I'm not familiar with that brand of safe. Safes are like a lot of things, you have to buy what works best for you. I myself would choose a safe that is strong enough that it takes time for a thief to break into, hopefully discouraging theft. I don't necessarily want everything in the safe to survive a 12 hour fire and those are much bigger and more expensive. Safes are like tents, they never comfortably hold as many guns as they claim they will. I would buy a safe with about double the capacity you think you might need, strong enough that it can't be easily broken into, and heavy enough that it takes more than two guys to carry out of the house.
As for just a key, I would have a digital keypad, you can hide the key somewhere else, but if the batteries die you can still get into it by popping off the keypad.
Finally got the optics adapter plate for my Stacatto P after the USPS decided to deliver it, they have been glacial lately. I went between the Holosun 507 Comp and the Trijicon SRO but decided on the 507. Presenting the gun it just feels so spot on, but I can't fire it until tomorrow after work. Pictured with my Banish 45, I have another one coming tomorrow so I don't have to keep swapping cans between guns.
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Better off with a shotgun - at least you aren't neutered to death.Californian here, I'm sure it's been discussed but not going to dig through 500+ pages:
Any recommendations for a good SHTF rifle? I figure just about any Cali legal AR-15 chambered for 5.56 with a pic rail aught to do it.
Snag a pistol grip mod to get rid of that absurd Cali legal handle as well as some standard magazines and I should be good to go (no modding unless I leave the state or SHTF in which case having non-compliant mods installed would be the least of my concerns).
Better off with a shotgun - at least you aren't neutered to death.
Most shotguns designed for a 12ga load will hold 8rd or so, you can get some of the dual chamber ones like the Keltec that double that. In most SHTF scenario, just having a firearm and racking it will be enough. People talk a lot but the ones actually able to see things through and have a modicum of training with their firearms would be well ahead of everyone else.-Issue with shotguns is capacity and range tho, no? Do you have a recommendation for a good all around shotgun?
AR-15 is basically all interchangable parts usually chambered for extremely common ammunition (5.56) and in a SHTF scenario we can safely rule out meaningful law enforcement so I can always keep parts handy for modification (or if I go across state lines somewhere that doesn't have draconian laws on the books).
If we're talking about SHTF fantasies, then there is no effective state. And a shotgun is not easier to shoot than an AR. They are is one of the easiest guns to shoot. And although I don't practice all the time, I'm never forgetting how to use it. In reality, you don't need a hit bullseyes. You just need to hit torso. And I'm guessing that I can shoot you from a farther distance than you can with your shotgun. And because of its collapsible stock, they are make a good firearm for inside use as well.Most shotguns designed for a 12ga load will hold 8rd or so, you can get some of the dual chamber ones like the Keltec that double that. In most SHTF scenario, just having a firearm and racking it will be enough. People talk a lot but the ones actually able to see things through and have a modicum of training with their firearms would be well ahead of everyone else.
As far as range, most engagements are probably within 25 yards. A 12 gauge loaded with buckshot would do perfectly fine. People don't need ARs designed to go to 400yd unless you're doing actual warfighting.
My point is that a fully legal shotgun is going to do way better than a 10 rd bullet button fixed mag no pistol grip AR, and unless you're willing to risk jail by having the ability to modify your rifle to make it non Cali compliant, you're probably better off with the shotgun.
Plus its easier to shoot. Most people talking about "SHTF" will take a gun out once a year to plink at a target. You're more of a liability to yourself having an AR and not regularly shooting it.
@GodisanAtheist I don't see what is so funny about the post. It is true after all, at least to my understanding. And home defense is no laughing matter.
That's about right. Unless you have drugs and/or drug money in the house, the odds you will get a squad of armored and heavily armed invaders is near to nonexistent. Good luck if it happens, you will need all of the lucks.-I was simply reading between the lines on your "planned home invasion" statement which sounds a lot like getting no knocked by the cops or ICE or like agency.
I was referring more to semi-organized crime targeting break-ins, as the later would be even more dangerous.-I was simply reading between the lines on your "planned home invasion" statement which sounds a lot like getting no knocked by the cops or ICE or like agency.