Fixing my shotgun cabinet to the wall

[chrislightning 0]

Im wondering if its ok to raise my cabinet off the floor? I have put 4 rawl bolts into the wall but none into the floor. It is risen off the floor around foot. The reason for this is there are external water pipes running along the bottom of the wall.It is literally the only place i could put it.

 

Thanks

Chris

[handcroft 0]

I had the firearms officer around on tuesday, both my cabinets are three feet off the floor and she passed them both as fine. As long as they are securely attached and you will be fine!

[chrislightning 0]

The fire arms office told me that i could put guns in it before its beenc hecked is this ok do you know?

 

Thanks very much for getting back to me

 

chris

[handcroft 0]

No worries chap, yes thats exactly what I did.

 

I moved into a new house in December and installed the cabinets, placing all my guns in them.

 

I then sent away my certificates to the issuing police force as I have moved to another county and sent the new force a letter informing them what was happening, they just got me to confirm by email that i had the weapons in a secure location and then said they would call and book an appointment to come and see me when they received the paperwork from the other police force.

 

It has taken them two months to come and inspect the cabinets and check the weapons! And they where totally satisfied. As long as your sticking to all the usual security (keys hidden, no one else having access etc.) they seem to be totally happy.

 

All the best,

Will

[Jonophilpott 0]

Yeah its fine... I rent a house so cant remove skirting so i sat my cabinet on a tin of Quality Street and its been checked and cleared.

[JamesK 2]

Mines just above the skirting board and its fine. its a three gun cabinet.

[halamrose 24]

Security is your responsibility - the inspection is secondary.

 

My cabinet is off the floor in case of floods, we seem to have a leak of some sort every year or two.