Sorry this is so long! But try and bear with me....
I'm faced with a decision of how to secure my firearms. I can likely afford one good safe
that will in no way protect all my guns or I can convert a very large walkin and camp out closet off a room that shouldn't have a closet in to an invisible room.
Can I guarantee that the room couldn't be found? Nope, but it's really in a place that it shouldn't be and I have seen some great ideas how to disguise things. Also it could truely be renovated to fit my storage needs. But while crooks are usually super stupid they always manage to steal your stuff.
I could afford one killer safe that wouldn't begin to hold all my treasures but it would hold the best of them. I mean we're talking a true safe that would make Butch reach for more dymamite.
I'm not sure going halfway or both ways make sense. If I do the invisible room all my valuables will fit into it and I wouldn't need a safe. I guess a cheap safe could serve as a diversion but then you have to figure out what you're going to sacrifice.
My man cave is FILLED with gun tinkering tools and reloading equipment so the univited guest would absolutely know there were guns somehwhere.
I understand that most burglaries are committed by people who know the owners somehow. In light of this, I have tried to keep the extent of my little armory as quiet as possible, even from our grown children.
I thought about doing the hidden room near term and then skip a few gun auctions and then down the road sell my soul to Graffunder or the like and put the safe inside the hidden room. Best of both worlds! However, that would be quite a while consdering what I'm going to do to make make sure the room is truely invisible and fairly secure. Also a big ole battleship inside the room would screw up the organization quite a bit.
I'm also worried that the floor may not support a behemoth. Such a battleship would surely have to go on a concrete floor which would mean the basement, which is a walk out...
I know there is no absolute security and perhaps I'm overthinking this...what did you all do?