Safe safe?

Im pretty sure most of our homes are more secure than a thinly clad steel framed building that some RFDs house themselves in, all the rifles in a glass case with a 3mm wire through the trigger guard you can just snip.

Alarmed or not, theyll be in and out before any repsonders turn up.

OP, your cabinet is fine.

(Plus RFDs advertise and show pictures all the time)
 
I got into safes before I got into guns.

Gun cabinets are not high security. They are a slightly larger version of the baked bean tin safes you get at B&Q. If you were to buy a real safe, you could have one the same size as a small ammo cabinet and you would give yourself a hernia trying picking it up and the wall thickness would be measured in inches, not millimetres.

As for the First Rule of Fight Club, we can now say that yes, someone in Bamburgh with magnolia coloured walls at some point in the future will own guns.
 
One thing to watch in Northumbria is that the police have a peculiar test.

I helped a friend fit a cabinet only a couple of miles from you. We used expanding bolts in to the masonry wall.

When the FEO visited, he opened the cabinet, grabbed hold of the top from the inside, braced himself with a foot on the wall and wrenched the cabinet off the wall, talking several cinder blocks with him and leaving a cloud of dust and rubble, much to my friend's wife's amusement!

The cabinet was deemed unsatisfactory.

My friend then got a local builder to put cement in to the wall to make it more solid before trying it again. Builder said he has done several of these jobs.

What I didn't understand is that if the cabinet cannot be pulled off with the door shut, why try with the door open?
 
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Thank goodness I live here. gun cabinets 150 kg or over don't need bolting down. True a thief could cut through the sides using a cordless angle grinder but there is very little chance that the door could be prized off in a hurry. I do like the paranoia these post bring out in people.
 
One thing to watch in Northumbria is that the police have a peculiar test.

I helped a friend fit a cabinet only a couple of miles from you. We used expanding bolts in to the masonry wall.

When the FEO visited, he opened the cabinet, grabbed hold of the top from the inside, braced himself with a foot on the wall and wrenched the cabinet off the wall, talking several cinder blocks with him and leaving a cloud of dust and rubble, much to my friend's wife's amusement!

The cabinet was deemed unsatisfactory.

My friend then got a local builder to put cement in to the wall to make it more solid before trying it again. Builder said he has done several of these jobs.

What I didn't understand is that if the cabinet cannot be pulled off with the door shut, why try with the door open?
Marked contrast to a friend of mine who hadn't had time to put the bolts in before the visit.
"Is that cabinet securely fixed?" asked the FEO.
"Yes" replied my friend, with his fingers and toes crossed.
And that was that! No further tests applied.
 
A cabinet from a reputable manufacturer made ti the appropriate British standard and bolted firmly to solid structure is what is required. It helps if it’s position makes it difficult to get leverage and crowbars etc in so as to loosen it easily.

If in doubt have a read of the Home Office guidance notes on firearms security.

No security system will be secure against determined criminals who want and are equipped to break in. They will immediately be adding additional charges of illegal possession of firearms with significant additional jail time to any tariff if and when caught.

The much more immediate concern is whether the firearms are easily accessible to other members of the household or visitors. Inquisitive children or picking up a gun whilst having a domestic are the biggest concern.
 
The much more immediate concern is whether the firearms are easily accessible to other members of the household or visitors. Inquisitive children or picking up a gun whilst having a domestic are the biggest concern.
This, and placing it somewhere inconvenient that will be a temptation to 'put it away in the morning' after a late foray.
 
Yes I now know he has a cabinet in the corner of a room, of a house or flat, somewhere in Bamborough.
I think it’s pretty obvious that applies to almost any one of us on here - apart from the Bamborough bit, I’m pretty sure we’re not all from there
Still at least he hasn’t used his real name for his username, that would be silly 😉
No such place as Bamborough, certainly not in Northumberland!
 
I got into safes before I got into guns.

Gun cabinets are not high security. They are a slightly larger version of the baked bean tin safes you get at B&Q. If you were to buy a real safe, you could have one the same size as a small ammo cabinet and you would give yourself a hernia trying picking it up and the wall thickness would be measured in inches, not millimetres.

As for the First Rule of Fight Club, we can now say that yes, someone in Bamburgh with magnolia coloured walls at some point in the future will own guns.

We’re you a robber??
 
make sure you cover the bolt heads with rubber or other sealant ,nothing to do with security but stops you equipment being marked or damaged.
 
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