@JonnyDripDrop
You likely wouldn't want to keep what comes out of a 'fire resistant' gun safe (see photos at the provided link, below) after a fire ... thanks to the impact of heat as well as the impact of the water used to put out the fire. ALSO, a thief can readily and quietly use an electric or battery-operated 4.5" cut-off wheel inside your home to get into a gun safe without alerting the neighbors ... every bit as quickly and quietly as s/he can get into a weapons locker. Thus, home firearm storage in a gun safe is ultimately capable only of keeping the honest ... honest ... which is what military and law enforcement departments use weapons lockers (not gun safes) to do.
Thus, I'm inclined to ask:
Why not get or craft a weapons locker to taste ... instead of getting a heavy (but no more secure) gun safe ... and use the savings to get yourself some insurance coverage and/or a home security system to handle the fire/theft scenarios and layer your security and risk management?
Here's a useful article with both photos and facts that may influence your thinking when it comes to gun safes:
Think your gun safe will protect you from fire? Unfortunately gun safe fire ratings mean very little. Find out how much fire protection you really get.
gunsafereviewsguy.com
Here's a video with some insight on how fire ratings are achieved and why your guns are likely toast in the case of a house fire:
Here's a short video on breaching a gun safe with a cut-off wheel. (Note that only access to a side is needed -- meaning door strength is irrelevant.)
Here's a video of breaching a safe that was IN a fire. Note what they open it with, and how. Also, check the video at 14:37 and then again at 16:40, as the verbal remarks are worthwhile:
And, finally, here's a photo of an arms locker that COMFORTABLY (without needing to move a single firearm or magazine to get to another one) holds 12 long guns, 12 pistols, 48 magazines, and a plethora of muzzle loading and suppressor-related items. It could hold more pistols if I reduced mag capacity on the upper walls and eliminated the loose space around the pistol rack. It could hold more long guns, too, if I used the left and right sides or different magnetic holders.) Everything on the walls is magnetic, so I can reposition/re-tune things to taste. This is just one of my arms lockers...
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Constituent parts for what's seen are:
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TOTAL: $638.43+tax
NOTES:
- This is something you can expand and specialize for given uses. (I have one ammo locker, one rifle locker with rifle mags and ammo, then the combined pistol/rifle locker shown in the photo).
- This can be rolled around by yourself if you need to move it to a new room (e.g., renovation/repainting)
- This is something you can disassemble and reassemble by yourself if you need to. (e.g., moving to a new home)
- This is something you can readily place on a second or third floor since you can assemble it in place.
- This is something you can start small with and buy magnetic internals as you go (i.e. as your wallet allows) to improve storage/organization. Also, you can spend less than I did if your needs are different. (That pistol rack was overly spendy, IMHO. I'm sure there are cheaper options.)
- This is something you can reconfigure as your needs change and as new magnetic options become available. (I used what was available at the time several years ago. There are now more options I'm eyeing!)
- This is something you can later repurpose as garage storage should you need to.
- The cabinet comes with 2 keys. If you buy multiple units they will likely be keyed differently, but you can contact the manufacturer to obtain matching keys/locks. (I know because did this.)
I'm building a dedicated, hardened room ... and this is my temporary solution -- much of which can readily be transitioned into that room when I'm ready. My basis was simple: the military and police use arms lockers (not gun safes) in hardened rooms ... with monitoring (electronic, human or both) ... because good security is like an onion: layered. What's good enough for them should be more than adequate for me, so I do the same.
Surreal
P.S. The wood handle on the right hand side of the locker is attached to a double-bladed battle axe made of high carbon steel -- sharp enough to shave with. It was the weirdest yet coolest wedding gift I received, which is why I still have it despite kicking the ex-wife to the curb years ago. I'll likely never use it, but I'm set if I run out of ammo on zombies, I suppose.