I am going to buy a handgun safe for the bedroom. You know, one of those quick access single pistol boxes. If any of you have one already, I'd appreciate your thoughts/recommendations, as well as where you purchased it if you shopped around for the best price.
Need Recommendation: Handgun Safe
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Get this one. http://www.ajaxgrips.com/armloc It is fantastic. Bolts onto your bed, but you can also take it with you if you travel, and it will bolt securely to any metal framed bed. It has a key lock for extra security, and the combo lock. The cool think is that you can set the combo to open, but the case does not come open right away. You have to bang the side and then it pops open. So, when I go to bed, I set the combo and if anything goes bump in the night, instead of fiddling with a lock, I just bang the side, grab my gun and go.
atlctyslkr
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This is a great product:
http://www.gunvault.com
You can find it cheaper through a catalog. I ordered mine from Midsouth for about 40% off.
It can be bolted or constrained by a cable.
http://www.gunvault.com
You can find it cheaper through a catalog. I ordered mine from Midsouth for about 40% off.
It can be bolted or constrained by a cable.
Ohen Cepel
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Second vote for the GunVault.
As a former owner of a battery-gobbling Gun Vault that was occasionally dead when I went to retrieve my pistol, I've replaced it with this and have had zero issues.
http://www.handgunsafe.com/safes.htm
No batteries, no keys or questionable security tube locks (do a search for the "Bic pen" video from a while back), it's built more ruggedly, and just as quick.
I can only speak from my personal experience, as other folks have good experiences with their trouble free Gunvaults.
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http://www.handgunsafe.com/safes.htm
No batteries, no keys or questionable security tube locks (do a search for the "Bic pen" video from a while back), it's built more ruggedly, and just as quick.
I can only speak from my personal experience, as other folks have good experiences with their trouble free Gunvaults.
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45crittergitter
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Natchez SS commonly has these on sale for around $30. Might want to keep checking there:
http://www.natchezss.com/category.cfm?contentID=productDetail&brand=XK&category=11&subCategory=11&catLevel=1&prodID=XKPDS500&CFID=2944475&CFTOKEN=59322357
http://www.natchezss.com/category.cfm?contentID=productDetail&brand=XK&category=11&subCategory=11&catLevel=1&prodID=XKPDS500&CFID=2944475&CFTOKEN=59322357
Here is one I have for the bedroom that works great!
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/CASE018-19801-895.html
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/CASE018-19801-895.html
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5Wire
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Another $ Vote for HandGunSafe. As has been pointed out, no keys, no batteries, user defines combination on Simplex lock, lots to choose from.
Here's what I have
Here's what I have
Nortonics
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V-line safes:
http://www.vlineind.com/
The original no-batteries needed safe. One of the best features of these safes is how child proof they are. A kid can and will work at trying to enter all the possibilities to get the thing open, and often succeed. What makes this one much different is that the user can set the codes so that two or more keys must be pressed at once within the sequence which most wouldn't begin to think of trying.
http://www.vlineind.com/
The original no-batteries needed safe. One of the best features of these safes is how child proof they are. A kid can and will work at trying to enter all the possibilities to get the thing open, and often succeed. What makes this one much different is that the user can set the codes so that two or more keys must be pressed at once within the sequence which most wouldn't begin to think of trying.
This http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=65533&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults
is what I have for handguns .
is what I have for handguns .
Chuck R.
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I’ll second the recommendation for a V-Line. I have one of their “Top Draw Handgun Case’s” in my nightstand and really like it. No batteries, just a Simplex push button combination.
I’m buying another one for my Benelli.
http://www.kcsafe.com/Handgun1.htm
Chuck
I’m buying another one for my Benelli.
http://www.kcsafe.com/Handgun1.htm
Chuck
Rumble
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I have a GunVault, which seemed like a good idea. But I've run into battery issues, and lately, an issue where keying the combination simply doesn't release the lock. It doesn't give an error--it just gives a muted click and the door remains locked.
Now, it could be a low-battery issue, but that irks me too, as I replaced the batteries less than a month ago. So anyway--I'd recommend using something with a manual, no-battery locking system.
Now, it could be a low-battery issue, but that irks me too, as I replaced the batteries less than a month ago. So anyway--I'd recommend using something with a manual, no-battery locking system.
That was exactly my experience with my GunVault.
The feeling of getting a click and then nothing happens when you are trying to have your gun in hand now is not a "warm fuzzy".
That was the lesson I took away from owning my GunVault.
(Though my engineer buddy is perfectly happy with my old Gun Vault since he rigged it to work on a 12v battery...)
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Thanks folks. Just the help I needed.
TEX1911: Question: Could that ARMLOC be bolted to a floor? I assume it could since the bracket can be fastened to a "Nightstand" according to the ad. Or does it have to be bolted around something like a bedrail?
Gunvault owners: Am a bit scared of the battery operated locks after reading of several bad experiences with Gun Vault. Does the gun vault have a optional AC adapter by chance? I assume not, and didn't see it listed on their ad?
Anybody have any experience/knowledge of this one from Cabela's using fingerprint recognition technology?
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...&Nty=1&Ntt=pistol+safe+finger+print&noImage=0
TEX1911: Question: Could that ARMLOC be bolted to a floor? I assume it could since the bracket can be fastened to a "Nightstand" according to the ad. Or does it have to be bolted around something like a bedrail?
Gunvault owners: Am a bit scared of the battery operated locks after reading of several bad experiences with Gun Vault. Does the gun vault have a optional AC adapter by chance? I assume not, and didn't see it listed on their ad?
Anybody have any experience/knowledge of this one from Cabela's using fingerprint recognition technology?
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...&Nty=1&Ntt=pistol+safe+finger+print&noImage=0
It comes with two mounting plates, one for a metal bed frame that is more removable and one square plate that is more permanent. You can use whatever you want for attachment hardware, depending on what you are attaching it too, so I see no reason that you couldn't attach it to the floor, whether wood or concrete, as long as you have the proper hardware. Mine is attached to the wooden side rail of my bed using large wood screws. The plate stays there and the case attaches from the inside using bolts with thumb screws, so I can take the case off and carry it like a briefcase if I want to without having to remove my mounting bracket. So, if I'm going to be staying in a hotel, I can still attach it to my bed frame using the other bracket.
lesjones
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DAC SportSafe
- Electronic keypad, battery-powered, with optional AC adapter and key backup.
- Attaches to mounting plate, extra plates available.
- Internal light when safe opens.
- Can optionally set the motion alarm.
- Can optionally set the failed attempts alarm/lockout.
- Shelf for second gun, ammo, flashlight, etc.
- $55 from Walmart.com
I've only had mine a month, but so far I like it.
- Electronic keypad, battery-powered, with optional AC adapter and key backup.
- Attaches to mounting plate, extra plates available.
- Internal light when safe opens.
- Can optionally set the motion alarm.
- Can optionally set the failed attempts alarm/lockout.
- Shelf for second gun, ammo, flashlight, etc.
- $55 from Walmart.com
I've only had mine a month, but so far I like it.
Nortonics
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Gunvault does now have a 'pro' version that has an AC adapter to keep the batteries charged. I don't see it on their web site, but I have recently seen them in Gander Mountain and Sportsmans Warehouse stores. It may be in their catalog that's downloadable from their web site though:
http://www.gunvault.com/products/
The finger print reader safes are known as 'Biometric' safes. They do seem to becoming more popular with time as I've seen a half dozen manufactures now offering them - do a Yahoo or Google search and you'll find a few. They do tend to be the more expensive gun safes though.
Here's something to think of concerning biometric safes though, as silly as it may sound: Remember the movie "The Dead Zone" where Christopher Walken has the dream of Martin Sheen becoming the President of the US and is going to start a global thermonuclear war, and he needs the vice president (I think) to scan his palm to enter the final code to get the nukes flying? The Vice Pres says "no, I won't do it" and Sheen replies "Do it, or I'll chop your damn hand off and do it myself!" Guess I don't ever want to take the chance of someone wanting my finger to open my gun safe in the same way, if ya know what I mean. Food for thought...
http://www.gunvault.com/products/
The finger print reader safes are known as 'Biometric' safes. They do seem to becoming more popular with time as I've seen a half dozen manufactures now offering them - do a Yahoo or Google search and you'll find a few. They do tend to be the more expensive gun safes though.
Here's something to think of concerning biometric safes though, as silly as it may sound: Remember the movie "The Dead Zone" where Christopher Walken has the dream of Martin Sheen becoming the President of the US and is going to start a global thermonuclear war, and he needs the vice president (I think) to scan his palm to enter the final code to get the nukes flying? The Vice Pres says "no, I won't do it" and Sheen replies "Do it, or I'll chop your damn hand off and do it myself!" Guess I don't ever want to take the chance of someone wanting my finger to open my gun safe in the same way, if ya know what I mean. Food for thought...
http://www.gunvault.com
I have used their double for years. The fingered groves work better than any of the others in the dark
I have used their double for years. The fingered groves work better than any of the others in the dark
Nortonics
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panzermk2 said:
Betcha' $10 I can get my V-line open faster than your Gunvault every time, no matter what the lighting conditions.
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Nortonics said:
OK you go first, Come over to my place at night sneek into my house holding a stop watch and time how long it takes for me to punch in my 4 digit code...
Faster that my spring loaded door? It would come down to whos fingers are fastest only after my code is in my door pops open and I don't have to turn a handle.
I think it would come down to personal likes. I tried a Vline style along time ago and I didnot like the buttons it ended up in my jeep though for years. One of the ways I tested them was working them with my eyes closed
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