Side Mounting Holster... does it exist?

[Haterot]

With all the Light gun talk I was wanting to get two but instead of the HAPP holster (Which I like) that mounts on the front or top of the CP, I am looking for something to mount to the side of the cabinet. A search through the forums has turned up precious little, but most of those posts were old.

So, does anyone know of or make a side-mounted holster? I am sure I can't be the only one who would want one. Some of you CNC entrepreneurs could a fast buck I bet.

[Ginsu Victim]

I've been looking for the same thing and don't want to make one.

[Beretta]

i dunno.. i can't remember ever seeing one in the arcades..

for one when moving the cab that side holster could present a problem, for example door ways or could be damaged being caught on something.

so it makes more sense to have it in the front and the sides relatively flat.

im sure one could be fashioned out of sheet metal or perhaps a mold could be made.

[Ginsu Victim]

I can't tell from the pictures if I'd be able to modify a standard holster to work or not.

[Dartful Dodger]

I remember seeing discussions about side mounted cup holders.  I think most people had problems with them.

Although a friend of mine has a hunting game(converted from an NFL Blitz cabinet)  It had PVC tubes mounted on either side for the shot guns.  It looked pretty good when we picked it up.  Although one of them was already cracked and the other one shattered while we were moving into his basement.  He ended up removing both and he bought a cheap gun rack and mounted it to the front of the cab.

[Franco B]

I used to have a DC and guns in my 1st cab. I just screwed a couple of curtain tiebacks like these into the sides and hung them by the trigger guard.



I know they are not a holster as such but they looked nice and worked. Plus they will fit mst guns too 

[wp34]

I used to have a DC and guns in my 1st cab. I just screwed a couple of curtain tiebacks like these into the sides and hung them by the trigger guard.



I know they are not a holster as such but they looked nice and worked. Plus they will fit mst guns too 

That is rather interesting.  I really like the chrome.   

[syph007]

What I'd like is to have something actually inside of the door on either side of the coin door.  Like a plastic insert that woudl say take the gun up past the trigger just leaving the handles exposed, but part of the cabinet.  I dont think that exists so I was planning on making something, just havent got that far yet.

[divemaster127]

I have been having customers buy the happ top mounted gun holders, cut the bottom bolts off & mount them on the side of their cab that is what im going to do.

[Ginsu Victim]

Ah, so the bolts are attached and will need removed? Didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[divemaster127]

yah they are tac welded to the bottom of the holder I just cut them off with a dremal

[Haterot]

How are you mounting them to the side, re-tacing the bolts to the side or drilling a hole for flat-head bolts??

[versapak]

This is seems a bit silly to use, but it does the trick for me:

http://www.bellautomotive.com/asp/product_details.asp?id=23783


I found them for about $5 a piece at K-Mart.

[divemaster127]

I guess you could do either I just drilled a hole

[brock.sampson]

I used these tool hooks for mine.  They work really well and were really cheap.

[markronz]

I just used a normal U-bolt available at any hardware store.  Then I painted mine black.    They work great.   I've had them for about a year, and haven't had to repaint them yet to due scuffs from removing and inserting the gun, although at some point down the line, I might need to do that.    But, obviously, repainting is very easy to do.

The first picture is just of the U-bolts, I'm referring to.  They're availble in a large number of sizes.
Then the other two pictures are of my cabinet with the holders.   I couldn't find a better view than that, sorry.

[Ginsu Victim]

I didn't think of U-bolts! Thanks! 

[bkenobi]

I also used U-bolts.  I fit them in the same holes as the original guns were installed in on my Area 51 cab.  They worked great with my Scorpion3's but were not quite big enough for the Namco GunCon2's, so I added a stainless steel bolt in the top hold.  Looks great and works well.

[Beretta]

I just used a normal U-bolt available at any hardware store. 

wow thats genius.. cheap, simple, durable solution 

[jasonbar]

Bicycle frame-mount items work well.  The diameter of a bike frame tube is about the diameter of a gun barrel.

I got these for my ACT-Labs guns, but they also work very well with my LCD TopGun IIs.


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=66908.0

-Jason

[Ginsu Victim]

How do you use a lightgun with a monitor angle like that, Jason?

[jasonbar]

Actually, it works fine.

With the ACT Labs guns, I got them set up to work well in the Windows desktop, but I had trouble w/ MAME & then no luck after putting tinted glass in front of my monitor.

Same for the LCD Top Gun IIs.  Set up with light bars above & below (taped to front of glass for testing), they work rather well on the Windows desktop & in testing with Crossbow.

Never got around to hard-mounting the light bars--will likely go for the new GGG gun after it gets more testing & is offered with a gun case.

Thanks,
-Jason

[Ginsu Victim]

Ultimarc, not GGG.

[doctorhifi]

thin-wall PVC pipe (think central vacuum pipe) painted black with a slot cut out on the bottom for the trigger guard.
Cheap and you can quick draw the gun with no fear of breaking off some part of the gun