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Post by HighCotton on Apr 5, 2013 6:41:00 GMT -5
For years I have kept my guns and valuables locked in a Cabinet. And for many years, I have contemplated the purchase of a good fireproof safe and seem to talk myself out of it due to the high cost of a good safe. I'm curious...what are your thoughts and advice.
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Post by swilk on Apr 5, 2013 6:59:42 GMT -5
Lost many things in a home fire back in 2001...... guns. Valuables. Papers.
It was rough and I was young and didn't really have much in life..... would be much harder to deal with now.
Get a safe.
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Post by kevin1 on Apr 5, 2013 7:44:19 GMT -5
If you can afford it, go for the best safe you can find, there are many advantages. Your homeowners insurance may qualify for an extra discount, your guns and valuables will be vastly safer. Make sure to do your research before buying, you don't want to buy one only to find that it won't hold all you want to protect. Expect to need more room later, because you probably will. Choose where you intend to locate it carefully, a concrete floor away from nearby doors is best, especially if it's in a basement. Professional installation should not be deferred in favor of cost, you can't put a price on doing it right the first time.
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Post by daneowner on Apr 5, 2013 7:48:51 GMT -5
I would recommend a gun safe, the largest you can afford and have space for. From my experience the amount of guns they say it will hold is about 1/2 that amount due to using shelves etc. I purchased a 48 gun safe (stack-on elite) from Rural King last year that was on sell. I know it's not the best made safe but it was one I could afford.
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Post by featherduster on Apr 5, 2013 8:22:26 GMT -5
Play it safe and buy a larger then you thought you would ever need safe.
Don't forget they are great for other things besides guns such as important papers,photos and other valuables as well as money if you have any left from buying a safe.
Most good safes are pretty much the same as far as fire rating and besides if your going to put it in your basement that's where all the water goes when they fight the fire.
The only real decision is whether you want a push button combo-lock or a turn style combo knob.
You will need a dehumidifier of some sort also.
And don't forget when buying a safe........... SIZE DOES MATTER.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2013 8:25:29 GMT -5
I can't afford a gun safe. So I got a big industrial fire proof paint cabinet, welded on the heaviest hasp I could find and bought a big lock that can't be cut with common bolt cutters. It would take the same amount or effort and time to breech it as if it was a $4000 factory made safe.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 5, 2013 9:07:10 GMT -5
I bought a Honeywell Executive 26 gun safe at Menards two years ago. It was on sale for $499 after an in store rebate. Thye only had two and I was there when the opened the door on sales day.
No way I can get 26 guns in there unless half were handguns...
Buy big....
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Apr 5, 2013 9:23:07 GMT -5
Safe!
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Post by whitetail1 on Apr 5, 2013 10:30:49 GMT -5
For years I have kept my guns and valuables locked in a Cabinet. And for many years, I have contemplated the purchase of a good fireproof safe and seem to talk myself out of it due to the high cost of a good safe. I'm curious...what are your thoughts and advice. My advice....bring them over to my house. I'll store them for you ;D |
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Post by Russ Koon on Apr 5, 2013 10:52:39 GMT -5
My valuables aren't all that valuable. I have considered a safe, but the good ones would be like building a thousand dollar corral to keep a fifty dollar horse.
I have been much more tempted to put another upright freezer in the garage, unplugged, minus racks, and outfitted with some homemade gun racks and a few shelves. Most freezers have locking doors for safety and a spare key or two in remote locations would be a good idea.
The freezer walls and lock would not give the same level of safety to the contents that a real safe would provide, but would give more safety, room, and fire resistance than the cheap safes. It would also have the advantage of camouflage. If a burglar didn't know that was where you kept your valuables, he probably wouldn't waste his time breaking in to steal your watermelon and beer. Especially if you could resist the temptation to decorate it man-cave style with gun decals and camo paint.
And I suspect that with a little more work, one could be made with easily removable interior furnishings so that it could be plugged in and set at 34 degrees to serves as a hanging locker to age a carcass or two, with the guns and stuff surviving under the bed or in a closet for time needed.
If I ever find the walls in my garage again, I may try to empty that much space along one of them 8^).
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 5, 2013 18:51:38 GMT -5
Safe
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Post by jdaily on Apr 7, 2013 12:09:35 GMT -5
I bought a document safe and converted it to a gun safe. Fire rating was 3 times higher than any gun safe I looked at. And the best part, I only payed $300 for it used. I have invested another 100 in shelving and LED lighting. It will hold guns, documents and valuables and some ammo. Well worth it to protect your investments.
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