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Old 07-16-2010, 03:01 PM   #1
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Do you have a safe in your home?

What size and brand are you using?

What do you store in there (guns, jewelry, cash, paperwork, etc.)?

We are shopping for one this weekend and I'm trying to decide what exactly we may need (now & in the future).
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Old 07-16-2010, 03:18 PM   #2
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My parents have a 1000# gun safe at their house and it is pretty much just gun storage. This one is a Liberty

At our office we have a 10,000#, 2 door jewelers safe that we use to keep some guns in, but mostly for paper work between the business and personal. We also store some of our work backup data in there also. It is a Mosler

If you going to keep paperwork or data, make sure you do some checking on the inside temperature rating of the safe in alotted time frame, and know what the temp rating of the media/data can handle.

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Old 07-16-2010, 03:31 PM   #3
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Good thread, been considering one myself. Are there ones you can bolt or chain up to something? Otherwise, why wouldn't a burglar simply carry off with it?
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Old 07-16-2010, 03:39 PM   #5
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Good thread, been considering one myself. Are there ones you can bolt or chain up to something? Otherwise, why wouldn't a burglar simply carry off with it?
Yes.

Most anything other than a "firebox" should be able to be bolted to the floor.
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Old 07-16-2010, 03:41 PM   #6
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At the moment we only have a large gun safe in our house that is bolted to some wall studs - Sentry is the brand. Mainly to keep them out of the hands of those who shouldn't get to them. In the future I plan on buying a large fireproof safe that can be bolted to the concrete floor in the basement - for valuables and important items, etc.
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At the moment we only have a large gun safe in our house that is bolted to some wall studs - Sentry is the brand. Mainly to keep them out of the hands of those who shouldn't get to them. In the future I plan on buying a large fireproof safe that can be bolted to the concrete floor in the basement - for valuables and important items, etc.

I'm thinking we will probably go with a gun safe.

The main reason is price.

Realistically we won't be storing more than $20k or so in valuables in there and most of it would be covered by insurance. Paperwork can almost always be replaced and the truly important docs are kept in a sfety deposit box.

I just can't justify spending $3k or more to keep our cameras and some jewelry away from the cleaning lady.
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Old 07-16-2010, 04:08 PM   #8
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I do not have a safe.

My parents have a safe and I keep some stuff in there like my will and maybe a couple of other documents.

They have a small document safe/firebox and also a gun safe.
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Old 07-16-2010, 04:15 PM   #9
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Try craigslists. That is were we got ours. It was a lot cheaper but we did have to figure out how to move it. If you purchase new you can have it delivered. Ours is about 5’ high and 3.5 wide. We store guns, jewelry, passports, etc. Be sure to compare burn temperatures and times.
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Old 07-16-2010, 04:29 PM   #10
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I have 3 safes in my house 2 are Sentry brand. Frankly they are run of the mill mild steel safes with mediocre locks and mostly they hold guns. The 2 larger Safes are tucked into out of the way places but because of their size are easy enough to find
I have one higher quality quick access safe that has a hand gun some jewelery and on occasion some cash. this one is well hidden.
All are Lag bolted in place from inside the safes
I have then primarily to please the insurance company and to keep out the lazy
A relative of mine once explained to me as he was picking a 4 tumbler lock. "Locks keep out the honest and the lazy"
The issue with any Safe is that i announces that there is something worth stealing, a thief with any ambition will concentrate his efforts on the safe.
I have a brother in-law that came up with what I consider an elegant solution , He bought an inexpensive (Wal Mart I think ) lock box lag bolted it to his basement wall painted is grey mounted a large breaker handle on the side and ran dummy conduit in and out of it. It secures everything away from prying eyes (and his 10 year old twins) and doesn't announce "This is where the good stuff is"
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