Gun Safe, looking to add one, thoughts?

[TexMex247]

I just picked up an academy "hot deal" winchester safe. Normally 799 but on sale til' tomorrow for 699. 1400 degree, 1 hr fireproof, 24 gun. About 500 lbs and not bad for the money. They only have a few in the Austin area so you'd have to move fast to get it. My old lady actually gave me the nod on this thing.

 

[Randman]

Not bad.. That's not a bad size..

 

[cbigclarke]

I'm looking at a browning right know. I figure if they can get past my door, alarm, 2 dogs, a pig, and possibly a very pissed off homeowner they can have it. Plus all my neighbors are retired old folk so they watch the neighbor hood like hawks.

most of Browning stuff is made in China; if that matters to you

 

[Rentz]

I just picked up an academy "hot deal" winchester safe. Normally 799 but on sale til' tomorrow for 699. 1400 degree, 1 hr fireproof, 24 gun. About 500 lbs and not bad for the money. They only have a few in the Austin area so you'd have to move fast to get it. My old lady actually gave me the nod on this thing.

I went looking for that one and couldn't find it anywhere and it's not available online
Looks a lot like one tractor supply has for 699 every day price

 

[Deavis]

Anybody with more than 10 minutes is going to get into a safe that cost less than $10k with the proper tools.

You can get TL-30x6 for less than $10k and used TXTL-60 for right about 10k. Those are real safes, not RSCs. Nothing you are buying at any outlet store is equivalent to a TL type safe. Just so it is clear, the 30 minute rating is tool on safe but the UL crackers spend days attacking those safes, planning and strategy isn't counted, only tool on time. You buy a Liberty, Cannon, Fort Knox, whatever, you are buying a RSC. Prybar and time opens them, bolt it down in a small space, and layer up.

Not buying a real safe, TSC has a few cannons and they have 10% and 20% coupons in their mailers. Wait and strike when you get one of those.

 

[Randman]

As stated, it is simply a deterrent, to stop the smash and grab criminal.. Thats if The dog, and the strategically placed firearms don't do the trick in the first place.. Worse case, I'll have them on candid camera..

 

[Deavis]

Layers are good, just throwing out some info for others reading the thread. Some people pay top dollar for Liberty or other "safe" manufacturers and they could have spent the same and purchased a real safe instead of an RSC. Sure a TL-30 doesn't have that nice glossy finish, but for people looking to drop $4k on a Liberty, it is something to consider. Smaller used TL-15s can be had for 1/2 that if you shop around and pounce on a good deal. When you stop and think about it, $2k is what many people spend on a rifle and scope combination, but you put it into a RSC? Just food for thought.