What do yall think of this safe?

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It looks like a good deal.

Then you will learn they will charge you $400+ for freight delivery + your applicable tax....

For $1100+ you should be able to score better than 14 gauge steel and 1/2 fire rating.

Just my .02

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They are a great deal. I worked at DSG for about a year til I landed a better job. Those safes were a really good deal. You should be able to get that one sale for 599. I assume the prices would be the same as the store I worked in as nationally.

I never heard anyone complain about that model at all.
 
Yep. They have it at the store. So no delivery fees or any of that nonsense. Thanks for the help guys. Probably gonna purchase it next week. $699 OTD.
 
14 gauge?? That's the thinnest steel I've ever heard of in a safe.

If you're going to sell a safe for a few hundred dollars and still make a profit, it has to be built super cheap. Don't forget that in addition to the materials, the safe still needs a manufacturing facility (and all if its related bills), the labor to build it, and the transportation costs to get it to a store.

I just bought some 1" steel plate recently, and it cost me $50 a square foot. At that rate, it would cost me about $3,000 for the steel to build a safe that same size (not counting all of the other expenses).
 
Sure Frank, I know all about the cost of steel.

I was just saying that I'd not seen a safe that had 14 gauge construction. Plenty of 12 gauge safes and I think we'd agree that that is too thin to provide security for long.

I don't like to see it because it seems to me that other manufacturers will see that it sells well and follow suit.

Price point trumps security for many people and some are satisfied with anything that LOOKS like a safe.

How long before a safe made of plastic or paper appears? I'd bet the marketers could peddle a ton of polymer safes if their sales blather was convincing and filled with goobledygook descriptions of hi - tech strength. After all, they've made the engines for the new Boeing 797 SuperCommuter out of plastic now that they've got the melting point over the temperature of the exhaust. :)

(Happy flying!.........wait, what's that smell?)
 
Clemson;

Whether or not that's a good deal greatly depends on what you expect it to do. As Krs pointed out, it has a body formed from light sheet metal. Until you know the exact parameters of any thermal resistance testing, the figures that may be given really don't mean much. So, is this RSC meant to be a storage unit that provides security against inquisitive kids & smash/grab in-n-out burglars or are you expecting substantial resistance to physical attack & total house fire survival of the contents?

In the first case, it may be ideal for your needs & budget. However, if you are seriously expecting the contents to stay in the container undamaged in the event of either a severe house fire or determined physical attack, you're almost certainly going to be disappointed.
Thankfully, severe housefires and assaults on safes are relatively rare. Therefore, the odds are with you that the container will never be put to the test. But you need to actively assess your particular threat level before buying.

What I'm saying is make an informed decision about the unit before you buy. Don't believe advertising bumf, do some research. THR is a good place to start. Use search for terms like RSC (Residential Security Container) and find out exactly what that means.

900F
 
I missed the 14 gauge part. That is so thin any ax would easily puncture the walls.

It is a highly secure gun locker though.

;)
 
I looked at the safes at Dick's, they looked good but when I knocked on them they all had a thin/hollow sound to them. I guess they would be better than nothing but I'd save a couple more bucks and go with a better made safe.

J.B.
 
It looks reasonably strong. I suppose you could make it a bit more difficult to break into by putting it in the corner of a room and bolting it to the wall. You could then maybe clad the exposed sides with a sheet of thicker metal. I'm a tad concerned that the hinges seem exposed - a portable grinder might make short work of grinding the pins and pulling the door off. My only other niggle is that it seems that if you want to remove a rifle from the back of the row you have to pull all the other rifles in front of it to get to it. That could get old.
 
Fella's;

If the unit is of any quality at all, it will either have active bolts on the hinge side, or a passive retainer system. Only in the case of no hinge side protection will removal of the hinges allow the door to be taken off. If there is no hinge side protection, do not buy it, in my professional opinion it's a cheese box.

900F
 
It’s a decent RSC. 7 active locking bolts, 3 dead bolts on the hinge side. Its 12-gauge unibody construction, not 14.
 
I'm a tad concerned that the hinges seem exposed - a portable grinder might make short work of grinding the pins and pulling the door off.
Exposed hinges allow the door to open completely. Grinding the pins/hinges will not allow you to take the door off because the locking bolts are still in place.
 
If someone is in your home with a portable grinder and all you're worried about is the safety of your guns then you need to rethink a few things
 
Having external hinges is no big deal (other than cosmetic) since the door has bolts on all four sides. It does, doesn't it?

I actually looked at one that had studs on the hinge side (looked like bolts, but didn't retract.) The other three sides had bolts. In operation, when you think of it, it worked fine. The studs went behind the lip when the door closed.

In fact having external hinges may allow you to take the door off to ease moving it.

Exposed hinges allow the door to open completely.
Good point! Mine has internal hinges, so the door only opens 90deg. When I positioned the safe in the room, I hated the door stopping half way. I had to move it to a different wall. (so the door opened against the wall, not into the middle of the room.)
I didn't explain this very well, but when you have it at home, you'll see.
 
If someone is in your home with a portable grinder and all you're worried about is the safety of your guns then you need to rethink a few things
el diablo,
He said no such thing. :rolleyes:
 
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