Good points. Just to add, in the event of a house fire, the guns are most often better off submerged than not. The smoke will damage the finish of blued and stainless guns within a couple hours.Originally Posted by Imshootin
Good points. Just to add, in the event of a house fire, the guns are most often better off submerged than not. The smoke will damage the finish of blued and stainless guns within a couple hours.Originally Posted by Imshootin
I have mine in the basement with a dehumidfier rod. My safe came prewired so I just plug it in. Also my safe came with a computer plug that way if you want you could put a storage device in it and sent info to it for safe storage. The idea of putting it up on blocks is a good idea in fact one insurance company dedicated to guns requires it in a basement locations. Mine was not that heavy, 600 lbs, but I hired a company to move it to the basement. The best $150 I ever spent.
Basement here also.
I poured a 4' pedestal in the corner, and have it sitting on a thin rubber mat and bolted down. It weighs about 850# empty.
I use about a dozen of those small humidity packs (got a bunch of them for nothing a while back) and it stays about 50-60% RH. I really don't know what optimum is, but I keep things wiped down with a silicone cloth and have never seen the first signs of rust or any other problems.
I knew mine was going down there so I upgraded to a fire/waterproof. Made sense to the wife too. I have a dehumidifier in the basement, central air, also put a cartrige for a refrigeration system called a liquid line drier inside. The relative humidity indicater in my safe starts climbing when the door is opened.
I also built a dolly with six casters so it would be off the floor and I could move it if needed.
So can the criminals....Originally Posted by SIR SHOT A BIT
If they can get it up the stairs, across the basement floor would be easy enough with or without wheels.Originally Posted by autosurgeon
I too have mine in the basement. I run a dehumidifier in the basement and one in the safe. Never thought about flooding. Ill have to look into that.
Mine they will have to cut it has 4 3/4 inch stainless anchor studs like what are used for automotive lifts holding it down.Originally Posted by SIR SHOT A BIT
I have mine in the basement in a room with a dehumidifier. I have been thinking about putting the rod inside the safe, but haven't really needed to as of yet.
I keep mine in the basement, bolted to the floor. I keep a box of silica gel in it to absorb moisture and keep the humidity down. I have to bake the silica gel every 2-3 months to keep the gel dry, and it's worked fine. I inspect all my guns at least once a year and I've never had any rust.