Hello all,
First post, but I've lurked and read so many posts on here it's a surprise I didn't have a membership sooner. Anyway, from all the time spent on here I've picked up quite a few guns and a couple knives as well and now I just need a storage place.
Last week I bought an old Diebold safe made in 1977. It weighs 1400 pounds and has 1/4 plate on the sides and an S&G lock. However, there's no fire material and the door only has bolts on one side. The right side has a piece of angle that fits into the door when closed.
It's a model 5157 if that helps, but I cannot find any info on it. And it's got a govt contract number as this came from a government auction.
Would this be a decent storage for guns? The collection is only worth about 10k and I am insured, but I'd still hate for my guns to get into the wrong hands. Currently, everything except a shotgun is in my dad's safe, but I'd like to store my guns at my house.
I intend on sheetrocking the interior and sealing the gaps with fireblock and the safe will be protected on two sides by concrete. Obviously I'd bolt it down, but I'm concerned that being as old as it is that newer technology would create a much safer storage container.
Any help or insight before I move this to my place would be greatly appreciated as it does weigh 1,400 pounds and is a beast to move.
First post, but I've lurked and read so many posts on here it's a surprise I didn't have a membership sooner. Anyway, from all the time spent on here I've picked up quite a few guns and a couple knives as well and now I just need a storage place.
Last week I bought an old Diebold safe made in 1977. It weighs 1400 pounds and has 1/4 plate on the sides and an S&G lock. However, there's no fire material and the door only has bolts on one side. The right side has a piece of angle that fits into the door when closed.
It's a model 5157 if that helps, but I cannot find any info on it. And it's got a govt contract number as this came from a government auction.
Would this be a decent storage for guns? The collection is only worth about 10k and I am insured, but I'd still hate for my guns to get into the wrong hands. Currently, everything except a shotgun is in my dad's safe, but I'd like to store my guns at my house.
I intend on sheetrocking the interior and sealing the gaps with fireblock and the safe will be protected on two sides by concrete. Obviously I'd bolt it down, but I'm concerned that being as old as it is that newer technology would create a much safer storage container.
Any help or insight before I move this to my place would be greatly appreciated as it does weigh 1,400 pounds and is a beast to move.