Thread: When to invest in a safe


http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum/general-firearm-discussion/192808-when-invest-safe.html#post3304410

TRX
June 19th, 2014

If you're renting... I'll probably be in the minority here, but I'd go for a cheap Stack-On steel cabinet to keep pilferers out, and then buy a renter's insurance policy.

Any safe stout enough to provide real protection is going to be a hassle to move. Unless you have some kind of rare antiques, let the insurance cover any loss.


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TRX
June 9th, 2014

The limit to "how much safe" isn't just how much it costs, but also how much it weighs. A lot of residences have living room+kitchen+half bath downstairs, bedroom upstairs. If you don't want the safe in a public area, that means hiring riggers to get it up the stairs. With a wood floor instead of a slab it's easy to exceed the floor's load capacity.

You don't even need a safe to get in trouble. There's a longish thread with extensive photos over on theAKforum.com, where one of the members was stockpiling 7.62x54R ammunition... until the floor collapsed. Lots of pictures from under the house, jacking stuff back into position and repairing damage.

There are good reasons why everyone doesn't go for the behemoth vaults.


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TRX
June 7th, 2014

How much safe do you expect for the money? There's a difference between "bank vault grade" and "good enough to keep the kids and their hinky friends out of when you're not home."