I looked at the Stack-On Gun
Cabinets when I was shopping for safes. They did not make a positive impression on me. The steel they use is relatively thin compared to some other low-end gun safes - comparable to the steel used in their Stack-On roll-around tool boxes.
There is also the weight issue. The upper-end of high-capacity gun safes are
very heavy -
500lbs plus. Heavy enough that two average-strength men couldn't carry it out of your home - which is a
good thing! The Stack-On weighs in at just a few ounces
under 150lbs, and there is no fire protection rating (which is a "nice to have", but not a "must have" condition, and no FPR is the standard at the low end) but the price is certainly affordable.
Homeless people could afford this
cabinet after just a day or two of panhandling, and it would be light enough to push around in their stolen shopping cart.
Did you notice that I emphasized the word "cabinet"
twice in the previous paragraph? The manufacturer
describes this product as a
"cabinet", not a
safe. It's designed purpose is to keep children and the highly-unmotivated from gaining access to your guns. Also, the height of the Stack-On safe?
4'7" is relatively short. The quality gun safes at WallyWorld, seem to begin at just over $1000, and here's an example of what you get for that kind of money:
Shipping Weight: 900lbs (the weight of the safe itself is probably over
825lbs)
It's
3' wide x
5'11" high, and
claims to hold 14 rifles.
I know most people -
like me - have to work within a budget - which often stands between us and what we want vs what we can afford. You didn't mention if you had children in the home, but I get the impression that you do. In that case (and ignoring the height limitation), if your primary purpose is to "kid proof" your G&A, the Stack-On would meet that goal. If your purpose is to secure your weapons from any reasonably foreseeable threat, you might want to consider either a "budgetary increase" (Congress does it all the time, why can't we?
*) or postponing your purchase until the money is available. (OTOH,
any protection is better than
no protection) Pax...
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*We can't because Congress is spending OUR MONEY - faster than we can earn it! | |