Originally posted by h2oys: Looks like the safe did its job.
The guns look decent but I still think they are a total loss. The Ruger pistol might be ok but who knows what kind of expansion and contraction happened in the barrels and chambers. The bolt gun wouldn't open. The barrel on the shotgun was bent.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
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We saw this video a few years ago. Lots of good comments back then, too. It was either here or over on the Smith forum. Fun, but the best answer is to not have a fire. I don't have an answer to the water problem unless its to use CO2 in that room. Not sure how you'd do that, but a big industrial size cylinder might solve it.
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I am sure one of our resident safe experts will chime in, however there are different fire ratings for different safes. The more you spend on a good safe the better the rating could or should be.
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I know the Sturdy Gun Safe is constructed with ceramic wool on fire resistant models. These two safes seem to have fared better than the one at the beginning of this thread.
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Seeing a safe after a fire can be very deceptive. Better safes will do better in fires. Cast fire filled safes are the benchmark in ability, but very few gun safe manufacturers have the processes to use this method. Most gun safes use gypsum board. I wouldn't recommend anything that uses anything else beyond these two materials.
Originally posted by corsair: Interesting....it definitely got roasting hot inside but, the ammunition didn't cook-off.
First thing I noticed.
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Originally posted by a1abdj: Seeing a safe after a fire can be very deceptive. Better safes will do better in fires. Cast fire filled safes are the benchmark in ability, but very few gun safe manufacturers have the processes to use this method. Most gun safes use gypsum board. I wouldn't recommend anything that uses anything else beyond these two materials.
“Cast fire filled” with what material? Thanks.
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