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Posted: 3/30/2022 3:12:12 PM EDT
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The largest you can fit in the area you intend to put it and can get to that place in the house.
For modern guns a lot of people say to cut the number advertised in half. |
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Posted: 3/30/2022 3:16:17 PM EDT
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Decide carefully then the important thing is that whichever size you decide, get something one or two sizes larger.
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Posted: 3/30/2022 3:48:59 PM EDT
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As big as you can fit in your house. My general rule is take whatever the safe says for capacity and cut it in half. My 64 gun safe would never fit that many guns unless they were all bolt action 22s with no scopes.
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Posted: 3/30/2022 4:11:11 PM EDT
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ooooh, about this big should do it.
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Posted: 3/30/2022 4:31:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ooooh, about this big should do it. https://images.wideopenspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gun-6-1024x656.jpeg I’ll let my wife know the basement will be turning into my gun room. She never goes down there anyways… |
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Posted: 3/30/2022 4:41:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Decide carefully then the important thing is that whichever size you decide, get something one or two sizes larger. Came to post this. Get a safe as large as you can fit and afford. |
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Posted: 3/30/2022 5:17:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ll let my wife know the basement will be turning into my gun room. She never goes down there anyways… You can just get a vault door then. |
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Posted: 3/30/2022 8:03:16 PM EDT
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Does it ever economically make sense to get two shmedium safes versus one huge one? I guess it would depend on the quality of the safes.
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Posted: 3/30/2022 9:30:25 PM EDT
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I out grew a medium/large safe so I add another this winter. The old one has shotguns and the new one has pistols and rifles mostly.
Works out pretty good. |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 12:22:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The largest you can fit in the area you intend to put it and can get to that place in the house. For modern guns a lot of people say to cut the number advertised in half. Less than half. Gun safe manufacturers use the dowel method to determine gun capacity: they count how many dowels they can stand up in the safe and then claim that many guns can fit. |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 12:42:10 PM EDT
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Like everyone has said, get the biggest one you can afford/fit in your house. Mine is about 400sf. Don't know what I'll do if I have to move.
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Posted: 3/31/2022 1:03:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does it ever economically make sense to get two shmedium safes versus one huge one? I guess it would depend on the quality of the safes. I started with a small cheapo because I only had a couple long guns and pistol and a child on the way. Once I started getting ARs, M1, Silencers I bought a much larger better one. Now it's almost full so I put the cheap guns in the original small safe. |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 1:19:27 PM EDT
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A crowded safe is a monumental PITA.
Go big. How big you go only determines how long it will be until you can barely get the door closed. |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 2:02:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Less than half. Gun safe manufacturers use the dowel method to determine gun capacity: they count how many dowels they can stand up in the safe and then claim that many guns can fit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The largest you can fit in the area you intend to put it and can get to that place in the house. For modern guns a lot of people say to cut the number advertised in half. Less than half. Gun safe manufacturers use the dowel method to determine gun capacity: they count how many dowels they can stand up in the safe and then claim that many guns can fit. Interesting piece of information that I was unaware of thank you. |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 2:12:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A crowded safe is a monumental PITA. Go big. How big you go only determines how long it will be until you can barely get the door closed. This. Otherwise you end up buying another. I'd say ask me how I know, but I'm sure you can guess.... |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 3:10:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does it ever economically make sense to get two shmedium safes versus one huge one? I guess it would depend on the quality of the safes. |
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