jamesS410 106 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hi I'm in the process of applying for my FAC (I've held my SGC for 20 years so already have a suitable gun cabinet etc) I understand that the ammo safe has to be separate to the gun cabinet but my question is does this simply mean that I can't just keep the ammo in the same cabinet? I'm currently thinking of bolting a safe above the gun cabinet, would this be acceptable or does it have to be in a different room or part of a room? Many thanks in advance Quote Link to post
Tremo 138 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 The ammunition is required to be stored in a separate, secure location to the firearm(s). Some safes have an integral section for the ammunition that can be locked, so no, there are no rules to the distance that ammunition has to be kept away from the firearm(s). Put simply, this stipulation makes it necessary for the said 'undesirable' breaking in to you premises to have to jimmy two safes before he/she would have access to a loaded weapon. I have a safe for each. Quote Link to post
walshie 2,804 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I've got my ammo safe bolted to the wall directly above my gun cabinet. Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 +1 Walshie Same here Quote Link to post
nasher1 258 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I have a separate ammo safe and keep by bolts and certs in the lockable box inside my gunsafe, so if the worst happens they have three things to crack open before a shot is fireable, your feo will be pleased you have a separate safe for ammo just make sure its bolted to a wall. Quote Link to post
mad4it 694 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I've got my ammo safe bolted to the wall directly above my gun cabinet. so do i Quote Link to post
jamesS410 106 Posted February 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Thanks for that chaps, I thought that was likely to be the case but wanted to be clear before I bolted it in only for the feo to tell me to shift it. Thanks again, much appreciated Quote Link to post
The one 8,411 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Ive got a internal ammo safe within the gun cabinet but ive two other cabinets in the loft i keep the bulk of my ammo in Quote Link to post
andyf 144 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yep: I've got a Lock Top inside the main cabinet, only problem 'may' be that it is a bit small for centrefire ammo if you have more than one calibre. Quote Link to post
BarneyC 2 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I have an integral ammo safe but my FEO (and RFD) both recommended a cheap small safe from B&Q! Quote Link to post
savaloy 1 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) yup same here, F.A.O. made me get a seperate cabinet for ammo although my cabinet has a locked compartment in the top, he said it was no good.. [ cheshire } Edited March 18, 2015 by savaloy Quote Link to post
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