Gun safety. Safe, cable or trigger lock? What do you use?

[Han not-so-solo]

Thinking about a gun safe. I was just curious how many of you have them as opposed to just locking your guns up somehow in the closet.

[Artyboy]

I just have a safe. I won't put cable locks on my individual guns.

[Driftwood]

A definite must-have IMO is a nice gun safe for protection against fire, theft and little curious kiddos. No question. It's a great investment.

[Han not-so-solo]

I just have a safe. I won't put cable locks on my individual guns.

That is the way I am leaning. A nice one is not that expensive and worth the hassel you save. Just open a door instead of trying to sort out all your keys and cables. Not to mention the fact that if you use a cable on an AR it puts the buffer spring under tension.

[Hoser]

Big friggin safe. Heavy big friggin safe. Mine weighs over 1,100 pounds empty.

I have never put a lock on a gun. Hope I never have to.

[The1andOnlyKC]

BIG safe.....

I have cable locks if you want them I will give them to you. I have many....

[pickenup]

SAFE -------- BIG one.

[mr_will]

I need a new bigger safe :roll:

[westy1970]

I have 2 safes. One BIG HEAVY BASTARD downstairs, typical combo type and an electronic (w/ key back up, of course) pistol safe in the bedroom. IMHO, it does no good to have your guns locked safely in the basement when homey is in your house. Use your pistol to fight your way to your rifles/shotguns.

Get a fire rated safe for you big one and you can get a bedroom safe for less than $100.

[kwando]

i need a BFS (big F'in safe)

[shrapmetal]

ok here is my problem. i live in a mobile home. door is only 30" wide and a real heavy safe will sink into my floor. i need to store a lot of guns 50+. any suggestions? i was thinking one of those modular jobs has anyone seen one in person? plan be is build a concrete bunker attached to the house but thats big money.

[7idl]

get serveral of the "safes" available at wallyworld and bolt 'em to the wall and floor and together. Not a Liberty safe, but they won't walk off.

If you want fire protection, thats going to require the big boys.

[mr_will]

My cousin lives in a mobil home and has a good size safe. its about 25"-30" deep and about 3' across 6' high or so, they had to take the door off to get it inside the house. Its a pretty beefy safe

he reinforced his floor with a piece of 3/4" steel, He painted it and then put it under the carpet. then put the safe on top of it. Its probably about a foot larger than the safe in every direction except the back which is probably 8" or so, and it sits on top of one of the main support beams of the mobile home in his living room
Its been there since we were seniors in HS so 12-13 years with no issues. I remember it took us a full day to get it all set up, it was a bitch. But it isnt goin anywhere.

[trv1911]

Both my rifle i keep in there soft cases. Sometimes I put them in the locker, sometimes I leave them under my desk. No kids have ever been in my house. I am not worried.

-trv

[PsychoI3oy]

My long guns are in a closet in thier soft cases, unlocked.

The glock is loaded in it's holster right next to the bed.

I have no kids and only a cat.



If the cat figures out how to operate the glock, an ND will be the least of my worries.

[Spenser_in_Broomfield]

If the cat figures out how to operate the glock, an ND will be the least of my worries.

LAMO! [roll]

[Chaffee2]

I used to have one of those sheet metal gun lockers that walmart sells but the with all the law suits and idiots running around I decided better "safe" than sorry.

I bought a Liberty safe and keep everything in there. Which sucks by the way because I also used to have a Trapdoor and 2 Sharps rifles out on display. They are great to look at and visitors used to get a kick out of seeing them. But in todays world it just isn't worth the risk of some asshat stealing them and me getting sued.

[Gman]

I picked up a Sentry combo safe on sale at Gart's. It's not Fort Knox, but some jackass won't be able to just gather them up if I'm not home. I can keep a few handy to me without having to worry about kids, but the rest of the collection is locked away, yet ready to go if need be.

[KarlPMann]

You really don't want to know how quick one of those Sentry safes will come open. :roll: Karl.

[Gman]

I could get it open with a sledge hammer. I don't own a sledge hammer so they'll have to bring their own, preferrably with a silencer on it.

Besides, there were mentions of protecting your guns with a "fire-proof" safe and you had to pick on me? [poke]

I guess you missed me.http://home.comcast.net/~ggmm2/miscpics/bighug.gif

[KarlPMann]

[roll] I pick on many things... :P Karl.

[Han not-so-solo]

[quote="KarlPMann"]You really don't want to know how quick one of those Sentry safes will come open.[/quote

Do you mean the combo or the material? I can see someone smashing open the cheap safes with a sledge but not the midrange to expensive ones.

Now as to the combo or key if someone is breaking into your house with the express purpose of getting into your safe there is no safe made that is going to stop them if they are competent.

[Gman]

Which was my point. It is more difficult to get them out of a cheap safe than a closet or sock drawer.

[KarlPMann]

I'm talking about the safe is easily broken into by most any method I've ever used. I've opened MANY of them. I'm just trying to give you a little friendly advice. If you can afford better, then please do so. Those things are the worst junk available. Sorry, not trying to ruffle anyones feathers, but you deserve to know. Karl.

[nooobie]

Hey Karl,
Are you talking about those safes that are more like lockers than a safe. I just got a 24 gun Stack On fire safe at Dick's for $500 usually sells for $800. I don't know how much it weighs, but me and two young bucks carried it up about 20 steps last night on a nice big dolly, and about popped blood vessels picking it up without the door on it. It says it's rated at 1400 degrees for 30 min. Typical specs of the nicer safes. But I think locks keep the honest people honest and if some creep breaks into my house with the right burglar tools, he's probably not leaving empty handed. If it's some junkie, he probably won't get into this safe. They can't say I didn't try.

Paul :cool:

[RYAN50BMG]

I'm talking about the safe is easily broken into by most any method I've ever used. I've opened MANY of them. I'm just trying to give you a little friendly advice. If you can afford better, then please do so. Those things are the worst junk available. Sorry, not trying to ruffle anyones feathers, but you deserve to know. Karl. The moral of the story being; If you see a small red car broke down in front of your house and a big dude in a "Dog the Bounty Hunter" tee shirt running around your house with your last pack of "cheesy brats" in his hand, ---you should start to worry---.. :mrgreen: Ryan

[Gman]

So, if the cheesy brats are more readily accessible than my guns, I should be OK. Now I'm a little confused. Should I keep the cheesy brats in the refrigerator or my cheesy gun safe?[poke]

[KarlPMann]

[roll] Karl.