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Well, just to twist the shorts of our resident Karen's a bit more.....lol I'm a Texas boy - we kinda like guns....and ammo!
I need to get me some safes for my AKs. I was looking at safes but they are apparently 200-400 lbs? How do you get them in your house? I moved a ~220 pound treadmill through a house once. Utter nightmare- and that had wheels.
I need to get me some safes for my AKs. I was looking at safes but they are apparently 200-400 lbs? How do you get them in your house? I moved a ~220 pound treadmill through a house once. Utter nightmare- and that had wheels.
Well, those are 1800 lbs each....lol Most of the lighter large safes are going to be in the 800 lb range. Light ones, I can move w/furniture "trucks", or even golf balls.
Well, those are 1800 lbs each....lol Most of the lighter large safes are going to be in the 800 lb range. Light ones, I can move w/furniture "trucks", or even golf balls.
Why are they so heavy? Do they expect a gang of bodybuilders to break in? Wouldn't an 100-lb safe slow someone down enough?
Why are they so heavy? Do they expect a gang of bodybuilders to break in? Wouldn't an 100-lb safe slow someone down enough?
My old 1980's Fort Knox weighs in at close to 800 lbs. empty. Both the weight as such to make it harder to walk off with, and the thickness of the walls to make it harder to break into. It also has some heavy fireproofing "stuff" on the inside of the walls. The kind of hand truck you use to move refrigerators will move it if it is a heavy duty one.
A lighter safe is OK if you have a way to lag it to wall studs, such that you have to open the safe to get at the lag bolts.
A burglar alarm is a great adjunct to a safe, the safe makes getting in time consuming, the alarm makes spending time after you set it off quite risky. Now if you add in a good dog, well, your gun collection is pretty safe.
My old 1980's Fort Knox weighs in at close to 800 lbs. empty. Both the weight as such to make it harder to walk off with, and the thickness of the walls to make it harder to break into. It also has some heavy fireproofing "stuff" on the inside of the walls. The kind of hand truck you use to move refrigerators will move it if it is a heavy duty one.
A lighter safe is OK if you have a way to lag it to wall studs, such that you have to open the safe to get at the lag bolts.
A burglar alarm is a great adjunct to a safe, the safe makes getting in time consuming, the alarm makes spending time after you set it off quite risky. Now if you add in a good dog, well, your gun collection is pretty safe.
All this trouble... honestly I think I'll just smear some asbestos around my guns, and give my guns littler guns they can defend themselves with.
My Browning safe weighs about 1,100 lbs. It's bolted into the concrete floor with 4 big concrete anchor screws, and 2 bolts in the back wall into concrete. It resides in a corner as well.
Even my smaller safe which holds a few rifles and has a couple shelves is over 200#’s. Used a dolly to get it downstairs, it worked but no way would I attempt a larger one. That’s when I’d pay for delivery service.
On a side note, smaller isn't always better. Mine worked fine for my needs (initially) but all it takes is another purchase or two and it can fill up pretty quickly. Especially if you dont want to jam everything inside and want quick access.
Why are they so heavy? Do they expect a gang of bodybuilders to break in? Wouldn't an 100-lb safe slow someone down enough?
Two words....thieves and fire. It's rated for like 90 minutes at 18-1900 degrees. And at 1800 lb dry weight, the 5 anchors (one per corner, one in center) is undoubtably overkill, but I'm good with overkill when it comes to protecting my firearms.
Two words....thieves and fire. It's rated for like 90 minutes at 18-1900 degrees. And at 1800 lb dry weight, the 5 anchors (one per corner, one in center) is undoubtably overkill, but I'm good with overkill when it comes to protecting my firearms.
Does your wife get jealous and feel that you view your guns as more precious than her?
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Why are they so heavy? Do they expect a gang of bodybuilders to break in? Wouldn't an 100-lb safe slow someone down enough?
Now if you add in a good dog, well, your gun collection is pretty safe.
