Thread: What's the goods on gun safes

Need to upgrade to a bigger model.
What do people have. Looking at 10 gun models but want them to actually hold 10.
Any experience with either of these or any other suggestions out there. Cheers

Rule of thumb, divide by 2... Especially is you have scopes mounted. Have a 10gun and that fits 6 comfortably with room for maybe 1 more but would risk dints in stocks and scratches to metalwork.

I got one of those 11 gun safes, it holds scoped 5 rifles.

Maybe the best thing is to just keep on adding more gunsafes rather than getting bigger ones? I admit I've got 3 safes at present. Once they're all firmly attached to the floor and walls it just seems easier to add another one if necessary. An dif the new rules about how many rifles allowed in each safe that some people are talking about actually come to pass, additional safes might have more value than a single big one.

You can get to the claimed number of scoped guns in if you top and tail, there's nothing wrong with standing some on the muzzle

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

You can get to the claimed number of scoped guns in if you top and tail, there's nothing wrong with standing some on the muzzle

Exactly.

What I've always done. Any recently cleaned rifle, which I've saturated the bore with Hoppes is stored upside down. The barrel end rests inside the top of a used 2l milk bottle. Surplus fluid runs out of the barrel rather than back into the action, stock screws, trigger group.

I have never damaged any rifle using this storage method.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Exactly.

What I've always done. Any recently cleaned rifle, which I've saturated the bore with Hoppes is stored upside down. The barrel end rests inside the top of a used 2l milk bottle. Surplus fluid runs out of the barrel rather than back into the action, stock screws, trigger group.

I have never damaged any rifle using this storage method.

thats an idea im instantly stealing. good thinking 99

The police recommended 3mm steel thickness may become a regulation in the not too distant future, so I would be wary of buying one of the many safes available that have 2mm walls

Originally Posted by Cigar

The police recommended 3mm steel thickness may become a regulation in the not too distant future, so I would be wary of buying one of the many safes available that have 2mm walls

Or go one better and buy used E cat 6mm.

Originally Posted by Cigar

The police recommended 3mm steel thickness may become a regulation in the not too distant future, so I would be wary of buying one of the many safes available that have 2mm walls

That's possible of course. However, nearly all commercial gun cabinets have 2mm walls and a 3mm door. I think the police recommendations on the 3mm is due to a lack of knowledge of the commercially available gun cabinets out there.

x2 on going for a former E Cat safe. I'd also try and avoid electronic locks

The police are looking to have firmer regulations around storage requirements (it was in amongst the other possible regulations they asked for submissions/feedback on earlier this year). My bet is the first step will be to make their recommended guidelines into the minimum legal requirement.

Originally Posted by Cigar

The police are looking to have firmer regulations around storage requirements (it was in amongst the other possible regulations they asked for submissions/feedback on earlier this year). My bet is the first step will be to make their recommended guidelines into the minimum legal requirement.

Maybe, but I can't personally see that all the tens of thousands of commercial gun cabinets out there (which are a huge step up from previous versions like clothing lockers and flimsy MDF cabinets) will become redundant. They offer a pretty good level of gun security. A determined thief will get into just about anything given time of course but generally time is not on their side.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Maybe, but I can't personally see that all the tens of thousands of commercial gun cabinets out there (which are a huge step up from previous versions like clothing lockers and flimsy MDF cabinets) will become redundant. They offer a pretty good level of gun security. A determined thief will get into just about anything given time of course but generally time is not on their side.

Given enough time, motivation, and skill. Anything can be stolen.

Increasing security increases the time and skill required is all.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

A determined thief will get into just about anything given time of course but generally time is not on their side.

AO told me a story about a handfull of E cat rifles that were stolen a few years back. The bad buggers hotwired a 20T excavator and went in through the side of the house, ripped the E cat safe off it's mounts and dumped into waiting vehicle to be opened at their leisure. I'd find it hard to provide security that would not be compromised by a 20T excavator.... then of course they might use a 40T machine....