Here's the link with all the specs. Looks like the price has gone up since I bought mine, but it's still under a grand.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...v=&browse=

Fire rating on most safes in your price range is around 1275 deg for 30min ,most houses burn down in less time then that. most safes are fire proofed with 5/8in drywall.

If it's by a Picture window in living room or large windowin bedroom!

The rating systems for safes are defined by construction or performance. Performance ratings are generally ranked by amount of time your valuables are safe when under attack by either burglary or fire. The following list will give you a general idea of how safes are rated, and these ratings are used on this website.
Construction Ratings
B Rated - Steel, doors less than 1 inch thick, walls less than 1/2 inch thick.
C Rated - Steel, doors at least 1 inch thick, walls at least 1/2 inch thick.
E Rated - Steel, doors at least 1 1/2 inches thick, walls at least 1inch thick.
ER Rated - Safe or chest labeled with: "UL Inspected Tool Resisting Safe TL 15 Burglary"
F Rated - Safe or chest labeled with: "UL Inspected Tool Resisting Safe TL 30 Burglary" or "UL Inspected Torch Resisting Safe TR 30 Burglary" or "UL Inspected Explosive Resistant Safe with Relocking Device X 60 Burglary"
G Rated - Safe or chest labeled with: "UL Inspected Torch and Explosive Resisting Safe TX 60 Burglary" or "UL Inspected Torch Resisting Safe TR 60 Burglary" or "UL Inspected Torch and Tool Resisting Safe TRTL 30 Burglary"

Performance Ratings - Burglary Classifications
TL -15 Rating - Successfully resist entry for a net assault time of 15 minutes when attacked with common hand tools, picking tools, mechanical or portable electric tools, grinders, drills or pressure devices.
TL- 30 Rating - Successfully resist entry for a net assault time of 30 minutes when attacked with common hand tools, picking tools, mechanical or portable electric tools, grinders, drills or pressure devices.
TRTL - 30 Rating - Successfully resist entry for a net assault time of 30 minutes when attacked with common hand tools, picking tools, mechanical or portable electric tools, grinders, drills , pressure devices and oxy-fuel gas cutting or welding torches.
TRTL - 60 Rating - Successfully resist entry for a net assault time of 60 minutes when attacked with common hand tools, picking tools, mechanical or portable electric tools, grinders, drills , pressure devices and oxy-fuel gas cutting or welding torches.
TXTL - 60 Rating - Successfully resist entry for a net assault time of 60 minutes when attacked with common hand tools, picking tools, mechanical or portable electric tools, grinders, drills , pressure devices, explosives and oxy-fuel gas cutting or welding torches.

Performance Ratings - Fire Classifications
4 Hour Rating - Maintain an interior temperature of less than 150 degrees F and an interior humidity less than 85% when exposed to fire (up to 2000 F) for 4 hours.
3 Hour Rating - Maintain an interior temperature of less than 150 degrees F and an interior humidity less than 85% when exposed to fire (up to 2000 F) for 3 hours.
2 Hour Rating - Maintain an interior temperature of less than 150 degrees F and an interior humidity less than 85% when exposed to fire (up to 2000 F) for 2 hours.
1 Hour Rating - Maintain an interior temperature of less than 150 degrees F and an interior humidity less than 85% when exposed to fire (up to 2000 F) for 1 hour.
UL Labels

I bought a Stack On from Dick's Sporting Goods this past fall. Not sure what the fire rating is, it holds up to 36 guns. I had to take the door facing off going into the room that I put it in. I didn't bolt it to the floor, as heavy & bulky as it is ( it took 5 people to unload & get into my house )and having to take the door frame & stuff off if someone wants it that bad they can have it.

I just bought a Liberty-Timber Ridge form gander mountain today. It has a 45 minute fire rating, and weighs in close to 700 lbs. From all the safes that I had looked at it was the best value, and had similar features. I was able to pick it up for 899 (burgandy gloss finish), but could have gotten a textured finish for 799. Gander mountain had a special, get one of their CC's and save 10% on the purchase. So all in all, I think I got a good safe at a great price...

45 minutes?

A locksmith told me yesterday that I should put a bottle of water down in the bottom of my safe in case of fire, that way, in the case of a fire, the bottle would eventually heat up and burst, creating steam and preventing anything from catching on fire. At least that's the way I understood his advice. Anybody ever heard of this?

Nope!If the fireproofing is done right, it will create moisture in the safe during a fire and will prevent papers from burning!

45 minutes at 1200*