That safe could literally be stolen in less time than it would take the owner to call 911....
Maybe that particular safe could, but something like a Browning runs from 500 lbs. to 800 lbs. unloaded and unbolted to the concrete floor. :shocked2: Even the man portable, locking gun cabinets, when properly secured would take more than two minutes to snatch, even if you knew where they were, and that's the major problem with the observation, the owner left it where it
could be seen.
I have not been able to find any commercially made gunsafe or guncabinet that is designed for a long gun to stand upright inside with said long gun having a barrel longer than 38". :shake: There are some other options.
You can buy an expensive gun safe that will allow you to store your longrifle or musket on a slant /, or a custom built safe. That can get rather pricey and frankly if I had that cash, I'd buy a new rifle :grin: . The second is to get a gun cabinet with the add-on "pistol cabinet" that normally bolts to the top. Something like these
Stack-on Steel Gun Cabinet and then add the
Steel "Ammo" Cabinet to the top, but you need to have them cut to add two adjoining holes, so that the added cabinet on top extends the size of the interior. This seems awkward, but I know of a gentleman who is a welder (convenient) who simply used his acetylene torch to cut two holes. He only needed to store two long guns, and still had room for shorter stuff. Cost him under $300.
The above modification gave me the idea of simply getting one of these
In-The-Wall Cabinet. Now as it is it won't store my Bess nor my two rifles, BUT I am thinking of opening up the top. I would then insert into the wall an extender made of plastic, to keep the dust and mice at bay, so that when the cabinet itself was installed flush with the wall, it would contact the plastic extension. A little Flexiseal to seal it up. I may put this into a wall in the basement, or into the bedroom with a full length mirror to cover the door. M(My wife would like it if I added a full length mirror to the bedroom :grin
Sure a professional or semi-professional burglar is going to defeat such measures, BUT those guys are very unlikely to target my house, as it's much more lucrative to hit a high-end neighborhood. What most of us are facing is a threat from the teen or the drug user looking for drugs, cash, jewelry, and handguns, and moving
quickly....in an out in 6 minutes or less.
I hope this helps
LD