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<p>[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 2580272, member: 77814"]Some of the current Sentry safes you can open with a powerful magnet;</p><p>or just drop it on a corner and it'll open;</p><p>or use a circular saw and cut it open;</p><p>or about 2 minutes with a crow bar on the thin front door metal sheet - especially the models that don't have bolts on all 4 sides of the door.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a very old Sentry safe which is a small 2 cu ft model, but has 6 locking bolts on all 4 sides. It's fairly heavy too that I got when they first started their website an shipped directly to customers. So if you knock off the hinge the door stays put. But the initial steel outer layer isn't too thick so it can be easily bent back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have another modern Sentry fire safe I bought from Walmart a couple years ago which holds specific paper work and stuff. I actually don't even lock that one, it's for just in case of a fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sentry does make some Cash boxes which seem okay. But I'm always leery of certain types of safes that relie upon the door hinge as part of the safety mechanism with only bolts/slab that locks in on the open side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some smaller safes with a slab door and a small locking box, with a reset button on the inside you can change the combo with a wire hanger.</p><p>Fun stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 2580272, member: 77814"]Some of the current Sentry safes you can open with a powerful magnet; or just drop it on a corner and it'll open; or use a circular saw and cut it open; or about 2 minutes with a crow bar on the thin front door metal sheet - especially the models that don't have bolts on all 4 sides of the door. I have a very old Sentry safe which is a small 2 cu ft model, but has 6 locking bolts on all 4 sides. It's fairly heavy too that I got when they first started their website an shipped directly to customers. So if you knock off the hinge the door stays put. But the initial steel outer layer isn't too thick so it can be easily bent back. I have another modern Sentry fire safe I bought from Walmart a couple years ago which holds specific paper work and stuff. I actually don't even lock that one, it's for just in case of a fire. Sentry does make some Cash boxes which seem okay. But I'm always leery of certain types of safes that relie upon the door hinge as part of the safety mechanism with only bolts/slab that locks in on the open side. Some smaller safes with a slab door and a small locking box, with a reset button on the inside you can change the combo with a wire hanger. Fun stuff.[/QUOTE]
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