Going back in history, Do others remember as officer cadets having their own SMLE padlocked to their bed in their accommodation? The bolts were kept in the armoury but the rifles in unguarded seco huts bare yards from an unguarded gate to the station?
Or at school? We had an armoury with about 250 SMLE from WW1 and later WW2 and also some new ones. We also had a couple of dozen Bren. In the attic the ammunition was stored above a dormitory - went in once - 25,000 rounds of .303 ball were stored there in ammo boxes.