Thread: "Room of stout construction"

Originally Posted by gundoc

They cut all the security bars out of the front of my shop (professional job) and got away with a custom built (just finished that day) .358 Norma Magnum built on a P14 with a NZ walnut stock and an octagonal barrel with an integral full length rib, A custom walnut stocked FN FAL that was engraved and a high polish blue, a .22 Hornet built on a small Martini, and a couple .22's (destroying the steel rack in the process). They also got about 12 guns from the workshop rack that were being worked on, all with parts missing (on my bench) and inoperable. They never got into my strongroom which had over 100 handguns and restricted weapons in it. The alarm company had a patrol there within 4 minutes of the alarm going off but no one was there. Insurance was piss all use and the deal cost me just over 20 Grand. The FAL was recovered by me about 5 years later from a chopper operator on the West Coast who had been given it in exchange for a hunting trip. No one was ever caught and frankly, I don't think the Police looked very hard. The lesson to me was to put future steel security bars behind the glass so the alarm goes off as soon as the glass breaks. They never opened the door but just smashed all the glass out in the aluminium frame. The Police reckoned there were 4-6 people involved. I would love that custom .358 to turn up as the customer would be a very happy man. I put a lot of hours into it and was very pleased with the result.

Aaargh!!!