This topic seems to come up over and over every few months about "what's the best gun safe that I can buy" and most of the replies focus on safes ranging from $500.00 to $1000.00.
I realize that most everyone either can't or don't want to spend $3000.00 to $5000.00 or even more for a good safe. But the truth is all these safes that you can buy at Tractor Supply and places like that are not much in the way of a good, quality safe.
Give a thief a hammer, a chisel and a sawz-all and he can be inside most of them in 5-10 minutes (or less) because the metal used for the walls in them is so thin.
If you have guns or other valuables that you want to keep safe from thieves I'd be more inclined to spend the money to buy the best safe that I could for the money. With that in mind, that knocks out most of the Chinese built safes that you find in the lower tier pricing.
My BIL was wanting just a cheap safe to put his guns in and was leaning heavily in that direction. He came by and looked at my new Fort Knox safe and he left here and went and ordered a Fort Knox for himself.
Darryl Rowe at Southland Safes in Haleyville, Alabama is a dealer for them and is a great guy to do business with. He carries several brands of good, quality safes.
I am not saying that if you don't buy a Fort Knox then you didn't get a good safe. Fact is, there are several companies that make some very good safes.
What I am saying is if you want real peace of mind from theft, you need to step up as much as you can and buy the best safe that you can afford. That usally will take you away from the Chinese, box store type safes.
You are gonna have to pay a little more money to buy a safe with thicker walled metal.
