How many safes?

[essayons21]

I only have one small safe which holds guns with collectible and sentimental value. Hopefully the burglars will have their arms so full of unsecured and replaceable guns they won't bother with the safe.

I had ceased all gun-buying in order to save for a safe, then took a big pay cut, and then inherited about 15 more guns. I need to sell a few just so I can secure the rest.

 

[Fishslayer]

I have a pretty small basic unit that has been outgrown. The WIFE actually brought up the subject of a larger, proper fire safe. Even went down to the LGS with me to have a look.

She wants to keep her jewelry in it but I can live with that.

 

[alsaqr]

i have two gun safes and a combination tornado shelter/gun vault. The buildings exterior dimensions are 8'x10'. The walls and roof are 8" reinforced concrete. The wood roof is for looks and is not yet finished. The built in gun vault is 6'8" wide by 3' feet deep by 8' high. The interior wall of the vault is also 8" thick. The vault door weighs 1,200 pounds.

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7866/dsc01360pf.jpg

 

[jrdolall]

I have one quality gun safe (50 gun I think) and two of the metal gun cabinets that anyone with a crowbar could break open. All pistols and military style rifles are in the quality safe with my heirlooms as well as important paperwork and jewelry. Older, easily replaceable guns are in the two cheap safes that are bolted to the floor but, as I said, could easily be opened. Old worthless shotguns and 22s are in the back of the closet so maybe a thief will spend his time with carrying several $50 guns and not have time for the valuables

If a talented thief has the time then it does not matter what you have. Remember that bank vaults can be broken into so pretty much anything you do at home could possibly be defeated. What our gun safes/vaults will do is keep about 99.9% of people from accessing our valuables. I try my best to keep them away from my house and then out of my house. If they actually get into the house then I am probably going to be filing a large insurance claim and will be classified as an armory by some news outlet.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Look around here for idea, one of the members actually used (I think) the sloped area to access the foundation for an addition, at the end, the finished digging it out and put on the vault, I think he said he paid cash for that part, and it's outside the foundation line, under his front porch, with a concealed entrance.

best safe is one they never find.

 

[Trent]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the story about "Charlton Heston's Gun Collection" thing is bunk.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/gunvault.asp

The photos ARE real, someone DOES have that collection, but it WAS NOT Charlton Heston.

 

[mrcooper]

When it came time for my friend to buy a gun safe ( i don't own any guns ) he decided to buy 3 small ones instead of one big one, puts shot guns in one rifles and hand guns in the other 2 and bolts them together, they are easier to move just unlock and unbolt and he can add another one at any time at less expense, and the 3 together is bulkier than one big one would be harder fer a bad guy to steel.

 

[TennJed]

I don't mean to be nosy, but I'm assuming that isn't just 2X4 studs and drywall on the exterior walls?

I'm on my third (and last) one, .

Did you say that after #1 and #2?

 

[Ignition Override]

A friend who buys guns but never sells has a vault room.

It is plenty large enough for his twenty five (+) milsurp rifles and about 30,000 rds. of centerfire rifle ammo, most of which I've seen.