Thread: Big gun safe advice

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

cheers for reply's a strong room is not an option i have nowhere suitable to build one and nowhere near the funds required
I've had several small safes in the past but i just found that a pain in the arse as I couldn't remember what was in what safe. etcetc

I have a perfect corner where a big safe will fit like a glove. although i can see this will be a pain in some ways Aswell like guns getting parked in and having to unload the entire safe to get something from the back. but i think by going for something way bigger than i need this issue will be less common.

To be fair, I thought that too regarding the required funds. I priced up building a big steel safe, then looked at buying one, then what was required to build a room of stout construction. The room was by far the cheapest of the three options... I used 75x45, 18mm structural ply, fibrecement sheet for fire proofing and unaltered 65square mesh to comply with the cut resistance. While it took longer as I had to do the labour etc, it's actually cheaper than sourcing 6mm plate for a large scale safe. Shipping containers are a good idea, but have weaknesses in the design of them that I don't really like as a permanent option for storage (one of these is that they are shocking moisture traps).