Stop Procrastinating get a Safe/RSC

[cloudcroft]

Mannlicher,

Actually, I think that MOST people need to have something bad happen FIRST before they wake up and take appropriate precautions.

Hopefully it's "just" theft and they were robbed of everything of value rather than something like serious personal assault and they ended up raped/maimed/killed.

-- John D.

 

[19-3Ben]

Ok so, here I am. A poor student, who has now moved "buy a safe" to the top of the list. Even above the Sp101 that I desparately need.

What do you guys think is my best choice? I live in a good, safe (no-pun intended) neighborhood. I only have 5 long guns (so far), and two handguns.

I don't know that I need the most super insane, rocketproof, shark proof safe in the world. Just something that your typical smash-'n-grab crook wouldn't wast his time going for. I have a concrete floor in the basement that it can be bolted to if that matters.
Where's a good place for me to look.
Basically what I need is something to lock them up, that will cost me oh.....ideally, under $200. If that's not possible, i suppose the next cheapest thing. what do you say? Is there a good place to go to find them used? would it help?

 

[cloudcroft]

19-3Ben,

Yes, used safes are a great buy...definitely look for those locally...at a local locksmith's place perhaps.

Also, if WalMart and/or Sports Authority have any safes in the store (they sometimes do, depending upon the season), you can actually look at them in-person and see what looks like it'd resist attack and which look like they would not. Which look decent and which look like crap.

All you can do at WalMart/Sports Authority online is look at pics and guess.

Some gunstores carry new safes or can order them...you might look there. Shipping will probably be costly if the safe manufacturer is far away. Mine (Liberty) was in Utah, about 1500 miles away or so.

BTW, besides the cheaper Stack-On brand, Sports Authority carries the more expensive Browning safes...at least online they do.

If you can get safes locally, you save money by not having to ship heavy items like safes via interstate trucking, you just pay delivery from the store to your door. That still may be a bit of change.

Good luck,

-- John D.

P.S. I am going to get a small laptop-size "lockbox" to bolt-down in my SUV so I can put my laptop, PDA, camera, cell-phone, gun or whatever in it should I want that extra security while the car is parked somewhere.

P.P.S. When you bolt your safe to the floor, put it in a corner so someone can't get leverage on it and rock it back-and-forth to break it loose from the floor bolts...ALSO bolting it to a wall as well as the floor would help with this issue. And consider that the idea is to make someone come at it from the stronger front, not the generally weaker sidewalls and such.

-- JD

 

[Ben Shepherd]

Also, if you have a good dealer close to you:

1. It'll save a lot of shipping costs.
2. Look for scratch and dents. Savings on these can run more than 60% off retail.