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10-25-2014, 12:01 PM
First off a safe is only as good as where you put it. A decent safe cracker can get into a gun safe in a few minutes with a high quality drill or by touch. Delay time less than 10 minutes.
Professional criminals use large pry bars, torches and diamond tipped saws. Best thing to do is locate a safe in a basement corner, and bolt it to the two walls and floor. This protects 3 sides and prevents them from using pry bars effectively. Get a safe with thicker sides. If they can get the safe on it's back a pry bar attack can get into a cheaper safe pretty damn fast (10-15 minutes). Upright, with a concrete wall on the left side of the safe can defeat most pry bar attacks.
Most thieves don't have cutting torches or the time to use them. Saws make lots of noise and need power nearby, plus they take a lot of time against good quality steel.
That said a gun safe will defeat 80% of criminals, if you do that. You can find many example video's online.
I selected a Stack On Total Defense (28 gun) with old school combo lock. It seems well built. It holds maybe a 12 long guns on each side. So I'd say 28 long guns is pushing it. The pictures always show one side with shelves. They are easy to take in and out. The safe can hold 6 hand guns easy on the door.
I purchased this through RDA, and am quite happy with it. Coupled with an alarm system it should be able to defeat any theft until the police arrive.
Professional criminals use large pry bars, torches and diamond tipped saws. Best thing to do is locate a safe in a basement corner, and bolt it to the two walls and floor. This protects 3 sides and prevents them from using pry bars effectively. Get a safe with thicker sides. If they can get the safe on it's back a pry bar attack can get into a cheaper safe pretty damn fast (10-15 minutes). Upright, with a concrete wall on the left side of the safe can defeat most pry bar attacks.
Most thieves don't have cutting torches or the time to use them. Saws make lots of noise and need power nearby, plus they take a lot of time against good quality steel.
That said a gun safe will defeat 80% of criminals, if you do that. You can find many example video's online.
I selected a Stack On Total Defense (28 gun) with old school combo lock. It seems well built. It holds maybe a 12 long guns on each side. So I'd say 28 long guns is pushing it. The pictures always show one side with shelves. They are easy to take in and out. The safe can hold 6 hand guns easy on the door.
I purchased this through RDA, and am quite happy with it. Coupled with an alarm system it should be able to defeat any theft until the police arrive.
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Col. Jeff Cooper
Professional criminals use large pry bars, torches and diamond tipped saws. Best thing to do is locate a safe in a basement corner, and bolt it to the two walls and floor. This protects 3 sides and prevents them from using pry bars effectively. Get a safe with thicker sides. If they can get the safe on it's back a pry bar attack can get into a cheaper safe pretty damn fast (10-15 minutes). Upright, with a concrete wall on the left side of the safe can defeat most pry bar attacks.
Most thieves don't have cutting torches or the time to use them. Saws make lots of noise and need power nearby, plus they take a lot of time against good quality steel.
That said a gun safe will defeat 80% of criminals, if you do that. You can find many example video's online.
I selected a Stack On Total Defense (28 gun) with old school combo lock. It seems well built. It holds maybe a 12 long guns on each side. So I'd say 28 long guns is pushing it. The pictures always show one side with shelves. They are easy to take in and out. The safe can hold 6 hand guns easy on the door.
I purchased this through RDA, and am quite happy with it. Coupled with an alarm system it should be able to defeat any theft until the police arrive.