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Old February 10, 2011, 01:17 PM   #20
a1abdj
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I recommend a UL certified safe. They will withstand attempted break ins as well as fire.
Just worth pointing out:

Many gun safes have a UL RSC rating. This is not a burglary rating, it is a tamper rating. RSC is short for Residential Security Container. Even UL does not call them safes.

There are gun safes on the market with UL burglary ratings. My opinion is that the RSC label means very little if nothing at all. I wouldn't give this rating, or lack thereof, much weight when it comes to safe shopping.

There is also no gun safe on the market, that I am aware of, that has a UL fire rating. Some safes use UL listed materials, and others have stickers that look just like the UL RSC label to make it look as if it's one in the same.

In short, most gun safes are not the wonder boxes that many of the manufacturers make them out to be. They do offer limited burglary protection, and limited fire protection, but not to the extent the manufacturers lead you to believe (in most cases).
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