The imporatnce of a good gun safe

[Marksman]

I was just messing around tonight and was thinking how life ever was BEFORE my gun safe. It is such a useful thing, I store everything inside there of importance. I can't really stress enough to shooters and collectors that is the BEST investment you will ever make!

[nevada]

Along with an alarm system or attchment to an immovable base / object. A friend lost his collection of left handed Weatherbys when crooks took the safe from his house.

[Marksman]

A safe not boltde down just makes a nice package to steal for a good thief.

Keep the honest folks out anyways!

[Darkwatch]

That's why mines bolted to the floor!:thumbup:

[knockonit]

I have mine attached, to floor and wall, but I also attached a pressure switch to the unit and hooked it up to an alarm horn that is hidden in the eve of the house ( I dont have an alarm on house, jsut a couple dogs)
Anyway, its a simple thing, and hidden, if the safe is moved it goes off and sounds like an air raid warning, I advise several of my neighbors if htey hear it call the cops and tellim teh gun store is being robbed. ( thats what my neighbor calls my hobby room,( has three safes and a lot of milsurps hanging around.
Anyway, you can get the horn and parts for cheap, it makes me feel better to know the thief will either wet his pants or *You kiss your mama with that mouth?**You kiss your mama with that mouth?**You kiss your mama with that mouth?**You kiss your mama with that mouth?* them as he tries to get the goods.
rj

[MID]

The old style wind up fire alarms also work good. The previous owner left a few.

They look like the only modification to them was to get rid of the plastic disk, and replace it with a quarter that has a piece of sting attached.

How it works


You wind up a large clockspring, when it unwinds it spins a hub with weights that fly out and wack the bell.

There is a button in the center of the alarm that needs to be held down do keep it form going off. So you stick a quarter under the little fingers, and this holds down the button.

When the string is pulled it pops the quarter out of the fingers, the button pops up, and then the alarm goes off.

The alarm goes off for a min or two, and then shuts off, Thats it, it will not go off agian untill you rewind it and set it.

So this alarm is realy only good enough to scare the thief, hopefull he does not come back.

LIke these
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-VINTAGE-RESCUE-II-WIND-UP-FIRE-ALARMS-W-BOX-UNUSED_W0QQitemZ230160483100QQihZ013QQcategoryZ337 66QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[LorDiego]

I have mine attached, to floor and wall, but I also attached a pressure switch to the unit and hooked it up to an alarm horn that is hidden in the eve of the house ( I dont have an alarm on house, jsut a couple dogs)
rj


Damn.

Now that is clever. I love this forum, learn something new every day.

[Grasshopper]

:icon_biggrin: Ya, I love the idea of getting the big pooch up to the eves of the house when ya try to go someplace. Most dogs are barking to come along.
Hey, you got them dogs trained to attack from above?:icon_biggrin::rockon:

[Tex-7.62]

I admit I ain't one for safes, but ya got me thinkin 'bout 'em.

that's a big move in my case.

Oh, P.S.

keep you at least one piece outta the safe
to protect what's all in the safe,
when the big-bad-wolf comes 'round.
don't get caught flat-footed

[knockonit]

I've got three or so stashed, and my wife and last at home kid know where,and how to use it.

we'll see
good luck with whatca got.
rj

[dpoe]

My safe is upstairs which you have to get to via a spiral stair case. I guarantee you no crook will want to go through what I had to go through to get that safe from one floor to another haha.