by Jack Burton | May 25, 2010 | Gun Safes
A while back, I wrote an article on Homak products, mainly addressing their line of security cabinets and pistol boxes. In this post, I discussed an issue that’s a bit of a personal pet peeve; when metal gun cabinets are mistakenly referred to as gun safes. It...
by Jack Burton | May 23, 2010 | Best Gun Safe
Highest Capacity I’m nothing but a broke gun nut with a blog, so I don’t exactly have safe manufacturers banging down my door, begging me to test their products. I’m forced to get my information the old fashioned way…reading a crap ton of...
by Jack Burton | May 18, 2010 | Safe Tips and Articles
If the proverbial poop hits the fan, and you only have ten minutes to get your family out of the house and on the move, will you be prepared to evacuate? Just to clarify, I’m not talking about turning your house into a self-contained fortress to live in until...
by Jack Burton | Apr 13, 2010 | Gun Safes
The majority of gun safes that you see in sporting goods stores, online shops, even on this site, aren’t really ‘safes’ in the truest sense – at least not in the eyes of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the world’s foremost testing agency...
by Jack Burton | Apr 9, 2010 | Best Gun Safe
What is a gun safe? You’re right if you said it’s a lockable security container where you keep your guns. However, you’re also right if you said that it’s the product of masterful steel craftsmanship, coupled with painstakingly detailed engineering designed to protect...
by Jack Burton | Feb 20, 2010 | Safe Tips and Articles
This Sunday, when you pick up the paper to look for the latest deals, open up to your local sporting goods store catalog, and browse their gun safe selection. Among the features listed, including steel thickness, gun capacity, and lock types, you’ll likely see...
by Jack Burton | Feb 10, 2010 | Gun Cabinets
In several previous posts I’ve illustrated some of the primary differences between a gun cabinet and a gun safe. That said, I’ll be brief, and do you the courtesy of not hitting you with a flurry of redundancy. Gun safes, the quality ones anyway, are...
by Jack Burton | Feb 5, 2010 | Lockers
If you’ve been to a health club, high school, or an amusement park in the last 60 years, chances are you’ve used a locker at one point or another to temporarily stow your belongings. Your high school likely didn’t supply students with 2000 lbs Fort...
by Jack Burton | Jan 21, 2010 | Gun Safes
Honeywell is a monstrous, century old company, touting their presence in every industry from humidifiers to personal generators to commercial shredders. And while I’m happy for them and their $35 billion annual international revenue, I’m a bit more...
by Jack Burton | Jan 19, 2010 | Handgun Safes
A lot of the gun safes discussed on this site are those massive, heavy, unmistakable steel leviathans crafted to keep your most precious valuables safe from crooks, fires, floods, lava, martians, and Rosie O’Donnell and her demons from Hell. Massive...
by Jack Burton | Jan 14, 2010 | Floor and Wall Safes
A few posts back, I went into a bit of detail discussing the benefits of a wall safe, and one of the primary perks is easy concealment. Now, if you read the article, you may also remember that I recommended not storing anything terribly valuable in them because, in...
by Jack Burton | Jan 5, 2010 | Safe Tips and Articles
This post is a collection of general installation tips to consider when setting up your gun safe. Always consult your manual before you get started – I’m not speaking lightly here – improper installation could not only mean a wasted investment, but...
by Jack Burton | Dec 31, 2009 | Gun Safes
Remember in my post on gun cabinets when I said that I hated thieves because they force me to shove my guns into steel boxes instead of handsomely crafted wooden gun cabinets? Of course you don’t remember that because you probably never read it. Regardless, I...
by Jack Burton | Dec 30, 2009 | Safe Locks
There’s a lot more to a safe lock than just the way it looks. Though image is a bonus, your primary concern when choosing a lock for your safe should be security, and more importantly, how it meets your individual needs. When shopping for a new house for your...
by Jack Burton | Dec 20, 2009 | Floor and Wall Safes
If you read my previous post on wall safes, you already know how I feel about them. I think that they serve fantastically as a way to get to your firearms as quickly as possible, specifically rifles, shotguns, and SMGs. The problem with bedside style pistol safes is...
