How to Mount Elk Shoulder Mount to Metal studs

towens2011 · Sep 24, 2023

Hello all,
I have mounted euro’s, and antelope shoulder mount to dry wall, but I don’t really want to risk hanging a 50 lb to free floating dry wall. I have metal studs. Any ideas on what I can do or am so sh*t out of luck? Thanks in advance!

MountainSqwabler · Sep 24, 2023

towens2011 said:
Hello all,
I have mounted euro’s, and antelope shoulder mount to dry wall, but I don’t really want to risk hanging a 50 lb to free floating dry wall. I have metal studs. Any ideas on what I can do or am so sh*t out of luck? Thanks in advance!

I'd either drill a hole and then find a way to anchor a bolt into the metal studds, orrrrr maybe use some self tapping screws. Make sure they are tough bastards though, not thin little screws. We used like.....6in framing screws, (x2) of them to hang the one in my house to the stud.

100% don't put them right into drywall though.