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redlickranch
06-29-2008, 10:28 AM
Caught this on TV yesterday and then found it on You Tube

Fort Knox gun safe was dropped twice from a 100 feet with a mossberg shotgun and glock inside. Then they set a house on fire and burned it to the ground. Then shot the safe. Guns are fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9buR30A_0lk
thunderchicken09
06-29-2008, 01:46 PM
Get a cannon there realy nice. We have one there big as heck tho.
Pugs
06-29-2008, 02:11 PM
I've had a fort knox for almost 20 years and moved it back and forth across the country a couple times with no problems. Only issue now is it's too small :)
biggun
06-29-2008, 06:01 PM
Don't bet on a fire safe. Buddy of mine lost all of his guns this spring to a housefire. They were in one of the fort know or liberty safes. Can't remember which right now. His guns were a total loss.
killinmammals
06-29-2008, 08:16 PM
Don't bet on a fire safe. Buddy of mine lost all of his guns this spring to a housefire. They were in one of the fort know or liberty safes. Can't remember which right now. His guns were a total loss.
THey are only rated for so much heat and for so long. I have seen several liberty safes survive house fires with contents in perfect shape. Both liberty and Cannon are good safes, I've got a liberty now, and am getting a much bigger one when I get a house in a few years
AteUp
06-29-2008, 08:48 PM
Don't bet on a fire safe. Buddy of mine lost all of his guns this spring to a housefire. They were in one of the fort know or liberty safes. Can't remember which right now. His guns were a total loss.

What's another option for protecting your guns in a house fire?
Split_Ear
06-29-2008, 09:28 PM
I'd go with the Browning Platinum...

http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/gunsafes/detail.asp?value=001F&cat_id=160&type_id=42745
mwezell
06-29-2008, 10:19 PM
What's another option for protecting your guns in a house fire?

The best option that I know of is a vault. Eight inch concrete walls and top,and the vault doors are heavy and can stand up to a lot more heat than the safe bodies themselves. The down side is that a vault really isn't practical unless you build it into a new construction home basement or possibly an addition.
---Mike Ezell
killinmammals
06-29-2008, 10:54 PM
The best option that I know of is a vault. Eight inch concrete walls and top,and the vault doors are heavy and can stand up to a lot more heat than the safe bodies themselves. The down side is that a vault really isn't practical unless you build it into a new construction home basement or possibly an addition.
---Mike Ezell
Yep. When I finally get to BUILD a house years down the road that is my plan...it will be the ultimate man room:D

As for safes, I had to take classes on them, then spent hours looking into different manufacturors and their safe building process. I'd trust a Liberty before I would think about any you see at Bass Pro or Cabelas.
trust me
06-30-2008, 08:29 AM
If you live in a an area with good fire protection and they can knock down the fire before everything falls in the basement, a gun safe will give you some protection. If you live in the sticks and it takes a while for the FD to get to you, no metal safe will save your guns. The vault described above is the way to go.
killinmammals
06-30-2008, 01:38 PM
If you live in the sticks and it takes a while for the FD to get to you, no metal safe will save your guns.
Yep, most people seem to forget about the rating being for 30 minutes only