Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

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Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by bunnybuster » 06 Dec 2014, 11:34 pm

Anyone in WA have an approved seatainer as a gunsafe ? :o well I mean,steel,thicker than 2mm walls,full length door hinges,more than 300kg,

no-ones going to tear it off the wall and swipe it,whatsay yea ?

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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by Westy » 07 Dec 2014, 6:27 am

Only one problem that I can see????

I'm here to rip-off your safe and all your gear :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by tom604 » 07 Dec 2014, 8:05 am

shouldn't be a problem,,,,but it is W.A. :(
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by Chronos » 07 Dec 2014, 8:26 am

For god sake don't paint the shipping container black or tan and definitely not khaki

It will be deemed to be of military appearance and classified cat D

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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by chacka » 08 Dec 2014, 1:15 pm

Technically...

Would you have to bolt it in 2 places on the floor and wall? :lol:
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Post by nords » 08 Dec 2014, 1:20 pm

2x 40mm washers.

That'll make all the difference :lol:
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by Supporter » 08 Dec 2014, 1:21 pm

How many hundred guns you got their BB? :lol:
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by schink » 08 Dec 2014, 1:21 pm

bunnybuster wrote:more than 300kg


300kg limit in WA to not bolt down is it?
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Post by Chickenhawk » 08 Dec 2014, 1:23 pm

bunnybuster wrote:no-ones going to tear it off the wall and swipe it,whatsay yea ?


I'm thinking about it now and I can see one of the fuzz asking if it is bolted :lol:
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Post by bunnybuster » 09 Dec 2014, 11:50 am

schink wrote:
bunnybuster wrote:more than 300kg


300kg limit in WA to not bolt down is it?


Recall when I made my box,there was a weight limit before bolts were not required,not sure if it was 150kg,Ive converted to lbs [ 300 ] or 300kg.

just checked the WAPOL site,no weight reference,anyway there is the option of Sikaflexing 50 boltheads with 40mm washers all over the thing

in a lucky dip scenario, :twisted:

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Post by bunnybuster » 09 Dec 2014, 12:00 pm

Supporter wrote:How many hundred guns you got their BB? :lol:

Not thaaat many but my thinking is - plenty of [dare i say man cave ] room for a rack,reloading bench,timber powder box,mains power hooked up,RCDs,

lights,air con,bushfire and storm shelter for the family all in one, :idea:

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Post by vexesus » 09 Dec 2014, 6:48 pm

You'd be foolish not to do it! :D
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Post by tom604 » 09 Dec 2014, 7:25 pm

how much is it for a mobile man cave? 8-)
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Post by bunnybuster » 10 Dec 2014, 12:01 pm

Westy wrote:Only one problem that I can see????

I'm here to rip-off your safe and all your gear :lol: :lol: :lol:


My dogs are here to chew off your valvestems and piss in your tank :twisted: :lol:

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Post by bunnybuster » 10 Dec 2014, 12:03 pm

tom604 wrote:how much is it for a mobile man cave? 8-)


I estimate 3.5k for the finished unit,how fancy do you want the truck ??----- er there's one down the back,it's Westy's,but it has flat tyres and the

fuel filters are full of dog piss,probably get it cheap :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by stephencee » 10 Dec 2014, 1:59 pm

bunnybuster wrote:Not thaaat many


Not technically hundreds, 99 then? :lol:
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by Mark.A » 15 Dec 2014, 8:07 am

I was thinking about this a while ago, Two things if I ever get the money in my life to get some land, one would be a couple of containers, on stilts, (just to get them off the ground, bolted down, to act as a Serious Shed for this hobby, Could go with a Titan, but Yelling hard at the Tin would cause it to buckle..

The other one that I was thinking about was creating a bunker underground for a personal shooting range, I seem to remember you could get Wider than normal containers, line the walls with sand bags, some sound absorbing material, 20 or so end to end :) Now thats a Range :) and you can tikka boom boom whenever you want..

Not quite sure the legality of it all.. but one can dream :) Plus has the whole 'Cave' thing going for it
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Post by Berper » 15 Dec 2014, 10:14 am

Mark.A wrote:The other one that I was thinking about was creating a bunker underground for a personal shooting range


If you're not deaf already you will be after shooting in a bunker made of shipping containers :lol:
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Post by pajamatime » 15 Dec 2014, 10:47 am

Berper wrote:
Mark.A wrote:The other one that I was thinking about was creating a bunker underground for a personal shooting range


If you're not deaf already you will be after shooting in a bunker made of shipping containers :lol:


as long as the container has some sort of material to absorb the sound like sandbags, good ventilation and individuals have appropriate ear protection on it shouldn't be a problem I would think.
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by RoginaJack » 15 Dec 2014, 12:57 pm

as long as the container has some sort of material to absorb the sound like sandbags, good ventilation and individuals have appropriate ear protection on it shouldn't be a problem I would think.



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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by Berper » 16 Dec 2014, 8:59 am

pajamatime wrote:as long as the container has some sort of material to absorb the sound like sandbags, good ventilation and individuals have appropriate ear protection on it shouldn't be a problem I would think.


Well, I eagerly await your results :D
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by sbd3927 » 16 Dec 2014, 6:54 pm

Not wanting to rain on your parade, but burying shipping containers sounds like a good way to get trapped underground. Depending on soil type, they don't have the structural integrity to hold back loose earth.

But, if you can dig a long enough, deep enough pit, then all the sound is being directed upwards anyhow.

I happen to have a large gully down the back paddock thats actually a deep cut gold mine, about 100 yards long and 40 feet deep, where they chased a deep lead back into the hill in the late 1800's I'm guessing, theres some very large trees in the base of it. You can see where the overburden was scraped to one side, and there's a remnant of a deep gully down in the creek where they followed it from.

I'm going to set up some target butts down there. Coming out onto the flat caused by all the dirt they moved, there's a potential 200 yard range. Haven't yet decided which is better, shooting out of the gully for sound redirection, or into it.

Good backdrop in either direction, would have to shoot 30 degrees off target for it to go in a risky direction.
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Re: Seatainer as a safe/reloading room

Post by Lorgar » 17 Dec 2014, 8:01 am

sbd3927 wrote:Haven't yet decided which is better, shooting out of the gully for sound redirection, or into it.


I'll come help you test which is best ;)

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