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Very sound advice. I bought one large safe only to find out I needed a second one. I found a very good deal on Craigslist, a guy was selling three TS30 Tracker safes and I'm the proud owner of two!At $300, you're looking at a cabinet more than a safe. For a little more, Costco often has a decent entry level safe for around $600.
My advice would be to save and buy more safe than you need.
For $300, you can get a cabinet. Even a small cabinet is 100 times better than nothing. If you can bolt the cabinet down to the floor or fasten it to the wall, that is better still. I would check out Bi-Mart.
I went to Ranch & Home here in Tri-Cities because they had 25 or 30 safes on display. Frankly, I wouldn't give them a plug nickel for any of them. They were 'pretty' but that's about all I can say for them.Hey guys I'm looking to get a good safe for my guns and was hoping you guys could point me in the right direction. I have 6 rifles and 4 handguns. I'd also like to store a few ammo cans in it. I'm looking to stay under $300 but if it's a good deal I could go higher. Thanks guys!
I went to Ranch & Home here in Tri-Cities because they had 25 or 30 safes on display. Frankly, I wouldn't give them a plug nickel for any of them. They were 'pretty' but that's about all I can say for them.
I did a whole lot of searching on what makes a good safe & discovered most of them aren't much more than a pretty steel box. Fire ratings, steel quality/thickness, locking bars, etc. It was exhausting.
In the end, it's what your willing to live with & how much you're willing to spend to keep your possessions safe.
In my case, I decided on a modular safe from Zanotti. The $$ stunk but the safe (exterior) came in 6 pieces so no movers are needed. It just pins together on the inside. Good for 9? rifles and several pistols & ammo. The cost was high & I had a 55 day wait but the quality and fit is better than the safes that Ranch & Home had in their larger name brand models. Take any/all fire ratings with a grain of salt. A fireproof safe is WAY MORE money then I have.
Dan
Check out Craigslist daily.
They pop up on a regular basis and there are a few good deals to be had, especially when someone's moving out of state.
If you are able to move a safe this is the way to go.
I bought a 4,000 lb (2 ton) safe for my garage and paid $400 for it.
Took 2 of us 9 hours and a trailer rental to move it but it is from 1911 and 8" thick on every side.
5 number mosler - you can't buy this quality anymore.
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That thing kicks azz!
Lol yea I love it.
The running joke is if someone try's to steal it I'm just going to pull up a chair and watch for an hour or so before I do something about it.
If you cut the hinges then all of the 2" pins will still hold the doors on in every direction - it's a monster.
Can I come over with tools and try?
Nope.Aren't you the guy who had a little trouble getting in your safe?