Hi All,
I've just bought a house in Denver, and as part of moving from my townhouse in Virginia to a "real" house I have decided it is time to move my 40-odd long gun collection from storing in a commercial storage locker to a safe at home.
(And yes, I know that most of the so-called "gun safes" are not true safes but are actually "Residential Security Containers," but I am going to call them "safes" just to keep things simple).
Since the rules of thumb seem to be buy a bigger safe than you think you need and that safes never hold as many guns as the manufacturer claims, I am looking at safes that hold upwards of 50 long guns, or buying two medium-size safes.
Whether one big safe or two medium safes, the cost is getting pretty high. Especially since I want to buy something that is high quality, just short of "true safe" territory.
A few friends have suggested that a walk-in residential vault may be a better way for me to go considering the kind of money I would be spending on a good and big safe. I do have a location that would be ideal for a vault. However, I've yet to talk to anyone who actually has a vault, and so haven't heard anyone's personal experience with a vault. Additionally, Denver doesn't appear to have any local companies that build residential vaults that I could talk to.
Does anyone here keep their guns in a residential vault, and can they share their experience with me? Benefits? Detriments? Costs?
(feel free to PM me if you don't want to publicly discuss your home security systems).
Thanks.
--shinbone
