He was still around at the time and undergoing hospital treatment but his certificate was due for renewal, sadly he was in no position to renew so I offered to transfer them onto my cert until he decided what he wanted to do. He passed away not long after but I had already informed my FLD about the transfer and they said nothing about any limit on numbers, hence my question.
I mention it in my original post and referenced the home office guidelines, which do not distinguish between s1 and s2 guns. However it does have wording that enables local authorities not to be prescriptive on the lower or upper number, noting it says in most cases 10 is the number at which they should considered extra security requirement, this is also influenced on a range of external factors including crime rates, regular unoccupied dwelling- increased security includes splitting gun in multiple location, intruder alarms, multiple point locks on windows and doors etc. These are only guidlines however.
Thanks, I am rather lucky to fall under Cleveland Firearms Unit which must be one of the best in the country for efficiency, turnaround and most importantly, common sense. I have separate cabinets for shotguns and rifles as my wife has access to the shotgun cabinet but not the rifle one, also a third for the air rifles from when my son was a youngster. I can only assume that they have assessed my personal setup and are happy with it. Not sure if I was a couple of miles further North under Durham that the situation would be the same.
Me likewise!
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This one seems to be available SAFETY CABINET SOLOGNAC 500 FOR 16 GUNSDecathlon might be worth a look. Looks like a large cabinet for decent money??
Firearms Safety Cabinet - 16 Gun
Firearms Safety Cabinet - 16 Gun null Store your firearms in this secure safety cabinet.www.decathlon.co.uk
If I had that my wife would never see me.I'm wondering if there comes a point where you would be better off having a gun room rather than paying 1000's on safes. Heavy duty Security doors are not that expensive, and you may have to pay someone to install it and perhaps secure the windows and possibly ceiling too, but in the end you'll have a substantial place to keep everything. You may still need a separate cabinet inside there for ammo - but those are not expensive and do not need to be that large.
BS7558 which most safes are compliant to is pretty meek to be honest - the test is basically 5 minutes to entry using basic hand tools (not even powered). It is more about unauthorised access than true security IMHO.
Of course, you will need a room for it - or perhaps section one off one within an existing room - but it will certainly be safer than a BS7558 compliant cabinet.
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If I had that, I wouldn't have a wife.
