I am making the move from apartment dweller to home owner and trying to decide where to put my gun safe.
My new home has a massive gigantic two-car-plus-workspace garage, connected to the house via breezeway. If I put the gun safe in there, it is more convenient for loading and unloading to and from the range, and for grabbing the house gun when I get home and putting it back when I leave (no CCW in my state nor likely to be soon).
I am going to have my reloading press and gun workbench in the basement. The downsides of putting the gun safe down there are 1) dragging it down the bleeding stairs to begin with and 2) extra distance for daily arming/disarming routine.
Another factor would be climate changes. I can keep the humidity down inside the safe wherever I put it, but in the garage it would get hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Don't know how much to worry about that one.
I'm not sure how long I will stay in this house, because I may want to leave the state when I get the chance. If I leave in three years, I will really regret having the safe at the bottom of the stairs.
Any other factors I am not considering? Any advice or suggestions?
My new home has a massive gigantic two-car-plus-workspace garage, connected to the house via breezeway. If I put the gun safe in there, it is more convenient for loading and unloading to and from the range, and for grabbing the house gun when I get home and putting it back when I leave (no CCW in my state nor likely to be soon).
I am going to have my reloading press and gun workbench in the basement. The downsides of putting the gun safe down there are 1) dragging it down the bleeding stairs to begin with and 2) extra distance for daily arming/disarming routine.
Another factor would be climate changes. I can keep the humidity down inside the safe wherever I put it, but in the garage it would get hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Don't know how much to worry about that one.
I'm not sure how long I will stay in this house, because I may want to leave the state when I get the chance. If I leave in three years, I will really regret having the safe at the bottom of the stairs.
Any other factors I am not considering? Any advice or suggestions?