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Title: Gun Holsters?
Post by: Hudson187 on May 14, 2006, 11:04:15 pm
Does anyone know of any good side mounting gun hoslters? I just installed my LCD topgun and i have a PSX intgrated into my cab to with a light gun, so I would like a holster on each side. Thanks!
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: buks on May 15, 2006, 11:42:57 am
Hudson187,

This may not be what you are looking for but I just cut 2 pieces of dowel and drilled holes to fit. The guns just rest on the dowel using the triger and the back of the gun. Pictures can be seen on my blog :

www.buks01.blogspot.com

Checkout the section titled "New lightguns in place" and click on the picture of the gun to get a bigger picture.

hope this helps.

Buks
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: Level42 on May 15, 2006, 11:47:59 am
Simple but effective idea.

May I ask why you put the LED-bars verticaly instead of horizontaly ?
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: Hudson187 on May 15, 2006, 12:12:39 pm
I do like that idea, but I was looking for something more along the lines of a plastic holster like something from an actual arcade game. Ive been searching ebay and various websites but still no luck.
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: Onji on May 15, 2006, 12:47:57 pm
another option: (not my cab, i forgot whos it is :(
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: M3talhead on May 15, 2006, 01:08:04 pm
Holster...

Cup holder...

Same thing.

(http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/5748/s0058cy.jpg)
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: Hudson187 on May 15, 2006, 01:10:48 pm
Onji, Can you make out what that is? It looks like a plasitc fence for gardening  ;D . That seems to be the idea of what I was looking for... I might take a ride to ToysRus and see what they have for kids guns; maybe they come with a holster or something.
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: buks on May 16, 2006, 05:37:01 am
Level42 - The led bars are supposed to be vertical ! Even if you can put them horizontally (which you may be able to do) I prefer them vertically.

Hope that helps !
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: darthbane2k on May 16, 2006, 05:40:02 am
heres my holster option. This is actually a cyclists drinks flask holder which came from a
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: buks on May 16, 2006, 07:36:06 am
darthbane2k,

That looks excellent ! How did you attatch the holsters to the cab ?
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: horseboy on May 16, 2006, 10:12:06 am
Quote
Level42 - The led bars are supposed to be vertical ! Even if you can put them horizontally (which you may be able to do) I prefer them vertically.

The closer the bars are together, the closer you can be to the bars. Most people didn't like the distance that they had to stand back from the screen for proper accuracy, so many people on this board mounted the bars horizontally so that they could be closer to the screen. I haven't seen any complaint about it yet.
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: buks on May 16, 2006, 10:39:39 am
If they are mounted horizontally is one above the screen and one below or are they on top of each other ?

I'll try an ascii drawing :


   ----LED STRIP-----

   ----------------------
   I                         I
   I                         I
   I                         I
   I                         I
   I                         I
   ----------------------

   ----LED STRIP-----

OR

   ----------------------
   I                         I
   I                         I
   I                         I
   I                         I
   I                         I
   ----------------------

   ----LED STRIP-----
   ----LED STRIP-----

Cheers,

Buks
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: horseboy on May 16, 2006, 06:57:38 pm
One above and one below. Same as if you mounted them vertically.
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: darthbane2k on May 17, 2006, 08:40:52 am
Quote from: buks on May 16, 2006, 07:36:06 am
darthbane2k,

That looks excellent ! How did you attatch the holsters to the cab ?

regular black screws - goes through the mdf very easily.
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: buks on May 17, 2006, 09:35:20 am
Cheers for the answers horseboy and darthbane2k.

I think the bottom led strip would not quite fit on my setup anyway as the base of the TV is pretty flush with the bottom of the bezel.
Title: Re: Gun Holsters?
Post by: Shoegazer on February 15, 2007, 09:15:31 pm
@ Darthbane2k - that has got to be the single coolest looking holster I've seen for the LCD Topgun.  Cheers to you!

Now, if I could only FIND that cyclist's drinking set on the Toys 'R Us site!  I'm wondering if they may have discontinued it?  That would be tragic..

Shoegazer