Would you put personal belongings in a gun safe other then guns.

cosieman · 08-08-2018 04:22PM #1

Woudl you trust your gun safe to secure your jewellery passports money etc. I was thinking of using my gun safe for that but if some thief spots a gunsafe if he is robbing my house they are going to focus robbing the safe.

Emmersonn · 08-08-2018 04:50PM

To be honest I have thought about it but for the very same reason that you have said I have not done so.

garv123 · 08-08-2018 04:57PM

Most robberies are aimed for a quick in/out, if they have time to find tools to get into the safe, someone else will have time to turn every inch of the house upside down.

A safe is only a deterrent at the end of the day. The every day robber wouldn't go near a gun safe, they would have no market to offload them

cookimonster · 08-08-2018 06:05PM

As to your question : Absolutely and I do.

My safes are not in open view, so if they find them then they've done a good number on my house.

Grizzly 45 · 08-08-2018 07:24PM

We have glorified strong boxes here,not safes.:P

Cass · 08-08-2018 08:04PM

Get more than one safe. I have three and a smaller one. Not all i the same location.

gunny123 · 08-08-2018 09:21PM

I have a few safes also. A full length one for the rifles,shotguns and pistol and another for ammo that i put parts off the guns into. So if the full length one is opened, the guns are useless anyway.

Yes i do put things into the safe , like cash, documents and also things like binoculars, cameras etc.

Also if you can surround your safe with a couple of layers of plasterboard, it greatly helps with fire protection.

Nekarsulm · 09-08-2018 12:48AM

Yes, keep passports and a few bits of jewellery in the lockable top section.
Also keep the will and various birth certs etc there.

meathstevie · 09-08-2018 02:50AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Yes, keep passports and a few bits of jewellery in the lockable top section.
Also keep the will and various birth certs etc there.

Are we sharing the same gun safe ?

Victor · 09-08-2018 03:21AM

Having a decoy safe can be useful. Keep a few hundred euros in it with some jewelry that looks expensive, together with copies of important documents.

gunny123 wrote: »

Also if you can surround your safe with a couple of layers of plasterboard, it greatly helps with fire protection.

Some safes come with a fire rating built in. Keep safes, especially those with ammo* away from heat generating appliances (cookers, boilers, immersions, etc.) and water sources. Be careful of turning your safe into a pipe bomb - use something approved to hold ammo and don't over-fill it.

* Not that burning ammo is particularly dangerous in a safe, but if the ammo catches fire it will burn intensely, worsening the fire. Heat will also evaporate the oil from the guns.

Uinseann_16 · 09-08-2018 05:42PM

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

We have glorified strong boxes here,not safes.:P

Ahh thats true but some lads have antique chubb, etc safes converted to gunsafes if you look around you can pick them up for a very reasonable cost because they longer have an insurance rating and so are useless to businesses;)
ive been on the lookout for a small one as a ammunition safe:P

Grizzly 45 · 09-08-2018 06:05PM

True,I am on the lookout for a bank vault door,as I intend to convert one small room into a strong room myself.

Uinseann_16 · 09-08-2018 06:17PM

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

True,I am on the lookout for a bank vault door,as I intend to convert one small room into a strong room myself.

Theres one for sale on donedeal for 700 euro with keys in limerick;)

Stanford · 09-08-2018 06:28PM

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

Theres one for sale on donedeal for 700 euro with keys in limerick;)

Its just been stolen..!!!

Uinseann_16 · 09-08-2018 06:31PM

Stanford wrote: »

Its just been stolen..!!!

Whaaa? Oh the irony:D

Stanford · 09-08-2018 06:32PM

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

Whaaa? Oh the irony:D

Its a joke....I'm from Limerick so I'm allowed to take the p**s

Uinseann_16 · 09-08-2018 06:34PM

Stanford wrote: »

Its a joke....I'm from Limerick so I'm allowed to take the p**s

:oTBH its rough enough looking lying in the photo it coulda been robbed outta a old building, Limerick would be rough enough for a stunt like that alright:p

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