shotgun cabinet Shotgun Cabinet questions, best place to install a cabinet

[AWest84]

Hi I have some questions about where to put / install a shotgun cabinet. I'm still waiting for it to arrive, and I'd like to get some education on where would be the best place to install it.

I'm new to shooting and this is my first gun cabinet, it's a small cabinet off Amazon (dirty pro tools™ 3 GUN SHOTGUN CABINET POLICE APPROVED RIFLE GUNS SAFE APPROVED WITH 7-LEVER LOCKS A122), my intention is to only have 1 shotgun inside.

Any advice would be appreciate.

Thanks in advance

Edited December 17, 2020 by AWest84

[Fisheruk]

1 minute ago, AWest84 said:

Hi I have some questions about where to put / install a shotgun cabinet. .....my intention is to only have 1 shotgun inside.

Really! I think we ought to start a sweepstake to see how long that “intention” holds! 😳😂

Firstly, you need somewhere secure, somewhere convenient- if you are going hunting. If you are just doing clays the convenience aspect may not so important. 

 

[billytheghillie]

what type of walls in your house, i.e. brick, drywall etc.

[The Heron]

Only one shotgun 😂😂😂😂

[billytheghillie]

10 minutes ago, The Heron said:

Only one shotgun 😂😂😂😂

As soon as he puts it in the cabinet it will breed!

[Scully]

13 minutes ago, The Heron said:

Only one shotgun 😂😂😂😂

Yeah! 😂😂

[stuartyboy]

Police look for the cabinet to be out of sight of casual visitors and fastened to the fabric of the building. You obviously know the layout of your house, but look for a cupboard under the stairs etc that you can fix the cabinet to a brick wall (if possible). 

Avoid loft or garage due to possible condensation problems 

[enfieldspares]

Ideally an internal wall in a room or other that isn't usually entered by (or where the cabinet is visible to) any casual visitors such as meter readers, delivery people such as postal workers, or by folk "popping in for a chat". Or even people looking in through a window. You are allowed to think outside the box and there's no rule that says that a cabinet must stand upright. So bolted between ceiling joists under a removable section of floorboard would often be looked on favourably. The enemy of course is condensation so it needs to be somewhere that this enemy isn't present.

Edited December 17, 2020 by enfieldspares

[DUNKS]

I was fortunate enough to be able to get mine on an outside brick wall and out of sight!

Only advice I would give is whatever fixings you use be sure you can modify them for your next bigger cabinet.

ONE GUN HO! HO! HO!😄

[sam triple]

Mines in the loft bolted to the floor and fire wall ( brick) the keys are in a safe and the keys to that safe are in another safe , can’t be to careful 👍

[Centrepin]

Oh dear, fancy only buying a 3 gun cabinet, far too small.

Best order a 6 gun to fit at the side of it.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Well apart from agreeing with most Members that you will fill it and require a larger cabinet. The best person to ask about positioning the cabinet would be your FEO as it will be their job to decide if it is suitable.

[243deer]

make sure you leave enough space to put your 2nd cabinet 

[oowee]

Not in the bedroom. Saves waking others when you need to go early of late. 

[daisyrob1]

10 hours ago, billytheghillie said:

As soon as he puts it in the cabinet it will breed!

Yip the shotgun stalk should have dropped no4 in this week but my sgc has gone into post office covid oblivion🙄starting to get concerned. 

[udderlyoffroad]

The peanut gallery above makes a serious point, in that you'll find a so called '3 gun' cabinet will be a tight squeeze with 2 guns, and larger safes aren't much more (most of the cost of a cabinet is actually shipping it, as you're sending empty space+heavy steel).  I bought a '7 gun' as I wanted to store my air rifles too.  Of course, in the interim I might have acquired some more shotguns, so the air rifles are no longer in the cabinet.

Anyway, what I would say is, don't use the rubbish fixings that come with it (applies to anything you screw to a wall, actually).  Spend the £5 on some proper anchor bolts from Screwfix or Toolstation - obviously dependent on the substrate you're fixing to.  If you're in a new build with dot-n-dab, buy the proper fixings for that.

 

[Westward]

13 hours ago, The Heron said:

Only one shotgun 😂😂😂😂

Guns are like sheep. They know when they're alone and they don't like it. 😄

[kentish]

As above it will be probably determined mainly by the construction of your house. Put it somewhere that's easily accessible to you but out of sight. Mine is inside a built in wardrobe bolted to a brick party wall using chemical fixings. FEO was very happy with it. He also pointed out that while it's a 3 gun cabinet I could probably get 5 guns in it if I top and tail them!

One problem with this is my elderly neighbour sleeps in the room on the other side of the wall, and imagine the racket when I'm fumbling about half asleep trying to get my gear ready to go out at 4am. Also My girlfriend keeps filling my wardrobe with bags of junk bound for the charity shop so I have to move all that out the way before I can even put the key in the lock... I keep the keys in small combination key safes also screwed to the wall out of sight. 

[Wingman]

Mine have been in the loft for the past 5 years no problems at all with rust or condensation damage. Couple of sachets of   VP90 and all is well. FEO is happy also. 

Edited December 20, 2020 by Wingman

[AWest84]

Haha just the 1, but if I get another I’ll let you know.

Thanks for all the advice; it’s certainly given me some good information.

I’ll make sure to get some proper fixtures for it.

I’m getting the feeling it would be a good idea to speak to the FEO for my area.  

I would like the cabinet in a wardrobe in my room, as I will be able to bolt it to the brick work of the house and there aren’t any casual visitors. I should be able to keep it out of sight. If I ever need to get a bigger cabinet, there’s space lol, but I’m not sure if that would be okay.

Again thanks for all the advice and help

Stay safe