Gun Safe Advice Needed

[tbhausen]

I'm in the market for a safe for both handguns and long guns. I want to keep the cost reasonable--nothing fancy. Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated.

 

[Sylvain]

How much are you willing to spend?
You can find gun safes from $300 to $5000 and up.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Johnson Safes are nice (he's in Zionsville and at 1500 gun/knife shows). Can get a big one from Rural King for $750 or so as well. If you're looking for anti-theft and not particlar fire ratings just something heavy with good locking mechanism is probably fine.

 

[LarryC]

Hard to say till you say what you need. A basic safe - no fire protection will keep children and casual thieves out of your guns, hard to beat the Rural King $90 to $120 Stackon units. A little nicer Stackon - carpeted, with digital combo lock and pretty thief proof (still no fire protection) runs about $350. From there you can spend what you want, $5.000 - $!0,000 for a heavy safe that has good fire protection and excellent locks.

 

[longbarrel]

Johnson safe. Johnson Safe
He is a nice guy. Super friendly, fair, and from what I can tell, honest. All of his safes are made of USA made components, so if you're a Romney fan, you probably won't like them, but if you want a good, quality, safe built here in Indiana, check it out.

 

[Lammchop93]

Here is one of the best videos on safes I have ever seen. It's kinda long, but you will learn a ton. Check it out.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltK-bDbADa8[/ame]

 

[jaybird_123]

Hard to say till you say what you need. A basic safe - no fire protection will keep children and casual thieves out of your guns, hard to beat the Rural King $90 to $120 Stackon units. A little nicer Stackon - carpeted, with digital combo lock and pretty thief proof (still no fire protection) runs about $350. From there you can spend what you want, $5.000 - $!0,000 for a heavy safe that has good fire protection and excellent locks.

I have a Stack-On unit that I really like. Bolted to the floor and wall bracings, makes it very difficult to get broken into. Also wired to the alarm system.

 

[ludlow]

I bought a Johnson safe a few months ago and I think it is great. Jeff is a good guy to work with and will build anything you want.

 

[CitiusFortius]

How much are you willing to spend?
You can find gun safes from $300 to $5000 and up.

Safes, in that regard are similar to guns. There are so many different brands at so many different prices.

Whatever you end up with, make sure you can bolt it to the ground like others have said.

 

[DRob]

Capacity

If all your rifles are scoped (ours are), you can figure on cutting the advertised capacity in half. Also look into some sort of rack made for handguns. They will increase handgun capacity. Just stuff to consider when determining your needs.

 

[mrjarrell]

Just saw a decent one with a fire rating at Walmart. Was selling for about $500 or thereabouts. I've also seen some nice ones at Tractor supply in the $400-600 range.

 

[the1kidd03]

My advice is here: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...-considerations_for_purchasing_gun_safes.html

 

[Speedybruin4]

I got 2 nice Cannon "Safari Series" safes last year from Menards. Each one has a 24 gun capacity with convertible shelving. I got them on Black Friday for $399 each, normally
$868. I really like them and its fire rating is 30 minutes

Safari Series | Cannon Safe

 

[marsell]

My advice is to get as much safe as you can afford. If you are a true gun enthusiast no matter what size you get will not be big enough. But keep in mind a solid safe is only a portion of good security. Keep people ignorant of what you have. A random burglar won't bring the type of hardware it takes to break into a decent entry level safe but if someone comes with just that in mind, then the numerous videos on the subject would be accurate.

 

[Fenway]

made in Indiana

will deliver and install

Long time INGO Supporter

Johnson Safe [/thread]

 

[88GT]

another vote for a Johnson Safe.

We've purchased two. And looking to make it a third.

 

[RandomName]

My Ft. Knox is great, but it was pricey.

 

[tbhausen]

Thanks everybody!

 

[rat-man]

Next Indy 1500 I will be stopping by the Johnson Safe booth. I've seen the CS video on YouTube as well, lots of great info, but DAMN are those Fort Knox safes pricey. The Johnson safe price list sounds downright reasonable.

One thing in particular I'll be investigating is dual locks like available from Ft. Knox. The convenience of an electronic lock is great, but if/when it fails a standard combo dial for backup is great.

 

[sig1473]

I have a Browning. Gun safes definitely fall in the category of "You get what you pay for"