Also, pistol hanger racks like this are handy.
http://www.amazon.com/GunClub-Hanger...SRCRKZWA47WMCC
Also, pistol hanger racks like this are handy.
http://www.amazon.com/GunClub-Hanger...SRCRKZWA47WMCC
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1+ to this and every other person who suggested getting the biggest safe you can afford. You may not think you will need to put other things in there, but as the years go by you'll be surprised at what will be stuffed into your safe. I bought what I thought was too big a safe and now I'm wondering where to stuff things and how to access them. This is especially true if you get into reloading and want to store your primers and powder someplace more contained than a cabinet.
In the end the safe is just one layer of security. Given time it will be defeated by cheap tools from Harbor Freight so don't go thinking that all is good. Think about insurance riders to cover valuables and such that can still get stolen by a determined enough bunch.
I would check-out the Liberty Centurian models. They are assembled in Mexico but offer good value. They will be in the higher range of your budget though.
Like most things in life you do get what you pay for generally speaking. The higher priced safes are better made, use thicker gauge steel, and have a greater resistance to forced entry and fire/ heat.
I purchased a Liberty safe recently and I am pleased with the safe so far. If you are looking at listed safe capacity bear in mind that if the capacity is listed at 10 long guns then it really means 5. Take your time and consultant with a reputable shop. They will educate you on what models fit your needs.
I spent more than I planned, and like others wonder if I should have bought something bigger. But in the end, my current safe serves my current needs. As to the futility of buying a RSC versus a real safe. I look at it this way, what is the likelihood of a professional thief breaking into my residence? Not very high. A standard quality safe will offer a greater level of security from prying hands and from the typical break-in smash and grab.
I've had a Sturdy safe for about 7 years and am very happy with it. It's not a TL-15 or better, but I think it's far above the sporting goods store type RSCs. If it's in your budget, I would consider it.
However, having moved this safe twice and seeing your comment that this is your first house, I would encourage you to think about when and where you might move again. Moving a quality safe is an enormous hassle and significant cost. Not all moving companies will do it, and the ones that will are generally going to charge a premium one way or another. If I were starting again in a house that I didn't plan to stay in for decades, I would look seriously at one of the "Safes" that can be taken apart, like Zanotti. The security may not be as high, so it will depend on what you're storing and how much of a theft risk you have generally. On the flip side, consider installing something permanently into the house and treating it as part of the house when you sell it. That seems to happen a lot with offices that use business record safes.
You need to decide between some options:
1) A truly high quality safe that will resist serious attack. This will cost $5k and up and will be so heavy that most movers cannot move it. But it's high security. Remember that seriously determined thieves may simply go to armed robbery/hostage taking, if you have something that valuable.
2) An inexpensive RSC that will keep out children and meth-heads, but not stop smarter thieves. Many are light enough to be moved by movers, but still a hassle.
3) A take-down RSC with about the same level of security as #2 but much greater ease of moving. Someone who's likely to move houses more than once a decade should seriously consider this, unless you have NFA items or other unusually valuable stuff to store.
4) I would rate a Sturdy safe as halfway between 1 and 2 in all aspects.
Whatever you decide, try to keep it out of sight both at delivery and in use, and bolt it down to a concrete slab if you can.
Thank you for all of this information here. I will watch this video when I have time today, probably on my lunch break. The largest group I want to deter here is the meth head smash and grab scumbags that are all over this area. I am looking into home security also for the house. I don't have a ton of nice things, but they are still my things and I would hate to see someone steal them. I have looked at getting the safe mounted in a closet where it would still be plenty hidden.
I am going to a dealer in Spokane this weekend and they are a Liberty and Graffunder dealer. I am not opposed to buying top of the line, it would just depend on how long that I would have to save. Thank you for your feedback.
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I bought a vault door from these guys that I'm very pleased with. I expect their free standing safes are the same quality. No sheet metal in their stuff, the outer skin on my door is 1/2" of solid steel.
http://www.smithsecuritysafes.com/pages/6foot.html
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With a $1200 budget and having minimum long guns, this is the safe I would go with unless you want to cram a bunch of extra "non-gun" stuff in it. http://www.homelandsafes.com/closet-...e-level-V.html I would have bought one of their safes if my old home's floor could support the weight. Great fire rating, 18 locking bolts, and 10 gauge sides. Most major brands are 12 gauge sides that you can hack into with an axe if you wanted to.
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local safe builder. Hes done all the vault doors ive seen here. Well built.
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