Sticky96 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hi, I have been looking at getting this cabinet http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-GUN-CABINET-HIGH-SECURITY-3-SHOTGUN-RIFLE-GUN-CABINET-GUN-SAFE-/290642298355?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET&hash=item43aba185f3#ht_3179wt_1107 for my shotguns when the SCG arrives, however I do not know how I am going to store my cartridges, I realize that it is not a requirement but I would like to make a good impression on the police, also I cannot afford for one of the higher quality Brattonsound gun safes with top locking boxes, do you have any suggestions on how I could safely store my cartridges and is there anway I can make my own rack/divider so that the safe will store more guns? Many thanks, Sticky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss.tony Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 if its only shot gun carts don't worry that will not bother cops 1 bit you can stick them under bed for all they care its gun security there bothered about . Or just tell him your going to put them in a locked cubard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorevans Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 As above FEO didn't even ask where or how I was going to store cartridges. Would have to have one big locking box attatched to a cabinet as its much cheaper to buy the cartridges by the thousand (for me anyway). Also when the FEO checked the cabinet was securely anchored to the wall he asked 'four gun cabinet is it?' when I said no only three his reply was 'don't worry you can always manage to get one or two more in them than the manufacturers state' implying that as long as they are secure it doesn't matter how many I have in there. The dividers in mine are only blocks of foam with a groove cut in them that have been glued to the sides of the cabinet, should be easy enough to make your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb79 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Just as an aside, I've got the 6 gun version of the GDK safe for my rifle and it's a really nice safe, vault locking with ammo top box for under £200. Sits alongside my brattonsound shotgun cabinet that I share with the mrs and there is no difference in quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 You won't get many carts in a cabinet ammo box, a van vault is a good option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 A van vault is a good option! It is in terms of holding capacity but Steel containers become bombs in the event of a fire. It is recommended that a container made from wooden boards is used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SakoQuad Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Police won't ask you where you will store your cartridges and if you bulk buy you'd never get them inside the ammo box in a cabinet - that space just enough for a few thou of rimfire shells. I use an old, lockable silver trunk I picked up in a brick a brack shop for £50 - second hand blanket box might do as well, you could always add a lock, As said already, I have always understood a steel box not best option for things that go bang though I think that was about black powder storage I could imagine it might well apply to any explosive in a fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Something along these lines perhaps? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-Cal-Large-Ammo-Box-Genuine-Army-NATO-Surplus-Tool-Box-Fat-50-Cal-EMPTY-/261049279402?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item3cc7bfe3aa You could drill and bolt it somewhere (loft) and padlock it closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86inch Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have the same cabinet that the OP put in the Ebay link. I got mine direct from GDK, and its top-quality My FEO said "you can get 4 guns in there, no problem.." For cartridges i bought a cheap second-hand locking filing cabinet. Perfect for the job, you can get 1000 carts in per drawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Powder certainly should not be in a metal container Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bolt94 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I have a standard safe mounted to the wall for storing all my ammunition in and you can pick them up in Argos or B&Q for about 30£. Do your job well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I wouldn't bother. If you happened to have a large locking cabinet doing nothing then use it, but don't go to the trouble of buying one and installing it for a question that probably won't be asked, where the answer won't matter, about something nobody worries about. Besides, if everyone does it they'll start to expect it, and the next thing you know we'll all have to have cabinets for them as a requirement. What sort of shooting are you doing? If it's clay shooting or pigeon shooting you will find that a very large cabinet is needed, when you start buying them by the 1000 you'd soon find that the little ammo boxes aren't enough anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 i got 2 second hand video safes ,got them fancy vending machine locks on them hold 750 cartridges each from a carboot .cheap as chips n 1 happy FEO but as peeps ave said doesnt seem to be any rules on keeping sgc carts safe at all.dont know why you get your butt kicked if bullets arent safe but cartridges who knows why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 .dont know why you get your butt kicked if bullets arent safe but cartridges who knows why Read the Firearms legislation..... Theoretically you don't need to show SGC to buy carts, and you don't need anything to buy the components to homeload shotguns shells (do need FAC for bullet heads but not moulds or lead) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Read the Firearms legislation..... Theoretically you don't need to show SGC to buy carts, and you don't need anything to buy the components to homeload shotguns shells (do need FAC for bullet heads but not moulds or lead) strange potmess of ideas that legislation ,to be fair the 3 gunshops i use all make u show your sgc to buy shotgun shells .like u say u can get everything to make your own bullets without paperwork ,and i suppose this will please some and anger others .people will always agree to differ on certain rules atb clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Legislation is very disjointed and outdated, I do agree it sensible to need to show SGC but it isn't actually stated in the legislation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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