Thread: Home made safe

Hi all . Anyone done a home made rifle safe ? Here's a start to my one . All aluminium as a pose to steel , I figure I could break into a steel cabinet just as easy as an aluminium one. Will have all the correct locking mechanisms required for A-cat requirements in New Zealand. Here's a start anyway 1800 tall 1400 wide 600 deep . Will feature an ammunition shelf on the rhs. STAY TUNED for updates !!!


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Originally Posted by pepper123

Hi all . Anyone done a home made rifle safe ? Here's a start to my one . All aluminium as a pose to steel , I figure I could break into a steel cabinet just as easy as an aluminium one. Will have all the correct locking mechanisms required for A-cat requirements in New Zealand. Here's a start anyway 1800 tall 1400 wide 600 deep . Will feature an ammunition shelf on the rhs. STAY TUNED for updates !!!


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Please update mate, very interested as I am making one this year. Nice size-
But Alloy?

Originally Posted by Danny

Please update mate, very interested as I am making one this year. Nice size-
But Alloy?

Yea why not alloy ? Half the weight for it's size and I work with steel aswell and I can tell you I'd have a hard time breaking into both


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Mmmmm pp housing

Keen to see updates on this. I can definitely appreciate the desire to keep weight down. Moving a steel safe is no fun xD

Originally Posted by Sylvester

Moving a steel safe is no fun xD

That's kind of the idea.

Originally Posted by Tommy

That's kind of the idea.

Touche

If someone wants something bad enough it doesn't really matter what or how heavy or where they will get it

Good on ya for making your own.
But im afraid a chisel and hammer will open up ali like a zip.



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So all these a cat approved cabinets like hot water cylinder cupboards that can be opened with a foot are more sturdy than an aluminium safe?

Originally Posted by Nibblet

So all these a cat approved cabinets like hot water cylinder cupboards that can be opened with a foot are more sturdy than an aluminium safe?

My thoughts exactly

Originally Posted by Nibblet

So all these a cat approved cabinets like hot water cylinder cupboards that can be opened with a foot are more sturdy than an aluminium safe?

Haven't seen one like that. But by the sounds of it no they are not.
My concern is you go to all the effort only to have it rejected.
Dad use to have a safe built into the floor boards with 2x4's and it past back in the day.
Different house now and different safe.
If your unsure and the information isn't readily available, I'd contact an AO and ask.
But like someone already mentioned ali would most likely need to be Alot thicker and that would negate the weight savings.
I worked in sheet metal for 4 years and cutting into ducting with a chisel was very easy, once a hole was open would move onto using tin snips.
It would be noisy but wouldnt take long to make a hole large enough to remove your rifles.


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So where's the photos of the car???

Its I bit confusing I don't even have a safe and ao is happy with what I'm using

There is no doubt that police approved safes are on the way in the future, probably after the election the standard is likely to be the same as being used by extreme or killwell, which should be a minimum, yes they can be broken into, given enough time, I would think your Ali safe would hold out as long. It's about deterrent not prevention.