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Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 4:28 pm
by HenryFan
I find that the stated capacity of gun safes is, at best, optimistic. It is my experience that the manufacturers' capacity recommendation is probably twice what can be a reasonable capacity when the rifles are scoped or bolt guns. Maybe two-thirds but probably closer to one-half.
Maybe I bought the wrong brand of safes.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 10:03 am
by Hatchdog
Nope there’re all like that. The manufacturer just counts the slots available for total capacity. Works great if every firearm is an iron sighted compact rimfire.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 10:11 am
by markiver54
Kinda like the rating on tent capacity. Works (maybe}, if campers were laying on their sides and together like Sardines.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 12:56 pm
by HenryFan
Hatchdog wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 10:03 am
The manufacturer just counts the slots available for total capacity. Works great if every firearm is an iron sighted compact rimfire.
True. I think that's it. Seems to me to be somewhat deceptive but then, I don't know of how I would do it differently to be less deceptive.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 3:12 pm
by Mags
Hatchdog wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 10:03 am
Nope there’re all like that. The manufacturer just counts the slots available for total capacity. Works great if every firearm is an iron sighted compact rimfire.
I alternate between ironsighted and scoped in the slots. Scoped side by side is not a good fit.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 4:41 pm
by Vaquero
Well, I have a 36 gun safe that has 38 long guns, carefully arranged.
With two shelves on one side that has a number of handguns.
RP
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 4:46 pm
by 220
Agree if you want them nicely stored and be able to remove one without having to pull everything out then about half the manufacturers claim.
If you are happy to stack them in like tetris blocks you can meet or exceed the claimed number.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 7:20 pm
by HenryFan
I dislike being forced to remove long guns from the front to access a long gun in the rear. It's bothersome and also increases the chance of "safe dings".
Got to have a safe these days with society sliding down a slippery slope to chaos. I long for the days when I was just a young chap and the guns were stored in a wood cabinet with a glass front. Six decades ago, probably more.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:07 am
by Coach
HenryFan wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 7:20 pm
I dislike being forced to remove long guns from the front to access a long gun in the rear. It's bothersome and also increases the chance of "safe dings".
Got to have a safe these days with society sliding down a slippery slope to chaos. I long for the days when I was just a young chap and the guns were stored in a wood cabinet with a glass front. Six decades ago, probably more.
That’s what we had growing up. It was kept in my bedroom a couple feet from my bed.
Re: Gun Safe Capacity
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 9:00 am
by Hatchdog
HenryFan wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 7:20 pm
I dislike being forced to remove long guns from the front to access a long gun in the rear. It's bothersome and also increases the chance of "safe dings".
Got to have a safe these days with society sliding down a slippery slope to chaos. I long for the days when I was just a young chap and the guns were stored in a wood cabinet with a glass front. Six decades ago, probably more.
Yes and who didn’t make a wall hanging gun rack in woodshop?