A friend has a Liberty Franklin 35 gun safe he wants to sell. Going to see it this weekend. On the plus side, it's in storage near my vacation home and would be delivered & installed free. I would like to help the fellow out, if I can, if the safe suits my needs.
It has been many, many years since I researched or shopped for gun safes.
My need is to prevent "non-professional gun theft" - a quick grab and go, in my absence, should I leave a few guns at there, and general firearms safe keeping from grand kids and the occasional visitors in my home, more so than being absolutely impervious to a major home fire or highly resistant to the best efforts of an experienced safe cracker.
The location is generally secure and not easily accessible. A care-taker is on site at the gated community. Anyone out of place, coming or going, will be noticed, would have to come through a security gait, and would still have a hard time finding the place. So, hopefully, it's unlikely to be vulnerable to simply hauling the safe off, and value of contents typically in the range of no more than $3-5K, max, and maybe more often, empty. So . . .
Scale of 1-10, where 1= save your $, it's junk and 10 = pretty well made and a good value at the right price, where is the Liberty Franklin 35 and what is a fair price, if it's in good shape.
How does it compare to the pair of Browning Pro-Steel Safes I currently own (purchased 25-30 years ago)? (like this one
What are the alternative "best buys" for reasonable quality gun safes in the under $3,000 range and under $1,500 range, capable of securing 8-10 long guns and several pistols?
Thanks for any knowledgable advice on the subject of this particular used gun safe.
It has been many, many years since I researched or shopped for gun safes.
My need is to prevent "non-professional gun theft" - a quick grab and go, in my absence, should I leave a few guns at there, and general firearms safe keeping from grand kids and the occasional visitors in my home, more so than being absolutely impervious to a major home fire or highly resistant to the best efforts of an experienced safe cracker.
The location is generally secure and not easily accessible. A care-taker is on site at the gated community. Anyone out of place, coming or going, will be noticed, would have to come through a security gait, and would still have a hard time finding the place. So, hopefully, it's unlikely to be vulnerable to simply hauling the safe off, and value of contents typically in the range of no more than $3-5K, max, and maybe more often, empty. So . . .
Scale of 1-10, where 1= save your $, it's junk and 10 = pretty well made and a good value at the right price, where is the Liberty Franklin 35 and what is a fair price, if it's in good shape.
How does it compare to the pair of Browning Pro-Steel Safes I currently own (purchased 25-30 years ago)? (like this one
What are the alternative "best buys" for reasonable quality gun safes in the under $3,000 range and under $1,500 range, capable of securing 8-10 long guns and several pistols?
Thanks for any knowledgable advice on the subject of this particular used gun safe.
