$688 Liberty Gun Safe from Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club is offering one of the best deals in gun safes right now — a 60″ H x 30″ W x 22″ L Liberty Centurian safe for $688.00. That is the store pick-up price. The safe weighs 520 lbs. and has 23 cubic feet of exterior volume. Walls are 12 gauge steel and the safe is fire-rated for 30 minutes at 1200° F. The lock is a Sargent & Greenleaf electronic, one of the best units in its price range. This very same safe is sold by Liberty Dealers for $999-$1099.00. If you’re able to get this safe home on your own, this is an excellent value from a respected safe-builder. I’ve got a friend who purchased one of these safes and I helped him install it and set up this interior. I can assure you that you’ll have trouble finding more safe for the money. I consider it better than a $1000.00 Canon I used to own.
Note, you’ll have to call your local Sam’s Club for availability and exact price. If it’s not available at the closest outlet, try other nearby Sam’s Club stores (you can search for availability on the Sam’s Club website). Typically a Sam’s Club outlet will get a half-dozen of these and they’ll sell out in a few days. Also, we want to caution people that this safe, while far more secure than a typical “security cabinet” with a locking key, is a far cry from a serious 1500-lb commercial-grade safe. On the other hand this safe is just about the biggest size that can be easily handled by a couple non-professional guys working with a furniture dolly. The unit is delivered on a wood pallet — we recommend leaving the pallet on until you get the unit inside and positioned. Then remove the wood and bolt down the safe through the four holes are pre-drilled in the bottom (these are hidden by the carpet).
Here’s a review from a buyer who purchased this Liberty Safe at Sam’s Club: “We really shopped the competition prior to purchasing this safe. For the fire rating and the storage space, this was consistently $200-$600 less than many of the other membership retailers in addition to ALL sporting good stores (even the Mega stores.) The safe is packaged well and the instructions are pretty thorough also. The mechanics are as good as any gun-store-bought safe, better in most cases. The S&G lock is easy to program and use. Just be sure the lock handle is twisted all the way counterclockwise [after you close the door]. The modular interior is great. We store some paperwork, ammunition and of course firearms in the safe and there’s more than enough room. Sam’s Club is untouchable on the price of this safe. Do the homework yourself — it’s the best value for the money anywhere.”
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Looks like a good deal until you see this. This is an even more expensive Liberty!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhOjWHbD6M
Shake the door when it opens. If it flexes under its own weight what do you think it will do with a pry bar.
Before you buy a Safe you should watch these videos from El Cajon gun. The first safe is a Liberty and the Second Safe is a Cannon.
http://www.elcajongun.com/videos/A_Look_At_Some_Common_Designs.wmv
Only a Rich Man can afford to buy a Cheaper Safe, because he can afford to replace what’s inside.
EDITOR: We can’t confirm/deny that first safe illustrated (Brand “X”) is a Liberty. But it doesn’t look like a current-model Liberty to me (wrong height, wrong finish, wrong lever). The Sam’s Club Liberty Safe door won’t flex as Illustrated (I tried.) On the Sam’s club safe the bolts also won’t snap back with a snap of the hand (again, I tried). The Sam’s Club safe is shorter than the safe illustrated and also has a different interior and a Palusol heat strip on the door (not visible in video).
That said, virtually any safe under about 1600 lbs can be pretty easily defeated by professional thieves. Note that in the second video the attacked safe had to be tilted over. This is why you want to bolt down your safe and place in a location without access to the sides.
We’ve interviewed law enforcement experts, and to a man, they all said successful door attacks, even on “cheap safes” were rare. Typically, the pro uses power saws or cutting tools to go into the top or sides. This is much faster than trying to pry a door open or cut off the hinges (which usually doesn’t work anyway). A cutting tool can go through the top of even a $2500 Ft. Knox pretty easily.
It comes down to this–having a safe is better than no safe. It also puts you in compliance with local laws in some jurisdictions. Yes there are much better safes than the $688 Liberty or the $600 Winchester sometimes found at Costco. But they are far costlier and will probably require a moving crew to install. That introduces another risk factor… in that you are letting everyone on that crew know that you have a safe, and guns, and they know exactly where it is placed, and how.
The Safe Featured as “Brand X” is a Remington Safe which Liberty makes. This is why it doesn’t have the same lever, or paint. The Plastic Grommets around the locking bolts is one of the give away’s along with the door shape. The door won’t flex as easily with out the inside door panel removed. Some of the Remington branded safes do not have the Palusol strip so that they can be sold cheaper in big box stores where they are normally sold.
Place your foot at the bottom of the door to support it and pull back on the top.
http://www.remington.com/products/licensed_products/safes/parker_series.asp
It is the upgraded and improved series over the Centurion Model.
The two gentlemen in the “safe cracking” video had never done this before they filmed the video. Rumor is they can do it now in under 30 seconds! I worked for retail store that sold safes and two of the safes we had sold we broken into by prying the door in a similar way.
I normally don’t post or comment on things but I feel that one of these safes is never a deal at any price. Liberty makes a good safe called the Lincoln. it is significantly better. I would also take a look at the Browning Medallion, or Sterling or some of the similar priced Fort Knox. Whatever you do buy your safe from a specialty safe retailer some one who know safes. It only take 2 guys to install a 1500lb safe if you have the right tools.
Is there one of these safes in your Corpus Christi store for a look???