Gun Safe
I'm looking into getting a gun safe with fire protection. Only thing is I'm kinda stupid on this subject. I looked on line and they all seem about the same to me. My price range is gonna be around $500.00 and I'm thinking 10 to 12 guns should be plenty big enough. Any opinions or info would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, I am looking for info on what is thought to be the best gun safes on the market. Need some input from folks that. What do you have and why do you like or dislike it.
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The key is LOTS of help! Remove the door to help save weight while you're moving it. I wouldn't recommend the appliance dolly based on my experience. When I brought my safe home (32 gun) I brought it on a trailer made for hauling tractors with very thick floor boards. When we strapped the safe to the dolly to unload (it was loaded with a forklift) I rocked it back onto the wheels to roll it to the ramp, but all of the safes weight transferred to those little wheels that are on appliance dollys and the wheels broke right through the floor of the trailer. I'd recommend figuring out something else so you don't have that problem on your living room floor. What, I have no idea. We only had to drag mine across gravel and down 3 cement steps into my basement... It was NOT fun. If I ever move, I will probably just leave it here and have a new safe delivered to the new house. I doubt my friends would be willing to help move it again. 0 -
I would make sure I located it near a point where the floor joist were supported by a wall downstairs and not mid-span, otherwise while that much weight will not initially produce a noticable sag it will over time.
A heavy duty dolly should handle 500 easy, check Lowes or Home Depot.0 -
Or, you could look at a modular safe from Zanotti Armor.
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Same subject of a safe, kind of a sidenote. Buy a bigger one than the one you found. Buy one that right now at the moment you think is stupid big. Trust me. BTW, welcome to the fray. 0 -
Wouldn't hurt to set it on a piece of 1 1/8" plywood so as to spread its' weight out evenly over the existing subfloor and joists. Also, I agree with the above post about putting it over a bearing wall to help support the weight. As for moving it up the stairs, I've seen stair-climbing dollys used for large appliances. You might see if a rental center in your area has one available. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by matwor
Same subject of a safe, kind of a sidenote. Buy a bigger one than the one you found. Buy one that right now at the moment you think is stupid big. Trust me. BTW, welcome to the fray.
I'd have to agree with this. I've got less than 20 guns in my 32 gun safe and already have to remove some to get to others. There is NOT as much room as you think once you start dealing with scopes etc that don't let the guns sit perfectly into that tiny little groove for the barrels.0 -
How many square feet is the bottom? Now take 32 times about 8 pounds per gun and add that to 500 pounds. Divide the square feet number into the weight number and see how many pounds per square foot you are loading the floor with. Since you have a focused load (it sets on one spot) I think you don't want a number larger that 75 to 100 pounds per foot. 0 -
See if you can get a package deal and get 2 16 or 20 gun safes. Keep one on each floor. You can offload your dead weight on spans and not have all your eggs in one basket. 0 -
When I moved this one: 
I used one of my forklifts, of course at 4,000 pounds it was a tad to heavy to put upstairs at the house. I have no real experience with moving a little 500 pound safe.[:D]0 -
There are quite a few threads on monsterfishkeepers.com regarding placement of large fish tanks in upstairs areas... same concept. You want very close to a supporting wall, and you want to go perpendicular to the joists so that you are bridging over several of them. 0
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