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Originally Posted by legion
When I worked at a bank in high school, a components in the mechanical time lock in the backup safe (banks have two) broke, rendering the safe unable to be opened. We had to call a pro, and it took him 13 hours to drill the safe and open it. Consumer safes can generally be opened by a pro safe cracker in under 45 minutes.
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Or in 5 min or less..
A few years back I had a large safe costing 700 bucks plus. A pin sheared on the inside allowing the handle to spin freely and not allow it to open. I had to call a Pro, he showed up with a cordless drill, an 1/8 inch drill bit, hammer and punch. I was shocked at how easy it was to "break into". 5 min later he was packing his stuff.
There is a lot of false security that goes with modern gun safes...they work well for amateur smash and grabs but if a smart thief with tools shows up it probably wont matter what you bought.