[Edward Tinker]

Ok, here is my experience.

I have two gun safes, both reasonably heavy and very lightly fire proof.

While living in Castle Rock, we had a house fire, bad enough that it burnt the kitchen and the entire house had to be gutted! that meant many, many items had to be tossed out, to include many books from the smoke, rather than fire.

Even locked and closed, and in the basement where the smoke is less likely to go, my gun socks were smokey and smelly.

A fire proof safe is good but is meant to protect until the fire is quickly put out by the fireman.

So, unless you have a separate room that is fire resistant and then more safes, your stuff is at risk.

A friend of mine has a fire suppression system (water) above his safe, sounds crazy but he felt that the water was easier to clean and re-oil his guns than a fire burning away next to his safe....


Ed