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<p>[QUOTE="Smitty, post: 1415870, member: 35044"]I did extensive research on this subject a few months ago before purchasing my safe. Heck, after watching all the videos and reading the articles I felt like I could break into just about any safe. What surprised me was how easy the 10- and 12-gauge big name gun safes were to punch a hole in the side with just a fire axe. And the Sentry safe I keep papers in can be sawed in half with a circular saw in about two minutes. As Medoraman pointed out as a minimum, my new safe is surrounded by 3 plaster walls and bolted down. Doesn't sound like these people had theirs bolted down.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to keep in mind is that a normal "fire-resistant" safe will not keep coin slabs from melting. You need to either place a media-rated box inside the safe, or get a "media safe". Even though my new safe is fire-resistant, I put my slabs inside a Honeywell 1102 media-safe chest and put that inside the safe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got conflicting advice when asking locksmiths. Chances are, they're gonna recommend what they're trying to sell. The best resources I found were on gun forums, YouTube and reading tons of material about the various features of safes and the methods that thieves use to break into them. For instance, I had no idea that you could drill a hole in the side and push against one locking bolt to open the door on some safes. So you've got to understand how the bolt mechanism works to prevent buying one like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the end, safe choice is usually about picking your compromises.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Smitty, post: 1415870, member: 35044"]I did extensive research on this subject a few months ago before purchasing my safe. Heck, after watching all the videos and reading the articles I felt like I could break into just about any safe. What surprised me was how easy the 10- and 12-gauge big name gun safes were to punch a hole in the side with just a fire axe. And the Sentry safe I keep papers in can be sawed in half with a circular saw in about two minutes. As Medoraman pointed out as a minimum, my new safe is surrounded by 3 plaster walls and bolted down. Doesn't sound like these people had theirs bolted down. One thing to keep in mind is that a normal "fire-resistant" safe will not keep coin slabs from melting. You need to either place a media-rated box inside the safe, or get a "media safe". Even though my new safe is fire-resistant, I put my slabs inside a Honeywell 1102 media-safe chest and put that inside the safe. I got conflicting advice when asking locksmiths. Chances are, they're gonna recommend what they're trying to sell. The best resources I found were on gun forums, YouTube and reading tons of material about the various features of safes and the methods that thieves use to break into them. For instance, I had no idea that you could drill a hole in the side and push against one locking bolt to open the door on some safes. So you've got to understand how the bolt mechanism works to prevent buying one like this. But in the end, safe choice is usually about picking your compromises.[/QUOTE]
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