novalty
01-08-2014, 04:42 PM
Well before Thanksgiving I was speaking with an in-law who was looking to upgrade his Sentry 10-gun gun-safe to a larger model he found on sale a Tractor Supply on Black Friday. Well I mentioned that I had been looking for a safe to use as an ammo locker. Well after some dickering we settled on me using $60 in Cabelas points to help purchase him an automatic skeet thrower he found on sale at Cabelas.
Anyway, I got it home and to the best of my lack of any carpentry skill, managed to added some shelves to it so I could store my reloads and primers--and even had room to store factory handgun boxes on bottom.
A post isn't complete without pics so here are a couple. Please keep in mind that I am no carpenter. Ended up buying a piece of 1x10x8 #2 pine for the sides, which I had to drill a couple relief spots for the threaded inserts that the side supports for rifle rest attached to the sides with--I cut this so it was long enough to support the factory top shelf. Also used a 1x3x8 that I cut to the width of the sides, and attached with screws--even at $6 it was considerably cheaper than corner braces to support the shelves. Used some left over 3/4 cabinet grade plywood for the shelves and they just sit on the 1x3 braces. Probably should stain the wood or add the carpet to make it look prettier.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/novalty1970/Reloading/IMG_7224_zps74b5d2e7.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/novalty1970/media/Reloading/IMG_7224_zps74b5d2e7.jpg.html)
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/novalty1970/Reloading/IMG_7225_zps5bbb4275.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/novalty1970/media/Reloading/IMG_7225_zps5bbb4275.jpg.html)
Anyway, I got it home and to the best of my lack of any carpentry skill, managed to added some shelves to it so I could store my reloads and primers--and even had room to store factory handgun boxes on bottom.
A post isn't complete without pics so here are a couple. Please keep in mind that I am no carpenter. Ended up buying a piece of 1x10x8 #2 pine for the sides, which I had to drill a couple relief spots for the threaded inserts that the side supports for rifle rest attached to the sides with--I cut this so it was long enough to support the factory top shelf. Also used a 1x3x8 that I cut to the width of the sides, and attached with screws--even at $6 it was considerably cheaper than corner braces to support the shelves. Used some left over 3/4 cabinet grade plywood for the shelves and they just sit on the 1x3 braces. Probably should stain the wood or add the carpet to make it look prettier.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/novalty1970/Reloading/IMG_7224_zps74b5d2e7.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/novalty1970/media/Reloading/IMG_7224_zps74b5d2e7.jpg.html)
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/novalty1970/Reloading/IMG_7225_zps5bbb4275.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/novalty1970/media/Reloading/IMG_7225_zps5bbb4275.jpg.html)