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Bedrock of the Community
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 Posted 08/22/2011  10:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I had a look at the safe this afternoon. It is a very old safe.
First look ...it seemed pretty big, but not a lot of interior space.
The walls of the safe are 4 or 5 inches thick.

Lot of wasted space and if you need more room you may end up getting a bigger one later anyway so why not look for one now. Some of those old ones are excessively heavy and serve little purpose for room. And for that price, you could do better.
Also, consider a banks safe deposit box for thr really valuable coins.
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 Posted 08/22/2011  3:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add monkeyman67 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I ended up buying a gun safe from Costco. I twas about $250 0 $300 on sale.
Tall, couple shleves, carpeted. Very nice. Take a look for a gun safe, nothing really heavy
because when you load it with coins it will get heavier.
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 Posted 08/22/2011  8:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BuffaloBonehead to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Are you going to weld it to the floor?
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 Posted 08/22/2011  9:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My first thought about buying a used safe is moving it. I would rather pay a bit more and have somebody bring it into my home for me. For one thing, I simply couldn't move the safe myself and if I enlisted some help and my friends got hurt struggling with it or cracked my door frame or something, well, I would be annoyed at myself for trying to save a couple of bucks.

I have to say that I like the look of the old-timey type of safe but that's about all. The new ones are just safer safes. I couldn't afford a big safe so I just got a small one, and then another. I also got some 'fireproof' lock boxes that I can pick-up all by myself. I am not convinced that they are great protection but I could grab those if I had to leave in a hurry.
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 Posted 08/23/2011  5:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RMAN4443 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
what's to keep gun safe from being carried away?aren't most gun safes designed to keep the guns from becoming toys for children rather than actual theft deterrent?
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 Posted 08/23/2011  6:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add onejinx to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Gun Safes are typically about 5 feet tall, 28"-36" wide and 22"-25" inches deep. They typically weigh about 400-600lbs empty.

And to keep any safe from being carried away, you bolt it to the floor or wall.
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