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The Orwell

A Wellington chest of graduated drawers for cartridges, with a locking stile down one side. Made to the same cornice and plinth as the cabinets so it reads as part of the family.

Mahogany Wellington chest of graduated drawers for cartridge storage, one drawer open
The Orwell. Weight kept low, and you can see what you have.

Cartridges are heavy, and a cupboard full of them at chest height is a poor idea. Graduated drawers put the weight low and let you see what you have without unstacking anything.

It pairs with any cabinet in the range, in the same timber and finish, and it is the piece people most often add a year after the cabinet.

The Orwell, closer

The Orwell cartridge chest from three-quarters, showing the graduated drawers
From the side, showing the graduated drawers.
Close detail of the locking stile down the side of a Wellington chest
The locking stile down one edge.
A mahogany cartridge chest standing beside a gun cabinet in the same timber
Beside a cabinet, in the same timber and finish.
The Orwell, drawn to scale. Every commission is drawn twice — once in CAD and again at full size on a rod.

Sizes and prices

Prices include VAT. They include delivery and fitting by our own team — see delivery and fitting.

SizeW × D × HHoldsOakCharacter oakPippy oakWalnutMahoganyPainted
Six drawers62 × 48 × 115 cmSix graduated drawers£6,150£6,650£6,900£6,700£6,500£5,850
Eight drawers62 × 48 × 145 cmEight graduated drawers£7,350£7,950£8,250£8,000£7,750£6,900

Order this cabinet online

Choose your size and timber, and pay a 40% deposit to place the order. The 60% balance is invoiced ten days before delivery, and we book the delivery once it has cleared. Delivery and fitting by our own team is included in the price.

Choose size and timber Order a sample first — £10

Responsibility for meeting the security condition on your certificate rests with you as the certificate holder, and the adequacy of any storage arrangement is a matter for you and your local firearms licensing department. We agree the specification with your firearms enquiry officer before we make anything.

The Orwell, walked through. No sound.

The specification, which does not vary

Steel3mm mild steel throughout — not a thinner back panel, and not a timber box with a steel liner
DoorsFolded steel with a returned edge that passes behind the frame on the hinge side
Locking8-lever high-security safe locks to EN 1300 Class A, rated VdS Class 1, each bay independent
Glass26mm laminated security glass where doors are glazed
AmmunitionA separate lockable compartment with its own lock
FixingAnchored into masonry or structural timber. Never into plasterboard
InteriorRacks cut to your gun list, felt-lined cleaning rack, LED lighting on a door switch, ventilation

Send us your gun list

What you own, what stays cased, what has a scope left mounted, and what you expect to buy in the next few years. We do not need serial numbers or copies of certificates.

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