Hornady Rapid Shotgun Wall Safe

[mulli63]

Bought a Hornady shotgun wall safe and was thinking about where to mount it. I want to mount it to the back of a sold core door. Not solid wood, but MDF or something. I like the back of the door location as I will cover with jacket or bathrobe to conceal. Wondering what people think of the ability for someone to rip it off the door as opposed to mounting on wall to a stud. The safe covers the trigger / outfeed area and has a second piece that stabilizes the end of the barrel making it harder to use the barrel length as a lever to pull it off the wall. See picture. My biggest concern is if we are robbed when not home and they have time to try. Any advice would be appreciated.

https://press.hornady.com//assets/pcthumbs/photos/1410992407-98180-Rapid-Safe-Shotgun-Wall-Lock---removing-gun.jpg

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https://press.hornady.com//assets/pcthumbs/photos/1410992407-98180-Rapid-Safe-Shotgun-Wall-Lock---removing-gun.jpg

[PaperTarget]

Through bolt to the other side of the door. Use t-bolts or carriage bolts with fender washers or a flat metal bar. Cover this hardware with a door mirror.

As you know, given enough time and tools any safe can be defeated. If you don't have one, adding an alarm will reduce the amount of time a burglar will have.

[JagerDog]

IMHO, that isn't designed for storage during lengthy periods of non-attendance.

[mulli63]

@papertarget: Good point about the alarm and we do have one, but I had not thought of it concerning this application. Through bolts are the right answer, but wife does not want the hallway side of the door to have mirror or the flat heads of a carriage bolt. With the alarm thought, I may proceed with the door and see how it feels when installed. Thanks!

@JagerDog: I agree on the storage. If long term absence, it goes into the gun safe lag bolted to my garage floor. I was thinking more of out for the day or afternoon. Thanks!

[mulli63]

Another thing I did not take into account is that we have a 90 pound lab mutt that shakes our small house when she barks. Another deterrent like the alarm.