chady Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Evening all, What's the process when moving house with shotguns? Do you put your guns in storage? Obviously there is going to be a week gap, take cabinet off the wall repair wall. Put up in new house? Do you inform the firearms department first? I've never moved with a shotgun before. Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Moved many times & never needed to use storage. Empty cabinet. Take cabinet off the wall & put it into the vehicle for move to new address. Put the guns into the cabinet (still in vehicle) Drive to new address. Remove guns into house. Take cabinet into new house & fit into place. Shove guns into it. Inform firearms department(s) of new address. Get the kettle on & have a brew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Moved many times & never needed to use storage. Empty cabinet. Take cabinet off the wall & put it into the vehicle for move to new address. Put the guns into the cabinet (still in vehicle) Drive to new address. Remove guns into house. Take cabinet into new house & fit into place. Shove guns into it. Inform firearms department(s) of new address. Get the kettle on & have a brew! This simples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Moved many times & never needed to use storage. Empty cabinet. Take cabinet off the wall & put it into the vehicle for move to new address. Put the guns into the cabinet (still in vehicle) Drive to new address. Remove guns into house. Take cabinet into new house & fit into place. Shove guns into it. Inform firearms department(s) of new address. Get the kettle on & have a brew! this.done it a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Not moved myself but i have taken in guns for a couple of days for friends just to take pressure off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 I moved house 4 years back the last thing I took was the cabinet , I had this in the back of the car and thought id vist tip , some guy clocked the cabinet and came over and said ill have that mate no need to tip it , I nearly peed my self laughing I fixed it straight away in the new property and let police know I had moved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Moved mine from old address into new address within the same day. Then Phoned FEO to inform him as my tickets were in for renewal at the time. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson_tom Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 I gave my guns to a friend for a couple of days as it saved me the hassle of removing and fixing the cabinet to the new house on moving day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Great advice from saddler just send them a registered letter so you know they got it and relax by the time they might want to check it everything done and above board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 As mentioned already. With so much going on, on the day, it's just a matter of whether you have time to prioritise fitting your cabinet in new house as soon as you get there (can't go to bed that night with gun/s under the bed). If you can't prioritise this, put in a friends house (up to 72hrs if I remember correctly without the need to inform the police) until you can fit your cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 As mentioned already. With so much going on, on the day, it's just a matter of whether you have time to prioritise fitting your cabinet in new house as soon as you get there (can't go to bed that night with gun/s under the bed). If you can't prioritise this, put in a friends house (up to 72hrs if I remember correctly without the need to inform the police) until you can fit your cabinet. only shotguns not firearms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chady Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks all This is the problem taking it down fixing and patching the holes up moving and putting the safe up won't be fine in a day. I'll be lucky to do it in a week! I'll put them in storage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks all This is the problem taking it down fixing and patching the holes up moving and putting the safe up won't be fine in a day. I'll be lucky to do it in a week! I'll put them in storage Then why don't you just move and inform licensing when you're sorted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chady Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Because knowing my look I'll get broke into the day I move in and because the cabinet is not fixed to the wall I'd be in a right mess. Don't want to chance any thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wb123 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Last time i moved the guns were locked in the safe in the car under a huge pile of stuff the night before leaving to allow time to make the wall good. 0530 got moving, arrived at new address 2300, put locked safe in hallway and bolted in the next day. The problem we encountered was the customs lot not being able to find the cabinet on the way through customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Because knowing my look I'll get broke into the day I move in and because the cabinet is not fixed to the wall I'd be in a right mess. Don't want to chance any thing Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 only shotguns not firearms OP was asking about shotguns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 I put mine in storage with RFD until I got safe installed. Fortunately when I moved the second time the previous owner left his safe in-situ which made things easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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