Shoot day · Vehicle units

Fitted vehicle cartridge units

A unit for the back of the car, made to suit that car. We take the vehicle and the load-bay dimensions, template the arches and trim, draw it, and make it as fitted joinery. It is framed and panelled like furniture, not a plain box dropped in the boot, and nothing is off the shelf.

Fitted to the vehicle

• Side cheeks scribed to the wheel arches and the bay trim, so there are no gaps for things to fall into.
• Set forward in the bay with clearance to the tailgate, so the tailgate or rear door still shuts with the unit in.
• A low platform, set under the roof lining, with a fitted dog bed on top, so the dog has headroom and a soft, non-slip place to ride rather than bare timber.
• Drawers that pull fully out over the sill when the tailgate is open, and stow completely inside when it is closed.

Cartridges, laid out for use

The drawers are divided to the cartridge boxes you actually carry. Open boxes of modern plastic-hulled cartridges stand in rows by load and gauge, and the unopened boxes lie beside them, so the right one is found at a glance on the peg or at the end of a drive.

How they are made

• Solid oak, mahogany, cherry or walnut, with dovetailed drawer boxes and framed, panelled fronts.
• Full pull-out drawers on soft-close runners, with timber dividers made to your cartridge boxes.
• Drink holders worked into the platform or the end of the unit.
• Handles made in the workshop to suit, turned in the same timber.
• A dog bed made to fit the platform, quilted and non-slip, so the dog is not scratching and sliding about on bare timber.

A drawer for the drinks as well

One drawer can be fitted for the end of the day: bottles upright in their own compartments, flasks, and glasses that do not rattle. Champagne, sloe gin and a bottle of Norfolk nog all fit, and the dividers can be cut to whatever you carry.

Not sure how it would look in yours? See a unit in your type of vehicle.

Good to know

This is a working unit for the shoot day. It is not secure storage, and we do not describe it as such; firearms and any certificated ammunition should be kept as the terms of your certificate require. Our gun cabinets are the answer for that.

Every unit is quoted to the vehicle and the timber, so there is no catalogue price. A fitted unit starts with the vehicle: send us the make and model and, if you can, photographs of the load bay with the seats down, through the commission page.