Long Gun Safe?

[Dogslayer]

I would be fearful that if it doesn't pass the disguise test, it would be easy defeated...
I think I'd rather put a grand into a "real" safe.

You are going to need more than a $1,000 to get a real safe, more like $5,000
or more to get a "real safe". Fort Knox offers an option of an AR500, 7 gauge thick liner on all 6 side's on some of their better safes. You don't drill through AR500.

Dogslayer

 

[mike400]

Don't forget fire ratings, that could do as much damage as a burglar. I have heard that if you have a fire rated safe and you store IRS documents in it that all or some of the cost of the safe can be tax deductible. However I have not been able to confirm this.....

 

[Flash]

Sounds like a gray area for the common citizen.

For a business owner, absolutely do able to write off a safe for various things the business has/does.

 

[knockonit]

lol, oughta be a disclaimer in there somewhere. hahaha

 

[samnev]

Oh, I will add some advice that was given to me when I started with guns: Get a bigger safe than you think you will need.

I didn't heed that as well as I should have. Cost me more money in the long run because of it.

+1 Me to, I bought a Liberty 42 gun Presidential Safe. Now the guns are parked in like sardines. One word of caution. I you have a big heavy safe and have it bolt to the floor it will cost a fortune should you ever move. It had to be lifted over the bolts holding it to the floor, areal PITA, then moved with safe jacks to a truck with a lift gate.

 

[knockonit]

I learned my lesson a long time ago on huge safes, they are a godsend to store stuff in, but if you are prone to moving or remodeling ect, they are by no means an easy task to relocate. let alone empty ect. although i did find some stuff i'd forgotten about way back in that dark corner, lol

i have 7 safes total, all are medium size, with a rather large one that houses different things other than shooters. all are alarmed, room is alarmed, motion sensors on safes, and well, am real happy with the fact i can move them with just one individual (empty that is) only ammo in safes is a few loaded mags for the first one in line up, and of course the pistola corral has a gaggle of loaded mags.

one cannot have enough safe space, even with that i have walls adorned with shotguns from days gone by and a gun cabinet or two. Space the other currency in gun collecting
Rj

 

[admin]

i have 7 safes total

:bow-yellow:

 

[redj]

i have 7 safes total

:bow-yellow:

If you like that , you should read page one.
He has 9 safes there.

 

[knockonit]

i have 7 safes total

:bow-yellow:

If you like that , you should read page one.
He has 9 safes there.

yep, i always forget about the sturdysafe in garage and the other one in the 40 ft container, frankly its hard to keep up with what i do have, and presently some of it is going away. have been downsizing most of this year on milsurps. a few here have been to the bbq and seen the event room, hehe, i'm kinda proud of it, took me alife time to acquire.

Rj

 

[Harrier]

Great idea....
read up on fire rating labels- you will probably need that feature more than to worry about a burglar- they will get in if determined enough. Make sure the safe is bolted to the floor and the wall behind it. Don't place it where they can get leverage with a bar. If at all possible, encase the sides with conc or block walls or anything hard to keep them from cutting the sides/back/top- those are the soft spots...

when moving your safe - get some sch 1 1/2" 40 PVC -cut to length and roll it like the Egyptians did.

 

[devildogandboy]

get some sch 1 1/2" 40 PVC -cut to length and roll it like the Egyptians did.

i like this idea, never thought about it. sure would make it easier to move around when you don't have any other way.

 

[Harrier]

Me and another guy tilted the safe off the pickup onto a rug in the garage. Then he left. I discovered there is a 6" step from the garage to the laundry room. I used the PVC and rolled it back and forth onto two piles of cardboard boxes flattened until I built it up enough to roll it into the house. Did it all by myself.

 

[knockonit]

my youngest daughter and i moved most of my safes, hardest part was getting it out of the truck, after that i had a flat top furniture dolly used for moving heavy machinery, up and over steps and thresholds, to get them all inside. easy as pie, just some common sense, and patience.
happy days
Rj

 

[Auxton]

so any stores in the valley that have a scratch and dent section or a blem safe???

 

[Flash]

so any stores in the valley that have a scratch and dent section or a blem safe???

I've seen them occasionally in Sam's Club but not in a long, long time.