Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Bolt those gun safes to the floor now!!!!

Mine is bolted down, but we are conscientious about using our alarm system as our second line of defense. The first line is multiple dogs.

With the alarm system armed, even if they cut a hole in the wall to avoid the door and window sensors, they can't get to anything of value without setting off the motion detectors.

An item on the news this week said that it is estimated that only half of the home alarm systems installed in America are operating and used on a daily basis. Many people get lazy if nothing has happened for a while.

Best of luck with your situation.

I have been considering adding a video surveillance system. The prices are now pretty reasonable and the quality of the pictures/video is incredible. I saw one recently where you could clearly read the printing on the perp's ball cap as well as read the license number on the car he was using. He was caught right away and two crimes were solved. It turns out he stole the car he was using. Dumb SOB.

First off, really sorry for your loss, that just sucks rocks, and I really appreciate you giving us the heads up to make sure our security is as up to snuff as possible.

I'm thinking this one of those instances where the vast knowledge of the campfire could be put to good use.


Would love for Rick to make a sticky and you guys that have a firm grasp of the knowledge discuss what type of safes are best, best way to anchor them to a variety of floor types, wood or concrete i.e.


times are gonna get worse before they get a lot better to my way of thinking. And if a guy is going to steal, who knows what nefarious intent he may have in mind with some of your firearms.

that's the part that really pizzes me off


will say this thread has made me think hard about our security needs and what steps I will add.


one thing I will say and it's how I try and live life in all regards.

Don't keep all your eggs in one basket. having multiple locations and multiple safes has always made sense to me.


I'm hoping to build a new garage and it will have a vault room in it that won't be easily noticed, will be big enough to serve as a panic room, with a few food items and a food storage bucket to serve as a honey bucket. nothing fancy, nor for extended stay but a place I could stash the family if vermin are on the loose and need to be eradicated.

it will have an additional safe inside it.


hope Rick will consider making a "sticky thread" about ways to secure our safes and valuables.

And wired to Claymores in the wall?

You got it in the house, they can get it out. Simple. Yup, bolt'em down fellas!

I set my alarm if I go out for a walk or to my neighbors and I live in a low crime area. Some times you get patterned and don't know it.

Ditto to all that..

that's what I did 6 inch deep holes, concrete anchors, hardened bolts. They would have to use a jackhammer.

My safe is in my garage and every time I have a handy man or whatever come over to the house I worry about them seeing it and who they will tell.

Right now I just have mine anchored to the wall. After reading this story, this weekend I am mounting it to the floor and time permitting, I'm going to finally hook up that video camera/DVR system I bought.

I leave a big pile of screws in the floor, have led a DISH dude and CH/A repair dude right over the top of them, they both kicked the pile of screws while following me.

I stopped dead in my tracks, turned around and ask, what you looking for bro?

I got no responses, just nervous twitches and a buncha perspiring while they were here doing repairs.

Gunner

NICE....I wouldn't have nearly the appreciation of this if I had not gotten to meet Gunner in person!

you should have chained the hand truck you had in the garage to the floor and then they would have had no way to move it

use the safe as a decoy


hide your guns in novel areas of construction within your home: false panels,behind built-in cabinetry, voids

it's easy to do with a custom home and/or if you're a handyman type always building something around the house or adding or improving

LOL JCM, they were busted cold, if they had been watchin' where they were going instead of scopin' out my stuff, they would have seen that big pile o screws.

It don't take much to trip 'em up, they then know yer on to 'em, and forget your place post haste. <G>

Gunner

Or say, hmmm if its that important must be a big stash, but need to come WELL prepared.

NO one ever has anything thats NEVER vulnerable.

But thats why our safe is inside our vault which is behind hidden door passages....

BTW teh false panel stuff, takes me generally not very long to figure those out. But I walk in construction almost every day too.

I hear ya Rost, but, even if I'm on the other side of this dang globe were stuck too, they'll [thieves/intruders] be there waiting for me when I git back.

Gunner

generally I find those guys not to be an issue, but what concerns me is who they are going to hang out with after work

"man, I was at a place today and this guy had a safe the size of a refridgerator! and it was just sitting there in his garage, you could back a truck up, get it and leave in 10 minutes!"

Right, hence the forget my place deal, they wont make it.

Gunner

There are few things that I despise more in this world than thieves...

Just reading the OP's post got my blood boiling and I'm not even in his shoes.

Some things just cannot be replaced....

Door locks and chlorine gas generator. Why ruin the house.