[rbernie]

A friend and I are having a debate. Here's the setup:

He has a couple dozen decent rifles (ARs and AKs, mostly) and a couple dozen handguns, all stored in various unsecure locations around his two-story house. He and his SO own the house, and are about to have kids. They live in a nice neighborhood with little crime save for the occasional smash-n-grab by a bored yout'. Occasionally, there will be an adult theft ring move thru the region, using bump keys or pulling the garage door release to gain access to homes from the rear alley and carrying out easily-moved items of value.

He has about $600 to spend, and is finally ready to put the firearms under some form of lock-n-key. The house has a built-in intrusion/fire alarm and he has it monitored by one of the national chains (e.g. Brinks, ADT). They have free-roaming pets, so the alarm isn't usually turned on during the day unless they're on vacation. They both work, and the house is unoccupied between 0700 and 1800.

Here's the question: should he get a couple of Stack-On two-door cabinets at Dicks' and bolt them into the second-floor guest room closet, or get a basic RSC (BPS floor model or equal) that will be too big for the closet and will likely have to sit in the open against a wall or perhaps in the garage?

What say you?

[Ala Dan]

I would pass on the "stack on's; unless that is all your bud can afford; as a
quality RSC (from one of the major maunfactuers) would offer much more
protection of his firearms. However, he may need to add a few more $$$
to the $600 that he has already saved, before deciding which one too get.

[rbernie]

as a quality RSC (from one of the major maunfactuers) would offer much more protection of his firearms.This is where I lose the argument with him. He's seen the videos and read the articles decrying the ability of a typical RSC to withstand a fire ax attack, and concluded that being hidden and unobtrusive and made of 14ga-16ga walls is of more value than being in plain view and being constructed of 12ga walls.

I don't know if he's wrong.

[CB900F]

Rbernie;

IMHO, stealth rules. There is no significant increase in protection between any of the RSC's, regardless of the money spent.

The single exception that proves the rule is Ft. Knox. BUT, is it worth it to spend the money for a Yeager & then realize that for a very little more money, you could have bought a real safe? True story.

900F

[saltydog452]

Not exactly in line with your premise, but would a construction site gang box, (job Box, Greenlee, etc,) with the wheels removed and bolted to the garage floor be more secure than a RSC?

salty.