Thinking about this gun safe for my man cave, not that I have much to put in it. It like this one in particular for the pistol storage and the shelves on the side.
Sorry, I edited the link and accidentally edited it out! http://www.menards.com/main/safes/1...ck-steel-security-cabinet-black/p-1720308.htm
Dear Husband is not a fan of Sentinel, thinks they are easy to break into. Said he would keep looking.
Adam, anything you do for safety is a great thing! Mostly educate them! I took my Daughter shooting at the age of 5 and it was a great life lesson for her, I would trust her with a gun more then most of the military people I know here. She went shooting with me almost evey weekend during the fall and winters for years. At 21, she owns 4 of her own guns!
get one bigger than you need right now if you can , even if your collection stays small you will always find other items around the house you would like to secure.
That safe will keep the kids out just fine. But for a little more money, you can have a better safe and better investment. The one you linked, on the used market bring half value, IF you are lucky. On black Friday, they can be bought at Menards for around $130. My friend bought the same one 2 years ago. So if all you want is to keep kids out, look for one of those used, or on BF, and save $100. If you want something worth buying, IMO, buy a fireproof safe like this. This may not be the best price, I just quickly googled it. http://www.deansafe.com/liberty-centurion-12-gun-safe.html?gclid=CKO1yKOW1cMCFY-JaQodS4sApA A safe like that, will hold at least 75% of its value, If not more depending on steel prices, if you ever decide to sell or upgrade to a larger safe. Not to mention, its way more secure, and fireproof for a limited amount of time. Now you can safely store documents, photos, jewelry, etc. as well as the obvious blasters. The other important part is to buy one larger than currently needed. You will end up with more stuff in there faster than you think. Just ask around 1 other thing to remember: Electronic keypads SUCK! Batteries die, keys get lost, etc. A dial combo is the only way to go IMO.
That's probably a decent safe to start out with. I bought a very similar 8 gun safe when I was 18 to keep mine in, mostly to keep the few guns I had in one place and somewhere my little brother couldn't get into and borrow them. But it's amazing how guns tend to reproduce, and soon I was only able to fit half my collection in there (keep in mind that an 18 gun safe will probably only hold 14 long guns or so, and it'll be packed pretty darn tight at that). I upgraded last year to something much larger with fire protection and real break-in protection. I saved a lot of money by finding it used on craigslist, but it's still expensive to step up to something like that. But it's worth it for peace of mind. I like to keep some cash on hand for emergencies (like when a killer deal on a gun or chainsaw pops up) and it's nice to have a solid safe to keep things like that stored in. But to keep your kids away from your firearms, that's a pretty good price. I sold my old 8 gun safe for $150 last summer, the same model is going for $200 new now. I paid $90 for it back in 2000, crazy how prices change.
Lol, you say that now, but it's amazing how seeing empty spots in your safe will call to you to fill them!! The one I got last year I only filled 30% at first and I thought it'd last me the rest of my life. A year later and now it's almost at 50% capacity and I'm thinking I may need a second safe in 15 years or so.
Right, plenty of room to grow. If I need a bigger one or a second one 15 years from now, well I'm ok with that.
Not to ruffle any feathers. Growing up, my dad had three guns on a rack in our dinning room. A 20 gauge double barrel shotgun, a 22 and a lever action Winchester. He kept the ammo in another secure location, but I never touched them growing up. I was taught to always treat a gun as though it was loaded. Now the amazing part is that friends families would come pick them up, and their parents never had an issue with these guns in plain sight. When you come in our front door, the dinning room is an open room off to the left. The guns were in full view of anyone coming into the house. Today it seems like we've all lost the ability to teach our guns to not play with guns, and we must keep them out of site and out of mind. That includes myself. I have a handgun safe in my closet, which I store my 9mm, ammo and cash. The kids never see the gun, and I hide the key. That said, I have taken the time to teach my older son gun safety and proper respect/handling of guns. My next child is a daughter of 13, and I am long overdue to take her shooting after I teach her safety. Sadly the gun grabbing people would have a field day if they were to walk into my house and found three guns hanging on a gun rack in the dinning room without any trigger locks or locked up in general. As I said before, I'll be adding another gun safe for a shotgun and hopefully an AR-15 in the near future.
I am teaching the kids to use them but I am not willing to leave them out for them to get at. I don't want anyone touching them if I'm not around.
Whatever size you think you need go 2 sizes bigger. You'll fill it up quickly with other important stuff besides guns and ammo.
Grizzly check out Harbor Freight they have a safe not a metal cabinet I picked up for $249.00 on sale with 20% coupon. They put it on sale for $299.00 all the time then with the coupon it's only $49.00 more than the cabinet you are looking at. The shelves are removable and it holds 10 long guns and I keep my pistol in the locked cabinet up top.
Personally I'd still go with the keyed safe Griz likes over an electronic one from HF. I don't trust ANY electronic lock on a safe, let alone one from them. I can't think of anything worse than needing to get in your safe and it failing (and it's happened, even with quality locks) and needing to pay a locksmith $500 to break into your own safe.
