Anyone ever had a safe broken into?

Mercury

Hi Folks,
I'm in the process of fortifying a room in my house to act as a big safe. It isn't as good as a safe, but better than nothing. (My stuff is stored elsewhere right now for security.)

So, anyway, has anyone ever had a regular safe broken into? I'm wondering just how good they are. I've seen one company that will replace the safe if it is broken into.

Merc

NO! You may not have my guns! Now go crawl back into your hole!

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Rembrandt

I've been told by some knowlegeable folks in the lock business that the era of the "safecrackers" is gone....the older safe lock designs made noise each time a tumbler dropped....newer locks have quiet tumblers that make it nearly impossible to hear even with a listening device. While "safecrackers" of the 20's-30's made a tidy business in their day, the locks of today along with electronic security measures have seen this profession disappear.

There are a multitude of inexpensive electronic devices on the market that could supplement any safe or gun room. Motion detectors, alarm systems that ring in automatically to police or security firms, video cameras, or the tried and proven "dog" method. Of course if a bad guy takes one of your family members hostage until you open the vault...you will probably open it in exchange for a loved one....Theft is one thing, but fire protection is something else....plan for both worse case senarios.

squeakyc

Hi Mercury........I agree with Rembrandt about fixing up the room to keep your guns safe from fire and theft. Unfortunately if criminals want them bad enough they find a way to get past anything.
As for opening safes, yes the day of the old safecracker listening to tumblers fall into place is almost a dead breed. The new safecrackers use modern technology to open them today. There is information out there as to where to drill a safe and using fibre optics watch what you are doing from the inside. The only reason I have heard of this is my brother is in the military and travels across the country opening safes using this type of method. One thing he has said is that he may not get a lot of use from this training in civilian life. So safecracking is still out there it's just that they use different methods.

pickenup

I don't think any person with, enough knowledge to open a modern safe, would waste their time to bother with most of us. $10-20-30,000 worth of traceable guns? is not worth their time when there are more lucrative and not so easily traceable targets out there. I am not talking about the smash and grab thief that would assult or kill you, your family, or a store clerk for $10.00. Idiots like that would not have the expertise to open a safe.

If I knew then, what I know now.

leeblackman

There isn't anything a gunsafe can stop from a weekend away from home and a criminal with a cutting torch can't handle. The best thing is that if your stuff actually gets stolen, it places liability on the safe company. So you can sue them, and get your money's worth of stuff back.

If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !

SXSMAN

leeblackman got me thinking from another topic,I've seen the add-on alarms that have pepper spray,kinda hard to break into something if you are rubbing your eyes,plus I get a little satisfaction from it,he,he.....

Have guns,will travel

Nighthawk

I have seen a few Break& enterings,but never seen the quality safes opened damaged but not opened.The safes worst enemy is fire.Im sure you know but put a dehumidifier in your safe,to prevent moisture from damaging your guns.


Good Luck.

Rugster