Thread: Gun safe

Hey team,

Turns out plywood safes no longer cut the mustard.
So I'm getting a new one, looking at an 7-10.
What everyone's go to, and best place/price.
Off to town tomorrow to check out Hamill's
Cheers bevan

Originally Posted by ocean-hunter

Hey team,

Turns out plywood safes no longer cut the mustard.
So I'm getting a new one, looking at an 7-10.
What everyone's go to, and best place/price.
Off to town tomorrow to check out Hamill's
Cheers bevan

interesting because the polices own doccument specifically mentions wooden cabinets

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/def...e-guidance.pdf

Originally Posted by mikee

interesting because the polices own doccument specifically mentions wooden cabinets
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https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/def...e-guidance.pdf

Yeh that's what I thought. I had my renewal interview this morning, and she said it wooden ones don't meet new standards, I thought it best not to argue

What if it's a wooden one that looks like a metal one? Do they put a magnet on it or anything?

Apparently some of the older steel safe's aren't good enough either. Mate renewed his license the other day but AO wouldn't sign him off till he brought a new safe. Something about metal was too thin and only 1 locking pin on door?

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Originally Posted by hunter Al.7mm08

Apparently some of the older steel safe's aren't good enough either. Mate renewed his license the other day but AO wouldn't sign him off till he brought a new safe. Something about metal was too thin and only 1 locking pin on door?

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What thickness do they want? 4-6mm

@ocean-hunter Sorry can't post a link, info is on police website. Basically says minimum 3mm thick walls and door must be braced so can't be bent or flexed.

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This is the full clip from the most recent Police storage recommendations, basically recommending 16mm or similar rated material through-bolted mounting on all fixtures and secured to the wall in the approved fashion.
I can't comment as to why the Police Arms worker you dealt with are saying that wooden construction isn't going to be acceptable going forwards when the document on storage guidelines version 4 dated June 2022 still gives guidelines for what is acceptable. My understanding of the 'Police upgrades' to the Arms Admin regime was that the object of the centralisation process and dragging everything in-house was to remove the variability of service. Seems to have gotten worse - much worse and not better!

Mate has two old sheetmetal coat lockers [ex factory cloakroom type] screwed to wall passed.Got to be better than bike lock around roof joist or guncity type wall rack in plain view.