Favorite gun safe?

What is your gun safe of choice? Favorite brands? Size?
I've currently got a fortress gun safe and it works great, but am soon gonna need an upgrade as it's just not big enough…

A good rule of thumb is the safe will only hold half of the guns advertised. As far as what is best is just a rabbit hole that you don't want to go down. Firstly, there isn't really a set standard for gun safes. So what that means is that manufacturers are free to test their product however they see fit and label it as such. Fire ratings are a big one here, you'll notice that safes have different tested temperatures and methods. If it has a UL rating, which is an independent tester, then it's usually pretty good. I spent two weeks in a course for SSE where we learned how to open safes, obtain hard drives, files, etc, etc. What I learned is that most gun safes are extremely easy to get into. Most gun safes can be opened in just a couple of minutes unless it has a a higher UL rating. So unless you got real deep pockets, you can't get a safe that will prevent burglaries. With that in mind, I would mainly look for fire rating and size. Those are the two biggest things to me. Whatever you end up with please do yourself a favor and bolt the safe to the floor.

I've got a Fort Knox.

Tom264 said:

I've got a Fort Knox.

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Fort Knox all the way!

I'm very happy with my Heritage.

Very happy with my Browning Prosteel, FIt and finish is what you would expect. But like others have said GO BIG.

Love my Browning safes! They seem to be on the more secure side compared to other gun safes. Like CaneBrake said, I've been through training to defeat gun safes, and in my experience, Browning seems to be a lot more secure than the others.

4 inch 44 mag loaded with 320 grain cast core double tap ammo

There is a big difference between a security container (most safes fall into this category) and a true safe.

Favorite safety conatiner: Amsec (American Security)
Favorite safe: Sturdy safes out of Fresno, CA

In the end, you will find that a safe purchase is very similar to an optics purchase: 1) you get what you pay for; 2) buy as much as you can afford; 3) be ready to upgrade within a few years to a bigger one (or a second safe).

Liberty here

I chose a Browning safe. You can have them made to order if you are willing to wait. They have safes in various price ranges depending on how much protection you want and @ what cost. My safe was built exactly how I wanted it and has a high rate of fire/theft resistance. It also has a beautiful color scheme, all gold trim, a silk screen of my choosing, and a lock that works for me. (Conventional tumblers defeat me LOL) The safe looks good in any room.

One thing that I learned the hard way - make certain that you can get the safe into the location that you want to put it. Footprint, height & weight matter if you have to get a safe up or down stairs. My original custom made safe could not maneuver around a turn and onto the stairs. It missed by a fraction of an inch.

Moving a 1,000lb+ safe is difficult and potentially dangerous. Why risk doing it yourself when there are professionals who move safes every day? Pay the extra money and avoid an injury or worse.

I love my Libertys. Get the largest safe you can afford and fit. It is more fun to fill up a safe than it is to buy another safe while think about what else you could have spent that money on

NRA sanctioned gun insurance is a good backup plan although you'll probably recover only a fraction of what you invested in custom guns. I'm currently trimming back the herd to fit in my moderately safe gun safe. Alarm systems, vigilant neighbors, looking like someone is always home and not being an obvious gun owner to your friends and neighbors are good too. Loose lips sink ships.....

Thieves get a lot of info by word of mouth. Don't make yourself and your possessions a target.

LDHunter said:

NRA sanctioned gun insurance is a good backup plan although you'll probably recover only a fraction of what you invested in custom guns. I'm currently trimming back the herd to fit in my moderately safe gun safe. Alarm systems, vigilant neighbors, looking like someone is always home and not being an obvious gun owner to your friends and neighbors are good too. Loose lips sink ships.....

Thieves get a lot of info by word of mouth. Don't make yourself and your possessions a target.

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Social media is a great way for thieves to see what you have in your home, and to know when people are traveling away from home. My wife doesn't post anything to social media until we return from our trips as an added safety