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I just picked up my first safe yesterday and just finished setting it up in our office. The safe can be seen here. I had a gun cabinet for a few months, but decided to pick up a safe so that I wouldn't worry as much. I purchased the safe at The Sport's Authority for $585 and had two guys at the store load it into the back of my truck. Once I got home I had a guy help me load it into the garage, but I ended up moving it into the house with the help of my wife and my dolly. I can tell you that 500lbs is no joke, it's a good thing I am young....(stupid):embarassed:
Overall I don't really have any experience with safe's except for the one's that I've seen at Lowe's, Home Depot, Dicks and some gun stores.I had been researching for a couple of days before deciding on this one. I wasn't sure that I wanted a fire resistant one, but after reading the link that Retsup posts up when people ask about safes, I decided it was a wise choice.
The safe locks with 5 extending bars and 3 static ones. The static ones are on the hinge side:
The extend bars are 1 on top, 1 on bottom, and 3 opposite of the static ones:
The shelving was relatively easy to put on, more hassle than anything else. They work with little tabs that click into rails on the hinge side and against the inner wall. It comes with 4 shelves that look like particle board wrapped in the gray cloth. The slots on the rails line up well so that there seems to be no wobble on them.
Just as I expected my guns are a little short for where the plastic grooves are. I didn't expect them to work since they didn't in the cabinet that I had before this. Unfortunately, I can't fit my 40MM ammo case in the safe which allowed me to use the gun grooves. So I tossed in my Sentry firebox and set the guns on that until I can get some wood and some grey cloth and create a step for it.
I can't bolt it to the floor since this is a rental. I think with the amount of ammo and extra stuff I have in there I should be alright. If they want my guns that bad, they are going to get them. I may look into purchasing some of the holsters I have seen with velcro to see if they can hang on the door. The combo lock is very easy to use as well.
Overall I am happy with the safe. I know there are more expensive ones, but I feel that what I need it for it accomplishes. I would recommend this safe to anyone looking for a decent fire safe. Also, Stack-on will replace the safe if it is ever damaged by theft or fire.
Overall I don't really have any experience with safe's except for the one's that I've seen at Lowe's, Home Depot, Dicks and some gun stores.I had been researching for a couple of days before deciding on this one. I wasn't sure that I wanted a fire resistant one, but after reading the link that Retsup posts up when people ask about safes, I decided it was a wise choice.
The safe locks with 5 extending bars and 3 static ones. The static ones are on the hinge side:

The extend bars are 1 on top, 1 on bottom, and 3 opposite of the static ones:

The shelving was relatively easy to put on, more hassle than anything else. They work with little tabs that click into rails on the hinge side and against the inner wall. It comes with 4 shelves that look like particle board wrapped in the gray cloth. The slots on the rails line up well so that there seems to be no wobble on them.
Just as I expected my guns are a little short for where the plastic grooves are. I didn't expect them to work since they didn't in the cabinet that I had before this. Unfortunately, I can't fit my 40MM ammo case in the safe which allowed me to use the gun grooves. So I tossed in my Sentry firebox and set the guns on that until I can get some wood and some grey cloth and create a step for it.

I can't bolt it to the floor since this is a rental. I think with the amount of ammo and extra stuff I have in there I should be alright. If they want my guns that bad, they are going to get them. I may look into purchasing some of the holsters I have seen with velcro to see if they can hang on the door. The combo lock is very easy to use as well.
Overall I am happy with the safe. I know there are more expensive ones, but I feel that what I need it for it accomplishes. I would recommend this safe to anyone looking for a decent fire safe. Also, Stack-on will replace the safe if it is ever damaged by theft or fire.