Thread: Firearm safe, what's the go

You need to systematically go through the new Police regulations Zimmer has referenced for various categories.

Does it meet them for categories, yes=pass no=fail


For A cat it's not too bad, they have stepped it up for everything though.

Originally Posted by jackson21

You need to systematically go through the new Police regulations Zimmer has referenced for various categories.

Does it meet them for categories, yes=pass no=fail


For A cat it's not too bad, they have stepped it up for everything though.

Those are guidelines, not regulations. At least until the next round of changes to the law that the police are proposing.
But I doubt that will solve the OPS brother in laws problem of not being approved even though it sounds like his security meets the criteria.

Originally Posted by Cigar

Those are guidelines, not regulations. At least until the next round of changes to the law that the police are proposing.
But I doubt that will solve the OPS brother in laws problem of not being approved even though it sounds like his security meets the criteria.

Yeah but at least if you have done what the guidelines say to best of what you can do with where you live you can argue point by point and hard for them not to approve?

For A Cat Bunnings even had some steel ones that met Aussie standard. They weren't bad for around 300 bucks. Secure it, job done.

Originally Posted by Cigar

Those are guidelines, not regulations. At least until the next round of changes to the law that the police are proposing.
But I doubt that will solve the OPS brother in laws problem of not being approved even though it sounds like his security meets the criteria.

I'm wondering if the vetter was being clever and pre-empting what he thought was a near future cert?

And yes, they are guidelines but published by the police and posted on their website. If you meet or exceed their guidelines you should be good to go. Otherwise you could argue why have they hade the guidelines available.

Personally my security far exceeds the guidelines but one of my "safes" I would still only deem it a very strong cabinet. All the "safes" sold by the likes of Farmlands, Bunnings etc. are cabinets IMO.

My aim was never to just meet the vetter's requirements but to have a set up I was pretty happy with. My main safe would easily pass the battery powered disk grinder with fully charged battery and 2 disks std. A knife held to my wife would however open it in a flash.

They can only grind their way into a safe, or threaten you to open it, if they can find a safe.

A mate built his into his 2 story concrete house, right from the get go. He built it, so no one else knows whats under the concrete. Walk into his garage and its wall to wall crap on shelves both sides. Go over to one set of shelves and do x,y,z, and hey presto! Big safe door appears. Combo in and ...my oh my, what an Aladdin's cave

Originally Posted by XR500

...................A mate built his into his 2 story concrete house, right from the get go. He built it, so no one else knows whats under the concrete.

REALLY?

Not even Constable Plod? Surely he knows as it will have had to be sighted at least to be approved for the FAL and once he knows, surely that will be recorded somewhere linked to your mates FAL.
And then we all know how secure and safe that information is.................

There's a standard 6 gun A cat 'safe' to satisfy the casual observer