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I just ordered the Bighorn Classic (currently on sale for $700 + tax delivered) from Costco and it was delivered and I bolted it down over the weekend.
I wanted a rated Residential Security Container + 30 minute fire safe for documents, hot-spare computers, camera equipment, etc, and would have been happy with something much smaller than a full gun safe [1], but really, as it is the gun owners who actually care about burglary resistance, thus its only the gun safes that are actually cost effective safes.
I also required an electronic lock, since those are far easier to deal with and change.
I got it over the cheaper Costco-model Canon safe for 3 reasons: It IS a UL Rated RSC (the Canon is not), it does NOT have a key override (you can' be a real safe and have a $1 tubular-pin tumbler lock as an override), and the lock battery is externally changeable (you can' be locked out if the battery dies).
Delivery was painless, within a week and a half of being ordered direct to my door. At ONLY 400 lbs, its actually manageable to muscle into position with the help of a high-strength dolly and a friend.
Bolting it to the concrete, it not going anywhere.
Putting a couple of BB guns in it for testing purposes, you could easily put in the claimed small arsenal of 24 long guns (12 on each partition side), far too many pistols, etc. As importantly, the middle partition easily removes if you just want a Big Empty space, and its standard shelving pins should one want to customize the layout.
The only negatives: The power passthrough should be a little bigger and with conduit connectors. But its manageable should I want to add a powered device.
It only bolts down in two spots. Which means the steel can flex a bit: ripping it out of the ground would still be a BIG task, but having a 4-bolt pattern would be a lot more peace of mind.
Don't use the recommended wedge anchors for concrete: do the slower process of concrete epoxy and threaded rods to create the anchors. Its much easier and more reliable. Wedge anchors will do, mind you, but epoxy & rod is just a better solution.
I wanted a rated Residential Security Container + 30 minute fire safe for documents, hot-spare computers, camera equipment, etc, and would have been happy with something much smaller than a full gun safe [1], but really, as it is the gun owners who actually care about burglary resistance, thus its only the gun safes that are actually cost effective safes.
I also required an electronic lock, since those are far easier to deal with and change.
I got it over the cheaper Costco-model Canon safe for 3 reasons: It IS a UL Rated RSC (the Canon is not), it does NOT have a key override (you can' be a real safe and have a $1 tubular-pin tumbler lock as an override), and the lock battery is externally changeable (you can' be locked out if the battery dies).
Delivery was painless, within a week and a half of being ordered direct to my door. At ONLY 400 lbs, its actually manageable to muscle into position with the help of a high-strength dolly and a friend.
Bolting it to the concrete, it not going anywhere.
Putting a couple of BB guns in it for testing purposes, you could easily put in the claimed small arsenal of 24 long guns (12 on each partition side), far too many pistols, etc. As importantly, the middle partition easily removes if you just want a Big Empty space, and its standard shelving pins should one want to customize the layout.
The only negatives: The power passthrough should be a little bigger and with conduit connectors. But its manageable should I want to add a powered device.
It only bolts down in two spots. Which means the steel can flex a bit: ripping it out of the ground would still be a BIG task, but having a 4-bolt pattern would be a lot more peace of mind.
Don't use the recommended wedge anchors for concrete: do the slower process of concrete epoxy and threaded rods to create the anchors. Its much easier and more reliable. Wedge anchors will do, mind you, but epoxy & rod is just a better solution.
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