Thread: advise please:-)

Hey guys after some help/advise on firearm safety,
I am in the proccess of sitting my fal and in my garage iv built a 2m x 2.4m set of shelves with a 1.5m x 1.5m solid box in those shelves to put a safe in as i can bolt it directly to the concrete floor,,i splashed out and bought the killwell 10gun delux e cat safe(not that i intend on getting e cat firearms) because i dont want to skimp on safety:-)
The problem i have is i cant bolt the safe to the wall as it is flimsy gib...i have 2 100mm dyna bolts through the bottom of the safe and the wooden box has 100mmx100mm framing with 18mm ply for the door and sides,will this please the FAO??have tried ringing him but havent had a chance to speak with him
Hope you guys can help me out:-)

It will be better than 90 percent of licenced users already.

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dosen't have to be bolted to wall if its for A. However it would make sense to secure to the wall anyway, Can you attach it to Wall Studs??

My E is dyna bolted from the inside with 4 big ass dyna bolts well into reinforced concrete and also attached to floor with liberal application of no more nails as recommended by local locksmiths.

When mine was inspected the "inspector" said "Oh the dynabolt nuts need to be "welded otherwise someone could undo them and take the whole safe"

I suggested that would be a bit silly of them (the someone that is) as that would mean that the safe was already open but I supposed they could take the safe too so they could store their new guns safely. Shoulda seen the look I got!!!!!!!!!!!! Common sense is dead

Was thinking of a steel brace of some sort behind the safe with another bracket bolted to the floor??,i mean im not realy into e cats just want my hunting gear to be safe as it could be,,the arms code says secured on two surfaces..i just dont want any shadow of doubt over my security,,but then again if they really want to steal my stuff they will rite..

I am with VC. You have already done enough. Bolting into the studs or noggins does make sense if you can do it though

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Thanx guys

"dosen't have to be bolted to wall if its for A"

My AO checked my A class safe was solid, I used 3 x M8 bolts into the floor with spreader plates as my wall is also gib, he seemed happy. If its not you might have issues, I mean its not really "secure" if the thief can pick up the container and walk off with it and dismatle it at his/her leasure IMHO.

Complying with a made-up requirement in the Arms Code doesn't actually mean in the slightest that your shit will be more secure in the real world, if it's a quality safe, bolted securely to a surface and difficult to access for leverage etc then it's going to be fine

Sweet cheers guys going to MS course and test on the 11th so hopefully hear from FAO soon

Also lock up any grinders and/or plasma cutters you have laying about

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Happy you are indeed a man of few words

Originally Posted by Steveh054

Happy you are indeed a man of few words

I thought the full stop was extremely well said.

It's overpunctuation ... Taken to the extreme. Why finish with a dot ? The last word is the end of the sentence. Or in this case nothing.

Trust me all cutting/grinding/tools will be locked up,wel all my tools are in the work truck anyway which is locked and alarmed