Browning or Liberty safe
10-21-2013, 01:32 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: VA
Posts: 1,921
Browning or Liberty safe
I'd like to purchase a Ft. Knox, but it's not in the budget right now. That leaves me w/ Browning or Liberty - which is better or are they comparable? What do you recommend, looking for strong locks & fire protection. Any options you recommend getting or not getting?
10-21-2013, 05:44 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Michigan
Posts: 269
Both safes are junk unless you get their high end models.
It really depends on what you're going to store in it and why.
If you're just trying to prevent your children from messing with your guns, any steel box that locks will be good enough.
If you're trying to keep the bad guys out, you need a safe that is tough enough to withstand hand tools like pry-bars and axes.
Body Steel must be thicker than 11 Ga because that's the point at which an axe will no longer rip a hole right through the side.
The door should be plate steel and be thicker than 1/4 inch.. Roll formed doors are junk and doors of thin steel can bend and twist enough to pry open.
Fire protection is up to you and will greatly depend on what you put in the safe and where the safe is located.
I would STRONGLY suggest getting a STURDY SAFE CO. brand.. They're ugly as my dogs a$$ but far more functional than any of the others.
It really depends on what you're going to store in it and why.
If you're just trying to prevent your children from messing with your guns, any steel box that locks will be good enough.
If you're trying to keep the bad guys out, you need a safe that is tough enough to withstand hand tools like pry-bars and axes.
Body Steel must be thicker than 11 Ga because that's the point at which an axe will no longer rip a hole right through the side.
The door should be plate steel and be thicker than 1/4 inch.. Roll formed doors are junk and doors of thin steel can bend and twist enough to pry open.
Fire protection is up to you and will greatly depend on what you put in the safe and where the safe is located.
I would STRONGLY suggest getting a STURDY SAFE CO. brand.. They're ugly as my dogs a$$ but far more functional than any of the others.
10-21-2013, 07:10 PM
#3
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 5
http://www.bearsafes.net/
I own one of these. I had them leave every marking off except a serial number sticker. It looks more like an HVAC unit than a gun safe.
I own one of these. I had them leave every marking off except a serial number sticker. It looks more like an HVAC unit than a gun safe.
