DeadIDik
Habitual Line Stepper!
Just some things I have learned.......
Fireproofing is worthless! Waterproofing is ok, but not necessary.
Use the extra money you would have spent and buy the next size up.
I have seen guns that were in VERY expensive "Fire Rated" Safes, the fires were short (Not much heat near the guns), and the guns were still damaged by the heat (Burned Stocks, Busted Scopes, and Melted Plastic) Smoke also finds its way in and eats at the metal, along with whatever moisture from putting out the fire the dehumidifier cant keep up with. It’s bad, bad.
A safe is good for one thing, keeping thieves away and buying time.
Best bet to not give thieves time to get your safe open is to have a good Security System or Dog.
Get a "rider" insurance policy to cover all of your guns, the accessories, and the work done to them. An appraisals and receipts help.
Buy the biggest safe you can afford, don’t get fireproofing.
If you can mount the safe in the lowest area of your house (basement if possible).
Build up a 12" poured "platform" this will help keep the safe from flooding if there’s a fire or if there is a flood. This is more important than having waterproof features.
Bolt the safe to that platform with glued in concrete anchor bolts so someone can’t topple or move it easily.
If you can install a sprinkler system around the safe to keep the area cool enough to minimize the damage, but it’s probably like farting in the wind.
If you can double up on the dehumidifier. The plug in ones can loose power. I like to keep a silica version and a plug in version to be sure.
Just some things I have learned.
Old Soda machines make great "incognito" gun safes once gutted. Theives wouldnt think twice about breaking into on to get sodas, abeer machine might not have the same effect.
Ive personally witnessed what a quality safe can do to protect weapons and money. Liberty,Browning,Winchester and American security are the real deal and the best out there for a homeowner. Or you can jump up to a Meilink for a ton more money but its a fact they work. Yes there are fires where things are damaged usually by the safe falling threw a floor but unless your fire department is a hour away your stuff will be safe.Mounting any safe in a basement helps a ton because heat rises and theres no where for it to fall. Rarely is a fire in a home hot enough to beat a real fire rated safe from a reputable manufactuer. When you buy a junk chinese knockoff you dont even know if its actually the proper guage steel or if it has fireboard in it. Id much rather trust a safe or vault then a soda machine. Good luck moving a 1200 lb safe thats hurricane anchored to the floor or trying to bust into it in any reasonable amount of time.
