joyoge Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Got the Firearms Officer coming today who will hopefully give the ok but wondered if these cabinets were ok and if anyone already has one? gun cabinet Any advice re others much welcome? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 nearly bought one from fleabay, but they were going for more than £100.00 As i was unsure, i bought one from Paul Hart, at least i know its approved and was cheaper than the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 i've got one of their bigger 5 gun cabinets with ammo box (which they don't seem to do now) - great cabinet and they're only just up the road, so they didn't mind delivering it on the cheap. FAO was more than happy with it. Great cabinet for a great price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 The fire-arms act does not say you need a cabinet at all - only that you make adequate arrangements for security. A wire through the trigger guard in appropriate circumstances is enough. While the words "Police Approved" are often used, in fact the police have no pre-approval system, they are not a consumer body. The wording is actually "police approval guaranteed", meaning that on inspection you would not be turned down on the "adequate security" if you use one of their cabinets, correctly fixed, and in a position that the police approve of ( i.e. can't be seen through a window). No cabinet is thief proof, what the FEO is looking for is will your security stop casual opportunist theft. Usually anything that will delay casual access to the gun/s by about 20 mins ( ie the response time to an alarm activation), is going to be deemed OK. Any cabinet built to the BS spec is going to do this unless the thief is tooled up and going for the gun cab specifically, in which case it will be jemmied off the wall and away in 5 mins with the guns it it to be opened later. Any steel cabinet with a reasonable locking system, well secured to the wall is going to pass muster, and a nice load alarm is going to help get past the adequate security criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 The fire-arms act does not say you need a cabinet at all - only that you make adequate arrangements for security. A wire through the trigger guard in appropriate circumstances is enough. While the words "Police Approved" are often used, in fact the police have no pre-approval system, they are not a consumer body. The wording is actually "police approval guaranteed", meaning that on inspection you would not be turned down on the "adequate security" if you use one of their cabinets, correctly fixed, and in a position that the police approve of ( i.e. can't be seen through a window). No cabinet is thief proof, what the FEO is looking for is will your security stop casual opportunist theft. Usually anything that will delay casual access to the gun/s by about 20 mins ( ie the response time to an alarm activation), is going to be deemed OK. Any cabinet built to the BS spec is going to do this unless the thief is tooled up and going for the gun cab specifically, in which case it will be jemmied off the wall and away in 5 mins with the guns it it to be opened later. Any steel cabinet with a reasonable locking system, well secured to the wall is going to pass muster, and a nice load alarm is going to help get past the adequate security criteria. I wouold add that 2 different keys/locks is the usual for approval on cabinets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 DOHH http://www.brattonsound.co.uk/sentinel.html PM Paul Hart on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pair away Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 good luck with the visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgerpig Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I bought a brattonsound 3 gunner off ebay for £100 FEO was fine with it, I took the fitting instructions to local hardware shop to make sure I got the correct fixings got my SGC through last week good luck, hope all goes well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 one thing i would add - is the fixing bolts are useless that come with the ebay cabinet - so get some decent rawlbolts to fix it to the wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver_fox Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) If you want a really strong fixing then use an epoxy resin and threaded studding. You can get the resin from any decent hardware store. Because it doesn't rely on expansion to fix the bolt it can be used in 'weaker' wall constructions. P.S. This is a permenent fixing, you will never get the bolts out of the wall again. Edited December 20, 2008 by silver_fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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