Thread: Gun Safes - A Cat and E Cat

Just got a G2459E Sentry safe, sold as an E Cat safe. This is bull shit as the arms officer has said it is nowhere near meeting the E Cat safe requirements. 3mm walls, floor is flimsy, can fit a crow bar in the door jamb gap, only 3 locking bolts, none top and bottom.

???

The arms officer is on the case about these safes being sold as B, E and C when they do not meet requirements. (or any where near them)

At the end of the day, the licence holder of the firearms in the not so E cat safe is the one that gets done for inadequate security!

While im at it, It came from H+F waikato, they fucken well knew the safes weren't up to standard. But still LIST and SELL them as endorsement compliant safes.

Fair Trading Act says an item sold for a specific use must be "fit for purpose". Looks like someone should be having a serious discussion if the above is the case . . . .

Ok, I will take back what I have said. Spoke to Chris at Outdoor Brands, with sales of 700 odd Sentry safes he said they are good to go. I just wasn't given a copy of the Engineers cert to say so......

I apologize for having a rant. Cheers

Originally Posted by Baz

Just got a G2459E Sentry safe, sold as an E Cat safe. This is bull shit as the arms officer has said it is nowhere near meeting the E Cat safe requirements. 3mm walls, floor is flimsy, can fit a crow bar in the door jamb gap, only 3 locking bolts, none top and bottom.

???

The arms officer is on the case about these safes being sold as B, E and C when they do not meet requirements. (or any where near them)

At the end of the day, the licence holder of the firearms in the not so E cat safe is the one that gets done for inadequate security!

While im at it, It came from H+F waikato, they fucken well knew the safes weren't up to standard. But still LIST and SELL them as endorsement compliant safes.

Originally Posted by Baz

Ok, I will take back what I have said. Spoke to Chris at Outdoor Brands, with sales of 700 odd Sentry safes he said they are good to go. I just wasn't given a copy of the Engineers cert to say so......

I apologize for having a rant. Cheers

Yes they are hardened steel or something making them pass E from memory. that is what I have had for a good few years now... Some AO's do question it but with the bit of paper its all good, Mine was the firesafe version so is even heavier that the std

... Why is this here?

Originally Posted by faregame

... Why is this here?

Sorry Mate, but when you have just spent $1700 and everyone is questioning the safes endorsement cert, I got a little pissed. Turns out no one mentioned they came with a Engineers cert when you buy them. Would have solved alot of hassle if this was 'stuck' to the safe for reference.

I apologies for thread hacking. The mods are welcome to remove it....... i can't

Can you tell me the height of the shelf in the 5 gun safe please, as I have some pretty long rifles, and/or is the shelf removable ?

Will rifles with large scopes fit on the rack without touching the rear of the safe ?

Cheers, Red.

Hi Redbang

the shelf removable and realistically fit 3 scoped rifles comfortably, 5 total mixed with other types - i.e. shotgun or unscoped

The internals are 136.9 cm H x 30.1 cm W x 24.1 cm D

Originally Posted by faregame

Hi Redbang

the shelf removable and realistically fit 3 scoped rifles comfortably, 5 total mixed with other types - i.e. shotgun or unscoped

The internals are 136.9 cm H x 30.1 cm W x 24.1 cm D

store some barrel down helps you squeeze in more if room is tight for the safe to fit in the hole.... or go a bigger safe

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