Refridgerator to Gun safe?

[mhdishere]

An upcoming kitchen remodelling will mean we'll have an old side-by-side fridge we no longer need. I started wondering if it could be fairly simply converted into a serviceable gun locker by adding a lock to it.

Advantages: air tight, so with some sort of dampness-killer it should keep things rust-free. Also the price is right since it'll probably go in the trash otherwise. Perhaps good camoflage too? It would also be heavy and bulky enough that no one would get it out of the basement without a hassle. Would it be fairly fire resistant too?

Disadvantages: Not truly secure, as I'm sure someone who's determined to get in would do so.

Thoughts?

 

[Jim Watson]

A refrigerator is quite fire resistant as household items go. A lot of volume reloaders use them for powder storage.

The trick will be getting an effective lock on it. Ideally, it would be unobvious so it looked like you just had your steaks locked up and not your guns.

 

[MICHAEL T]

Here's a idea go in basement and build a new wall. about 4 foot out. and mount fridge against new wall as a hidden entrance to you new gun Room No one pays any attention to a fridge setting along a wall with other junk.

 

[fisherman66]

Very COOL idea.

I'd reinforce the hinges from the inside if possible and find a way to mount any lock unobtrusivly (perhaps a deadbolt with just the keyhole showing (hidden by the handles.)

Our junkyard in town has probably 100 "safes" sitting out for the taking.

 

[Berettafan21]

I would put some silica gel packets in there just for good measure, but then I always do that.

 

[afasano]

I saw plans for that in an old copy of Guns & Ammo or one of NRA's publications so drop them a note.

 

[MaterDei]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=129173

Be sure and check out the link to the coke machine safe, very cool project.

 

[Scoupe]

A old upright freezer was our gun locker out on the farm for many years. We kept a coffe can full of dessicant in the bottom. When the stuff turned blue, or was is pink, we just put the can in the oven for a while. Kept my Winnie 1885 rust-free for decades.

 

[rick_reno]

I've seen a chest freezer used for a safe, they had the guns in those cloth socks and stacked some boxes on top of them. It had a lock built into it, so it didn't look out of place.

 

[TimboKhan]

Boy, this is a good idea.

I would put some silica gel packets in there just for good measure, but then I always do that.

this would be a good addition, and those things are crazy cheap.