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July 19th, 2014, 08:32 PM #1Senior Member
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Handgun safe for the house
Looking around the web, trying to decide.
Really liking the GUN BOX .... The one with the RFID wrist or ring chip system
ALL INPUT ON ANY OTHERS WELCOMED
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July 19th, 2014, 09:05 PM #2
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What do you want it for, longer term storage, or bedside keeping and ready access?
I've been looking around lately too, including "review" sites, and their are some gimmicks out there, and there are some shoddy "safes" apparently.
I'm curious to see how this thread goes and what kind of feedback you get. It seems there are quite a few items out there that will barely keep small children out of them.While many claim to support the right, precious few support the practice.
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July 20th, 2014, 11:30 AM #3
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I have three push button gun vaults. On one of them the buttons broke. I called the company and they sent me another one and told me to discard the original. I use it as a keyed safe to this day. Ive never tried to break into one but am pretty sure I could. I keep them accessible but hidden.
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July 20th, 2014, 02:35 PM #4
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I would not get anything electronic, esp. if is something you expect to get into quickly in a tense situation. Get something with a Simplex lock.
FWIW, a gun box is not a safe.....it's just a gun box. Based on the description of what you want, I would get something like this:
http://www.deansafe.com/ftk-pb.html?...FSpo7AodFT8A4w
Such boxes are not safes. They will let in anyone who wants in there bad enough. But they are good for keeping out kids, ready bed side access, and deterring thieves who may be present for the smash and grab type operation. If you want more security than that, you need a full-sized safe (which is better, but obviously nothing is 100% secure), but that is not really suitable for middle-of-the-night beside access.Last edited by free; July 20th, 2014 at 02:37 PM.
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July 20th, 2014, 09:17 PM #5Senior Member
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Re: Handgun safe for the house
Well, kind of ALL OF THE ABOVE uses.
No kids at home other then my 87 year old dad and he's isn't gun savvy so...KEEP SMALL CHILDREN OUT
(I currently keep no ammo in house because of this)
I work in entertainment and that keeps me gone on tour a lot... So LONG TERM STORAGE
When I am home, it would need to be a ready access ....BEDSIDE
HMM???? Many good points
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July 20th, 2014, 09:21 PM #6Senior Member
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Re: Handgun safe for the house
I just picked up a GunVault micro with the biometric entry. It's on sale at Cabelas for $189 right now.
I'm still on the fence on the biometric thing. When I purchased it, I thought you could still do the finger combination lock if you had to override the biometrics, but I found you don't have that option once I unpacked it. It seems to work pretty well once you get the feel for it, but sometimes it is finicky. I'll try it for a couple of days and if it is too tricky, I'll return it for a manual one.
I like the size and it fits my Walther PPS with a spare mag just fine.
http://www.gunvault.com/microvault-b...ic-mvb500.html
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July 20th, 2014, 09:37 PM #8
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i have a stack on drawer safe and know it sucks
its only job is to make it hard for my young daughter to get in and it does that pretty well
it scores poorly when judged by accessibility in a dark/stressful situationMontani Semper Liberi
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Re: Handgun safe for the house
Stay away from the biometric units (fingerprint reader). If you cut, scrape, burn or otherwise get a booboo it can become the injury that costs you your life. Those things do not work if you have anything change about your fingerprint, including splinters and minor cuts/abrasions.
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