What You Need To Know Before Buying A Gun Safe
A gun safe is one of the most important purchases you can make for the protection of both your family and your firearms. There a number of important things to consider when considering your first gun safe purchase. The primary thing to remember is that you don’t want to skimp on price. The nicer safes will save you a lot of time, money, and heartache in the future.
If you are looking for a less expensive safe solution, simply look to a traditional locking mechanism. These safes can last you for generations, and do not have some of the difficulties other safe types have. The important thing to remember is to purchase the basics of the safe. Ensure that it has the necessary safeguards from tampering and intrusion, and you will be well on your way to safe ownership.
A biometric gun safe is another alternative to the traditional style of locking system. This type of system has increased in popularity the last couple of years due to great leaps in the cost of the technology. Certain biometric systems, primarily fingerprinting, has become quite commonplace in everyday households. What was once only found in high security facilities or the extremely wealthy, biometrics has made great leaps and strides.
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Using a fingerprint gun safe for your firearms has some very distinct advantages as well as disadvantages. What attracts most gun owners to biometrics is the ability to gain quick access to the system. When used alongside a firearm used for home protection, the biometric gun safe allows the firearm to be stored within quick reach, and all the while protecting it from unauthorized users. For those concerned about their firearm coming into reach of their children, this can be a very advantageous system. They also make it less likely for your safe to be compromised due to misplaced keys or codes being cracked.
The primary disadvantage to most biometric or even electronic systems is that they tend to not last as long as the traditional combination gun safe. The combination safe requires no electronics, only hard mechanics. The electronic systems tend to break down over time. They also require frequent battery replacement and maintenance.
One of the most common types of biometric safes is a hand gun safe. The handgun safe allows you a quick and easy way to protect your family from your firearms. The reason many people own a pistol is for home defense, but the mere presence of the weapon can be hazardous when there are children in the house. A child’s curiosity can never be underestimated. Hand gun safes can also be used for transportation to and from the range, or for storage inside of a vehicle.
For many gun enthusiasts, it is no big deal to spend a couple thousand dollars on guns and accessories. Scopes, binoculars, sites, and many other additions can quickly add up to a quite hefty dollar amount. It is always shocking when these same individuals refuse to spend the money necessary to protect their investment from fire damage.
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A fireproof gun safe is one of the best ways to protect your weapons from loss. Far more likely than you getting robbed is the likelihood that your will lose your guns to fire damage. If you consider the fire protection to be a form of prepaid fire insurance, it may go a long way to helping your justify the additional cost associated with proper fire protection. If you are going to spend the money purchasing firearms, you need to spend a little bit extra to protect them from the risks they may face. Let’s face it, nobody likes to buy insurance, but everyone can recognize the value of protecting your assets from risk.
When considering the purchase of a fireproof gun safe, it would be advantageous to review a couple of key points. Regardless of the lofty name, a fireproof safe is never actually fireproof. It is at best fire resistant to a degree. Fireproof safes are generally rated by the duration they are able to withstand a set temperature. The manufacturer of the safe determines the source of their rating information. This makes an apple to apple comparison between companies rather difficult.
Where you locate your safe can also have a lot to do with how fireproof it is. Placement should never be next to combustibles or other highly flammable substances. Location next to concrete or other heat tolerant materials will go a long way to protecting the safe contents in the case of a fire. Remember that you should never store gun powder inside of your safe. Gun powder only needs a cool, dry location. Storing gun powder inside of your safe runs the distinct risk of turning the safe into an explosive device.
Correspondingly, you should refrain from storing primers inside of your safe. Multiple primers inside of the safe can cause a chain reaction that you would be best to avoid.
And while we are on the subject of safe placement, there are a number of other things that you should do (or not do) to avoid making it easy for intrusion. As you shouldn’t store flammables near your safe, you should also not store your power tools nearby, particularly cutting instruments and torches. More than one theft has occurred because of the proximity of the correct tools to do the job. Many criminals are opportunists; don’t make their job easy on them.
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If you are looking for a good reason to not use a safe that is not fire rated, may we suggest one possibility? Use it in conjunction with your fire proof safe. A cheap standard gun safe may be used as an excellent deterrent from your actual safe. If it well known that you have a gun collection, you may want to consider an obvious placement of a dummy safe. Load it up with a couple of cheap guns, and place it where it will be found during an intrusion. If it works as designed, the criminal will be disappointed with what they find, and discontinue and further searching for your gun collection. Granted this only works if you take the necessary precautions to hide your primary safe.
Another form of home gun safes is a wall gun safe. Though this type is less popular than traditional safes, it can have its usefulness as well. Wall gun safes can be a great place to store a single firearm that you intend to store with other valuables. Often this type of safe will be insufficiently large to house your larger rifles, but you should be able to store smaller weapons, as well as any handguns that you may own. This application is most useful for storing antique guns and other weapons not frequently accessed or those that do not need a quick way to retrieve.
If you find that purchasing a proper gun safe is simply out of your price range, you can consider looking for a gun safe for sale. Buying a used gun safe is a great way to save a little money and get more bang for your buck. Look for small businesses that are moving or other local advertisements for used safes. Many companies will give up the safe for the mere cost of removing it from their premises. Transporting a safe can be more trouble than it’s worth for these businesses.
An important thing to keep in mind when purchasing a gun safe is that the estimated gun capacity of the safe is never accurate. If you look at the advertised picture, you will see that they are stocked with small shotguns or 22” barreled rifles. There is rarely a scope, large stock, large barrel or other gun accessory attached to the firearm. If you need room to store 15 firearms, find a safe that has 20 – 30 gun capacity. The other thing to consider is that your gun collection is likely to grow over time. Have a little extra space for expansion in the future. If you never to end up using the space with more firearms, there are a number of other things that you can store in the safe.
Due to the popularity and necessity of a gun safe in the home, there are a number of different gun safe accessories available for purchase. Customizing the interior of your safe is one of the best ways to get the most out of your purchase. Consider placing storage drawers, additional shelves, or other add-ons to optimize the safe storage capacity. Custom gun safe interiors can be a great way to protect the guns from wear inside of the safe. You can customize the slots to fit your existing arsenal and ensure that you have a place for everything that you are trying to store.
The most important thing to remember is that if you own a firearm, you should own a gun safe. The protection it provides for your family and your investment in the firearms will more than pay for the price of the safe. Do not concern yourself over a couple of hundred dollars for a nicer safe, the additional money is insurance on your future.
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