SENTRY 14 gun safe from lowes

[P95loser]

I am a relatively young (and relatively poor ) gun owner. I am also an employee of lowe's. They sell a sentry 14 gun safe that sells for $397. but i can acquire it for $267. My question is... is this a good deal for a 14 gun safe, or can i find a better one?

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=125842-26605-E5251&lpage=none

 

[hksw]

IMO, that is a very good price. The Sentry safes are pretty good for the price interms of having some type of security. They are considerably better than those school locker-type cabinets. If that is all you can afford right now, I think it's a very good deal. Keep in mind though, '14' means if the rifles have had their bolts and scopes removed, and are sandwiched in like sardines. (I have one of those 22 gun ones.) Also, as you probably know, they are relatively light at 250-300#. Okay for moving around but if you can move it around easily, so can a thief. (i.e., bolt it down if you can.) Which particular Sentry 14 is this (product number)?

IIRC, Stack On has started making lower end safes also (beyond their flimsy gun cabinets they are known for) similar to the Sentry safes. Don't know the quality of those though.

As compared to my Browning safes, the Sentry is a bit lower in durability against attacks, IMO, but I think it'll do OK. I plan on directly bolting it to the other safes (from the inside, of course).

 

[P95loser]

the model number is e5251 but instead of green color, it is a grey color... probably a special buy for lowes. They seem to always just carry a few around thanksgiving but alway sell out the day after thanksgiving.

 

[WHITEY338]

Inexpensive safes

The only problem I have encountered with these kind of safes other than light weight is the lack of fire proofing. But I just bought one from Wally World for 329 and will be drilling it into the floor in my garage this weekend. As far as fire proofing goes, you could always build a little "room" for it with multiple layers of sheet rock. That is what a lot of manufacturer's use for fire proofing.

 

[eastwood44mag]

I am a relatively young (and relatively poor ) gun owner. I am also an employee of lowe's. They sell a sentry 14 gun safe that sells for $397. but i can acquire it for $267. My question is... is this a good deal for a 14 gun safe, or can i find a better one?

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=125842-26605-E5251&lpage=none

I'd buy it. Course, I paid more than that for a smaller one.

 

[a1abdj]

China buys steel. Steel isn't free.

China builds a safe factory. Factories aren't free.

China hires Chinese to build safes in factory. Chinese labor might be cheap, but it's not free.

China puts safes on ships and sends to US. Shipping isn't free.

Sentry puts safes on trucks and distributes throughout US. Distribution isn't free.

Stores add safes to inventory. They pay for them, Sentry doesn't give them away.

Stores have to make a profit so that they can pay you to work there. You don't work for free.

Can you get any cheaper than $267 for all of that? Are you kidding me?

 

[KaceCoyote]

China buys steel. Steel isn't free.

China builds a safe factory. Factories aren't free.

China hires Chinese to build safes in factory. Chinese labor might be cheap, but it's not free.

China puts safes on ships and sends to US. Shipping isn't free.

Sentry puts safes on trucks and distributes throughout US. Distribution isn't free.

Stores add safes to inventory. They pay for them, Sentry doesn't give them away.

Stores have to make a profit so that they can pay you to work there. You don't work for free.

Can you get any cheaper than $267 for all of that? Are you kidding me?

Cost is listed at 160 for the home depot. We have the same model for about the same price.

 

[a1abdj]

Cost is listed at 160 for the home depot. We have the same model for about the same price.

Although that price sounds low to me, it is possible. I'm sure you could get them for that price too if you bought $1 million at a time like Lowes does.

I guess all of us locksmiths, safe manufacturers, and distributors should just give up now and start paying people to take our safes.

In all seriousness though, most of us don't mind the cheap safe market. Quite a few of us make a decent living off of the lockouts experienced in lower priced units (I charge $300 to open those $160 Lowes safes), as well as the safes we sell after a burglary when the owners finally realize what they had wasn't made for the task at hand.

These low priced safes are designed to serve a purpose...unfortunately, many people use them when they shouldn't.