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  • bongfoo
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2009
    • 969

    gonna need a new safe soon...

    i'm running out of room in my current gun safe.. i've got an amsec 10 gun safe right now. but MAN! i'm running out of room... any suggestions on a decently priced safe for say 20 longrifles?

    EDIT: most likely will be placing some important documents in there as well. along with the pistols that i own and possibly my wife's jewelry.
    Last edited by bongfoo; 02-21-2013, 7:09 PM.
  • #2
    musick
    CGSSA Associate
    • Sep 2012
    • 1062

    Originally posted by bongfoo
    i'm running out of room in my current gun safe.. i've got an amsec 10 gun safe right now. but MAN! i'm running out of room... any suggestions on a decently priced safe for say 20 longrifles?
    Just one opinion....

    Put a value on what you plan to store in it. Then spend the same or more on the safe.

    Buying a safe hurt$, but losing your arms hurts much more.

    Its a bit long, but worth your time if you are serious in buying a safe:


    Start at 2:30.

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    • #3
      Smooth
      Junior Member
      • Feb 2013
      • 11

      Originally posted by musick
      Just one opinion....

      Put a value on what you plan to store in it. Then spend the same or more on the safe.

      Buying a safe hurt$, but losing your arms hurts much more.

      Its a bit long, but worth your time if you are serious in buying a safe:


      Start at 2:30.
      Yea good advice, I also watched that video before i purchased my first safe. Its an important investment if you ask me
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      • #4
        bongfoo
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2009
        • 969

        Originally posted by musick
        Just one opinion....

        Put a value on what you plan to store in it. Then spend the same or more on the safe.

        Buying a safe hurt$, but losing your arms hurts much more.

        Its a bit long, but worth your time if you are serious in buying a safe:


        Start at 2:30.
        very informative video. gives me alot to think about!

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        • #5
          MontezumaBlackOut
          Member
          • Jan 2013
          • 220

          After reading OP I realized that our safe is currently empty. Two riffles upstairs, one rifle downstairs, handgun in one room, another in a different room. Why? I dunno. Oh well.

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          • #6
            NorCalXJ
            Veteran Member
            • Aug 2012
            • 3992

            Spend once, cry once.
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            • #7
              aermotor
              CGN/CGSSA Contributor
              • Apr 2009
              • 2566

              You really want a vault, not a safe. Look into the Fort Knox M2. Pretty much the best buy for the money. Few thousand I think, but more than worth it. Have seen these in person and was really impressed.

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              • #8
                Mickael81
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 637

                Amsec SF series. 1/4" steel plate door and 12 ga. uniweld body. $1800. Don't buy a safe, Invest in one.
                Makes no sense storing over 10k worth of valuables in a 1k< safe...

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                • #9
                  myk
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Sep 2012
                  • 5955

                  Keep in mind that if you have something like a typical 'AR: pistol grip, optic, 10/30 'mag, it's going to take up 3 spots in your typically configured safe. So if you buy a "10" gun safe now you're down for a lot less guns. If I could do it again I would've bought three times the listed capacity of what I have now...


                  I don't always save the world, but when I do, it's in 24 hours or less...

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                  • #10
                    JDay
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 19393

                    Originally posted by bongfoo
                    i'm running out of room in my current gun safe.. i've got an amsec 10 gun safe right now. but MAN! i'm running out of room... any suggestions on a decently priced safe for say 20 longrifles?
                    Free Shipping when you purchase Rhino Metals Gun Safes Rhino 56 Series Gun Safe - 20 Gun Capacity at DCG Stores - Find Great Deals on the best furniture and decor!


                    EDIT: most likely will be placing some important documents in there as well. along with the pistols that i own and possibly my wife's jewelry.
                    Get a media vault to put the documents in and place that inside the safe. Media vaults are made to protect documents from fire. You need to place it in the safe because they are only made to protect against fire/flood. Although the safe I linked above will likely protect your documents in the case of most fires.

                    Originally posted by Mickael81
                    Amsec SF series. 1/4" steel plate door and 12 ga. uniweld body. $1800. Don't buy a safe, Invest in one.
                    Makes no sense storing over 10k worth of valuables in a 1k< safe...
                    The safe linked above also has a 1/4" door but the body is 10 gauge, it also costs about $500 less after tax. In fact if you look around you can probably get one for about $1000.

                    EDIT: OP, what is your budget? That will make recommendations a lot easier to make.
                    Last edited by JDay; 02-22-2013, 12:58 AM.
                    Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

                    The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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                    • #11
                      WWDHD?
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jul 2010
                      • 2682

                      Not sure what your budget is and a few other details but I can tell you I'm very happy with my Sturdy Safe. Their web site has lots of good info on safes (RSC's) in general and what to look for. Mine is the standard 7ga but 5ga is available as an option. Lots of other cool options available too. If looks are important the higher end Liberty safes are very nice but get very pricey too. Good luck!
                      NRA & CRPA member
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                      amateur survivalist

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                      • #12
                        JDay
                        I need a LIFE!!
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 19393

                        Originally posted by musick
                        Its a bit long, but worth your time if you are serious in buying a safe:


                        Start at 2:30.
                        I just found another video with that guy.

                        Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

                        The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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