Gun Cabinet Bolts

[75]

+1 on resin fixings from the likes of screwfix - I've always found them much easier to fit and align than rawlbolts as you have a bit of play in them until the resin goes off.

 

[Markfox]

I use resin studs at work to anchor lifting equipment which holds 3-4 tonne and never had a failure

I’d certainly look at resin studs for a cabinet but be aware you’ll have to cut them off if you move or replace the bricks

 

[gregjph]

Decent length concrete screwbolts will be more than adequate if you don't want to deal with resin. Bonus is that you can simply unscrew them from the wall if you ever wanted to move the cabinet, rather than having to cut off rawlbolts after unmounting the cabinet.

 

[sauer404]

Hi all. Can someone recommend me the best Police compliant bolts to fix my gun cabinet to the wall please.

I always found rawl bolts to be excellent.

 

[Rutland lad]

A trick I use to remove the bolts is as follows - put two nuts on the bolt, turn one against the other (using two spanners) until they lock. Then you can continue turning the lower nut (which is now locked to the bolt) and it will slowly turn the bolt out of the resin leaving the wall clear. It works a treat !

 

[JTO]

Few modern houses will have concrete block walls to fix to, external walls anyway.
For lightweight blocks, I doubt anything less than a bolt right through, with a plate on the other side, will be strong enough.
A few years ago, a cabinet in Weymouth was stolen by knocking the wall down. I think it was all retrieved, but they hadn't been able to get the ammo compartment open where they would have found over £2,000 in cash.
The owner was the son of a retired police officer.

 

[smokey]

10 mm screwed rod and use chem fix to secure it drill the holes 12mm dia and as deep as you like place the safe in position inject the chem fix let it go off and then put on the nuts and washers and tighten you could almost glue the safe with this stuff this much better than messing about trying to get the correct fixings and stop them spinning

 

[Alantoo]

If you have a 2mm sheet cabinet and M10 resin anchor fixings in a solid wall the weak point is the 2mm sheet... a large diameter thick "penny" washer or bit of 5mm plate with a 10mm hole to spread the load over the sheet will reduce the chance of ripping the cabinet off the wall with a big lever.

The Fischer company make a resin cartridge that you can reseal and use again a few weeks later...unlike the Hilti ones which invariably seem to go solid soon after if not used immediately.

Alan