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from someone who owns (2) safes , a canon and a liberty , and will soon need a third(sick huh?) heres the skinny.
1) safes are just like boats and p-cars.............sooner or later you will want a longer or faster one. ALWAYS ALWAYS BUY BIGGER THAN YOU NEED AT THE MOMENT! you will thank me. ask me how i know.
2) anchor to core/mantle of the earth with redheads.
3) while single for last 10 years, safes in living room along with drumset/1983 baja winning husky ashcraft/smith husky 500xc. when single its cool. when married or about to..........not so cool and you will be asked to remove them like myself. ask me how i know. sooooooo............you will need alternate space if your life changes like mine has. have alternate spots for both and have inquired with safecrackers and its about 2 hours of time to move mine to their new spot.
4) DO NOT GET STUPID ASS DIAL LOCK! giant PITA! get digital. i refitted my canon safe with one for $347 installed. 1.2 pico seconds and im in the damn thing with a gun in my hand loaded if need be.
5) buy only safes with lifetime warranty. why? think about it! dials and digitals do wear out like anything else mechanical and they should be serviced every 2-3 years. ie. lube job and batteries.
6) dial and digital combo faces designed to break off in event of breakin.
7) the higher the fire rating the spendier they are. in my case due to my 2 story home my upstairs will collapse onto 1st floor in event of fire and basically cover safes with burning debris..............i went with a uber zoomy fire rating.
8) once you figure out yer hot poo on the block.............well every damn thang you value will be crammed in there in about a week!
9) i paid $2800 bucks for my liberty and about $1000 for my canon. i beat the hell outta the safe place here in phx and that was delivered and placed also.
10) YOU AINT GETTING IN THEM! PERIOD! you will need a flat bed truck load of oxy/actl bottles and even then you will be there a long damn time. and even then once thru the fire linings(plural) you will burn the poo outta everythang your trying to steal!
11) nothing.............I MEAN NOTHING IS BETTER THAN SLAMMING THEM SHUT AND GOING ON VACATION AND NOT WORRYING!
12) take pictures and serial numbers down of each weapon and stash them elsewhere for reference down the road.
13) my buddy had over 30 guns stolen from his house along with bad guys drinking his beer because he bought one of those cheap ass homack "WALK AWAY" safes and he didnt ANCHOR IT!
and finally............WHY YOU ALWAYS BUY BIGGER..................
once yer g/friend or wife figures it all out ................ALL OF HER CRAP WILL BE STASHED IN THEM!
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