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<p>[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 3687152, member: 25547"]Most "Gun Safes" sold are rated as "Residential Security Containers" if they are rated at all. That means that they should resist a brute force attack with handheld tools for 5 minutes. That's actually a long time for a typical home B&E person to spend, especially since forcing a safe is likely to be noisy, but there's a kicker to that. If a safe can come into a house on a 2-wheel cart or a 4-wheel dolly, unless it's secured it can go out the same way just as easily.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last time I looked, to get the best rate Hugh Wood insurance (the ANA vendor) requires a TL-15 rated safe once your collection reaches a certain value. A TL-15 rated safe is tested to resist such attacks for 15 minutes. Most also sport 2-hour fire protection.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no "one-sized" fits all answers when it comes to security, and I suggest you don't rely on the advice of random internet posters. Contact an expert instead. You can safely assume I'm a random internet poster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 3687152, member: 25547"]Most "Gun Safes" sold are rated as "Residential Security Containers" if they are rated at all. That means that they should resist a brute force attack with handheld tools for 5 minutes. That's actually a long time for a typical home B&E person to spend, especially since forcing a safe is likely to be noisy, but there's a kicker to that. If a safe can come into a house on a 2-wheel cart or a 4-wheel dolly, unless it's secured it can go out the same way just as easily. Last time I looked, to get the best rate Hugh Wood insurance (the ANA vendor) requires a TL-15 rated safe once your collection reaches a certain value. A TL-15 rated safe is tested to resist such attacks for 15 minutes. Most also sport 2-hour fire protection. There are no "one-sized" fits all answers when it comes to security, and I suggest you don't rely on the advice of random internet posters. Contact an expert instead. You can safely assume I'm a random internet poster.[/QUOTE]
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