So I’ve put this off for far too many years, and I’m wanting to right my wrongs. I don’t have a gun safe. Since I bought my first handgun I’ve either kept my firearms locked up in a box, hidden in a locked closet. That needs to change. Problem is, in my current living situation, I’m severely limited on space. The majority of my shooting stuff lives in a nondescript locked closet, but with family/kids starting to come over soon and our own kids being a thing coming down the pipeline I want to up the security. I’ve considered getting one or two smaller safes that will fit inside of said closet, so that they are hidden from view and with the smaller safes having smaller, shorter swinging doors, I can still access them inside the closet. Thoughts? Any suggestions? I figure for now, with my current budget and space limitations I’ll just stick with something cheaper/smaller, and later on when we sell this house I can upgrade to a nice, real safe rather than a “residential storage container”
OR if i did buy a large, legitimate gun safe, I would have to either put it in the garage or up against an exterior wall in my office. I don’t like either of these options to be honest. But I’m open to opinions.
Are you just worried that the kids will break open the locked closet? Or theft?
What is your budget? The price of safes at Tractor Supply are very appealing and they should be coming up on sale around Black Friday I think.
Little bit of both. I doubt I will ever have to worry about A break in, but that extra layer of security will help. Kids can get into anything, so a locked closet door doesnt cut it in my opinion.
I would really like to keep things under 1400 or so.
Go with key lock or mechanical combination. The electronic ones "say" they are immune to EMP, and have warrantees, however how do you collect on a warrantee because you can't access your safe after an EMP event? Tractor Supply is good, Academy occasionally has sales. A gun locker can be a good option assuming you want to keep firearms out of the hands of children, theft not so much. Bolting to the floor regardless of size is a must.
I was going to suggest the locker as well. I prefer how customizable they are also.
I would really only get a safe if you want fire / tornado safety. Even the big ones don't stop someone who really wants to get in those. I saw a video of them testing out and cutting the corners off of safes for easy access without dealing with the locking mechanisms.
Dunhams has some deals on lower end but decent ones very marked down at Christmas.
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