Thread: Cheap Gun safe.

Anyone got experience with this model?
2mm sides seem thin.

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I had a look at it as well, bit too small. Internal height is 119cm, my 26" rifles will only just fit. Shotguns will be too long.

2mm doesn't sound very 'Heavy Duty' though.

Pointed out to them that 2mm is nowhere near enough for handgun storage.

Originally Posted by Frosty

I had a look at it as well, bit too small. Internal height is 119cm, my 26" rifles will only just fit. Shotguns will be too long.

2mm doesn't sound very 'Heavy Duty' though.

Oh yeah that sounds pretty short...

80kg ? ..... my "E" cat safe with 6mm walls and door was only 60 kg ....... that doesn't seem quite right , sure its bigger , but its also 4mm thinner .....

If you want to get some feel for the issues around gunsafe quality, this is well worth a look.

GUN SAFES "THE TRUTH" weaponseducation - YouTube

Many budget ones wouldn't withstand 5 mins effort from an amateur burglar, let alone a determined/skilled one.
As the guy in the video says, it's false economy putting 1000s of dollars of your favourite toys in a crap safe.

have you got any basic carpentry tools and skills mate. Im a student and just finished my gun safe . i built it out of hardened pine with the back reinforced with steel .looks good and totally complies as it was checked by a firearms safety officer. cost me about $130. depends if your into wood or you'd rather have a metal safe and what sorta guns you have. wouldnt go putting anything really expensive in it as i only have my shotty ( allways stripped down when in the safe) and a air riffle. possibly keeping in mind that wooden safes may be shown the door by the law soon. hope that helped at all.