Inexpensive solution to home storage
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Install some hooks you could probably get 2 or 3 per shelf if your were creative..... I always like to puzzle out how many things you can get into a space by clever positioning
Protected One
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Hopefully that's not a waterproof/fireproof safe because most manufacturers of those say don't store firearms inside because
they are VERY humid.
they are VERY humid.
KKECK5
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YEP, I've got the smaller version which fits and bolts to the bottom draw of my dresser. Currently has a model 36, extra ammo pouch, sig 380 with extra mag, and a Ruger Sr-22 with two magazines. I check and change the batteries every two years. And it does also have the key override. All the sons are long gone, but grandson is getting older and likes to explore. If someone steals the whole draw, they'll get my underwear too..
MaximumLawman
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Nice. A medicine cabinet for guns!!! Do they have deeper ones for the floor that are deeper than 3.5 inches??
PWGUNNY
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When you safely secure your firearms, you do your family a great service and all law abiding gun owners as well. I cringe everytime I read a story about an accidental shooting from guns left accessible. Thanks.
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Picked this up online from Walmart $96.00, does what I need it to do. Not fireproof though, I feel better now that the grandson is learning to walk. He is not getting to the firearms now
I bought the $50 model when I bought my first pistol. Never got the code to program properly, so I just use the key, but it does the job well enough.
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I think it depends on the manufacturer. I've stored several of my handguns in a Sentry fire safe similar to the OP's for years with no problems at all. I keep a hygrometer in the safe and the humidity always reads less than 30% with a silica desiccant pack inside. Then again, my safe has a plastic lining which may provide better protection from the outside elements and it also has a pretty good seal when the door is closed.
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I believe part of the purpose of that flush wall mounted safe is that you can hang a picture or a mirror in front of it and then no one who isn't specifically looking for it would even know it was there. There can be some security through obscurity.
Regardless of the ultimate strength of the device - unless you have the keys with you or locked up somewhere else there is always a chance that the "friends" might find the key(s).
There are also fairly inexpensive lock picks for most types of locks.
I guess the best advice is to know your needs and the limitations of your choices and deal with those accordingly.
My bro-in-law has a couple of safes that are bolted to concrete on the second floor - the installers requested that if he ever moves to just leave em because that would be far less expensive that trying to remove them - and though his home was burglarized (burgled? burglared?) they apparently did not even attempt to touch the safes - likely did not come looking to do any safe cracking or recognized that they didn't have the time, or tools, or skill to crack em.
Regardless of the ultimate strength of the device - unless you have the keys with you or locked up somewhere else there is always a chance that the "friends" might find the key(s).
There are also fairly inexpensive lock picks for most types of locks.
I guess the best advice is to know your needs and the limitations of your choices and deal with those accordingly.
My bro-in-law has a couple of safes that are bolted to concrete on the second floor - the installers requested that if he ever moves to just leave em because that would be far less expensive that trying to remove them - and though his home was burglarized (burgled? burglared?) they apparently did not even attempt to touch the safes - likely did not come looking to do any safe cracking or recognized that they didn't have the time, or tools, or skill to crack em.
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The most important thing you can do with this type of safe is be very strategic as to where you install it. Because the safe itself is not very burglar proof or strong, where you install it becomes so much more important. Also I would not put anything too valuable inside as it is also not fireproof.
I would personally suggest a location where a side view is not easily seen, and would place a "boring" type of picture frame securely in front of it as to NOT attract much attention from strangers. DO NOT use a wire to hang the picture as it can tilt left or right if bumped into. Use a "D" ring type of hangar with picture hooks in the wall. This way if someone inadvertently bumps it, the picture frame will NOT move.
I would personally suggest a location where a side view is not easily seen, and would place a "boring" type of picture frame securely in front of it as to NOT attract much attention from strangers. DO NOT use a wire to hang the picture as it can tilt left or right if bumped into. Use a "D" ring type of hangar with picture hooks in the wall. This way if someone inadvertently bumps it, the picture frame will NOT move.
hotrod150
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Looks like a "Kansas City Roll" to me-- all ones!
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