mikelawtown
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The simplex lock is great for meeting "secure storage" laws for a bedroom gun, but not something to trust your kid's life to. Total combinations, not including undocumented half-press mode, is IIRC 1821.
I looked at that one before I bought a Fort Knox pistol box Amazon.com: Fort Knox FTK-PB Pistol Box Handgun Safe: Sports & Outdoorsanyone with any experience with the "GunVault SV500 Speedvault Pistol Safe"? looking to replace the POS safe I got on sale at BPS.. lets just say that you get what you pay for....
I was hoping to score a safe this weekend and these two safes from Tractor Supply are on sale this weekend only. I know they are not top of the line safes but I was wondering if anyone had any insight or first hand knowledge on either of these. I was leaning toward the Winchester because its a little bigger, heavier, and comes with the door organizer. I think the Cannon has an outlet in it for a rod and light, but not sure about the Winchester.
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The Winchester is thicker judging from the weight. The organizer is nice on the Winchester. The canon is smaller. Your call. It's a no brainier to me with the Winchester being a better buy.
I have the 24 gun Winchester bought at Tractor Supply. Been living with it for about 5 months now. As long as you know its not a high end safe. Its good for what it is. Keeps the kids out . And keeps the casual smash and grab thief out. Any determined bad guy will get in. The electronic lock works to quickly open it. BUT............not EMP proof. No backup key. So if the lock dies it will take a locksmith to get in. Capacity is about half of stated capacity. Door organizer is very handy. Overall for the money ($649) decent deal. Its all my small budget could afford.I was hoping to score a safe this weekend and these two safes from Tractor Supply are on sale this weekend only. I know they are not top of the line safes but I was wondering if anyone had any insight or first hand knowledge on either of these. I was leaning toward the Winchester because its a little bigger, heavier, and comes with the door organizer. I think the Cannon has an outlet in it for a rod and light, but not sure about the Winchester.
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I have the 24 gun Winchester bought at Tractor Supply. Been living with it for about 5 months now. As long as you know its not a high end safe. Its good for what it is. Keeps the kids out . And keeps the casual smash and grab thief out. Any determined bad guy will get in. The electronic lock works to quickly open it. BUT............not EMP proof. No backup key. So if the lock dies it will take a locksmith to get in. Capacity is about half of stated capacity. Door organizer is very handy. Overall for the money ($649) decent deal. Its all my small budget could afford.
Anyone here own a Fort Knox or AMSEC? Debating on getting a 72x41 or 51 and looking for user input.
Anybody know if Liberty Safe will be issuing a rebate for 2014? They had one that ran in 2012 but the 2013 rebate was just for "first responders".
I bought a Lincoln Liberty 50 from Eastern last year and they gave me a rebate form, this was Jan/Feb 2013. I think it was $100 bucks but I don't recall for sure and I'm not a first responder. Safe has been great until a month ago the lights stopped working. I pulled everything out, unplugged, replugged and no dice. I called Eastern, sent pictures and they said they emailed Liberty to see if they will replace it. I hope they do, it hasn't been a year yet..
"Easy to move" is not a desirable attribute for a safe. Then, these are both pretty light, refrigerator-dolly material. Is there any kind of lock-out warranty?
i'll be in the market for a small safe for 2-3 pistols at some point...kids will also be in the picture at some point in the future...after doing some reading on here i think i'll pass on the biometric safes...i like the idea of the reliability of simplex locks but i would like more than 5 number buttons (i realize there are a ton of different combinations but humor me)...i was wondering if there were any electronic safes with 10 number buttons that were wired for AC with a battery backup similar to an alarm clock but it would tell you when the battery is on its way out similar to a smoke detector?...what makes an electronic safe less reliable than a simplex locked safe?...is it the electronics or the power source?
There should be some gun shows coming up this fall. take advantage of that and talk with the safe vendors. You aren't obligated to buy it there. They may have info / ideas on kids, backups / etc.