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Monkey Safes...

thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
Well, I'm thinking its about time (or Past Time) for me to get a safe. Problem is I live in a 3rd Floor apartment. I'm thinking the 2 ton Special might not be the best option, but I don't want a flimsy Walmart safe either. What should I be looking for? How heavy is too heavy? What features do I look for? What things do I avoid? I was also thinking about a false safe (Walmart safe with a couple of 22's), anyone else have anything like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to keep it fewer than 2 grand.Munkey
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Monkey, I'm sure you want a high-quality safe. BUT, I just wanted to give you one suggestion. I bought one of those Stack-On gun CABINETS recently. It is really not a safe at all, but after bolting it to the studs in my wall there is NO WAY anyone could steal it. Now, while it is still possible that somebody with a steel crowbar could get it open it is WAY better than nothing and it will keep the kids and curious out. It might be the ticket if you just want to keep them inaccessible to the landlord. A determined thief will be able to get in, though.Oh yeah, it was only $80.
    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • DENWADENWA Member Posts: 390 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Wal mart special is all you really need.1. its a ton better than nothing(what your using today)2. MOST thieves are only looking to grab something quick.( guns in closets/under beds)3. How many people know you have guns in your complex? If alot, and they are willing to crow bar into it when your not at home then get insurace!OPTION : start rumors about yourself being CRAZY and ready to SNAP at any moment. Works for me!
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    But Denwa, those are not rumors in your case!The walmart job will indeed be better than nothing. If you get it in a closet and lag screwed to a stud it will not move. Most burglers are fast in, grab and run guys and such a safe will defeat them. The sophistocated burgler is not likely to be in our neighborhood anyway, and is probably not looking for guns. That just leaves your friends to worry about.Sorry Denwa, I just could not resist a straight line like that, only fooling.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Co-workers have always given me a little bit of a higher degree of "breathing room" when I begin talking about the firearms I own. Strangely enough, most people consider 8 guns to be an "arsenal". I figure I just have a starter set similar to a starter golf club set. A friend of mine who lives elsewhere goes a little bit further along the lines of giving the impression that he could SNAP at any moment. Most don't mess with him where he works from what I gather. I had some "fun" photos taken with an AR-15 and a few other assorted firearms awhile back while shooting at a buddy's home range on the east coast. The photos contained staged scenes and rag-tag camoflauge apparel. Leaving those photos laying around the office had a very interesting effect. What was that about an armed society being a polite society?
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  • yaneviyanevi Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does any one have any links to websites that have the cabinet or light safes listed above?Thank you in advance.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You might have an Arsenal if...1. You no longer carry pictures of your guns in your wallet, you keep them in the phone book sized volumes Labeled A-Z in your trunk.2. Some of your guns get stolen and you never notice.3. If a friend wants to borrow a gun he has to supply the Make, Model, Year and Condition.4. Everything you own smells of cosmoline and gun powder.5. You find guns you don't remember buying.6. Every dealer at the gun show knows you by name.7. You have trouble remembering what type of ammo goes with what gun.8. The cable repairman says he can't fix your tv because every place he digs he finds a crate.9. You got a Federal Firearms License to save yourself 20 bucks on each gun you purchase.10. Someone ask you if you have a certain type of gun and you reply, "I might".11. Your place catches on fire and every fire truck in the county is dispatched immediately.12. You buy a gun and the wife doesn't notice.
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    EEEh, Monkey, about #12, my wife always finds out. Can't hide anything from a bloodhound. She even found her Christmas present that was hidden in my gun closet.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,598 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Supermonkey,I ordered a nice safe this summer and while waiting for it I decided that although I have only around 15 firearms, I have a large number of pre-ban clips. Then there is the ammo storage thing. I would be running out of room! Walmark has a Sentry brand safe for $365. You can't beat it. It's not a sheetmetal cabinet but a welded 10 ga safe. It's less than 300# and not real big. But it's a hell of a lot better than what you have now. I installed extra shelves in mine and use it for ammo and clips. Check it out. Jeff
    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought a Sentry safe from Walmart (12 long guns) and it seems pretty sturdy to me. I put about 16 guns and five pistols, ammo, and clips in it by redesigning it a little inside. A theif would have to come prepared to be able to get into after I bolted it to the wall in my closet (to close for any crowbar work). You said you live on the 3rd foor, if the building isn't built mostly out of fire proof materials I don't believe a fire proof safe would hold up as hot and long as that building would burn. My small fireproof safe says that it will only hold up (don't remember time) but it was a pretty short time in a fire.
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  • ysacresysacres Member Posts: 294 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    DA SUP MUNKGo to your John Deere dealer,they have liberty safe's with the Deere & co logo, and you can put it on Deere credit and pay monthly. To easy
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    great thread...back to the top
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    About a year and a half ago, someone here posted the plans they used to build their own fire-proof safe in their basement. I know it won't do Monkey any good, but I'd like to see those ideas again if anybody knows them.
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  • Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.safestogo.com/ http://stores.yahoo.com/dsafe/mods2gunsaf.html http://www.deansafe.com/economy.html http://www.agenglish.com/ http://www.gunlocker.com/specs.htm http://www.sportsmansteelsafes.com/ http://www.sportsmansguide.com/superbrowse.html?category_id=75&dc_id=4&search_subcategory=126 http://www.midwayusa.com/ http://www.gunvault.com/ http://www.frontiersafe.com/
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  • dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    Knew a local dealer who's (rural)house was FULL of guns. I mean every drawer, cabinet closet, nook and cranny file cabinets full of pistols long guns between the floor joists etc. Had no security system except for a very large dog (who wouldn't bite a flea) and a half dozen bullet riddled 50 gal barrels lining his driveway. Never heard that he lost a gun. Heard the ATF and IRS practically tore there hair out after he passed away trying to straighten things out.
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  • Old hickoryOld hickory Member Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm with the guys who recommend a $100 cheapie. Bolt it in a closet and that makes it hard to use a crowbar. Get big eyehooks and run a padlock chain around it. I guarantee it will make a ton of noise to get in it. Most burglers are smash and grabbers. A real professional can get into anything or a thug will put a gun to your head and make you open up a $2000 safe real fast!!GOOD LUCK (:
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