Safe Hinges

[Chromaflage]

I've started shopping safes and have done quite a bit of research. I have yet to find anyone who can answer this question. Why are gun safes all hinged on the right side. Has anyone found any that are hinged on the left? You'd think that they would be available either way.

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[jbett98]

Most folks are right handed.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

worse case you could turn it upside down

 

[Chromaflage]

In understand that, but it limits where you can put the safe....so it's more of a location issue.

 

[Joe13]

Cuts costs....

 

[Xaevian]

If the right were to be unhinged, your guns would not be safe.

Or maybe it hinges on the right to bear arms.

Mad musing from a quiet evening...

 

[SparksFly]

If you have a massive amount of spare cash on hand...
Tactical Gun Safes - U.S. Made - Brown Safe Mfg.

 

[Chromaflage]

If you have a massive amount of spare cash on hand...
Tactical Gun Safes - U.S. Made - Brown Safe Mfg.

Cool, but ouch!

 

[Joe13]

If you have a massive amount of spare cash on hand...
Tactical Gun Safes - U.S. Made - Brown Safe Mfg.

I'm an analog safe guy - no digital key pads for me. Could be the rebel in me but I just don't trust them.

This is more my style:
Mosler Safe Company - Wikipedia

Mine is 8" of steel on all sides, bolts left, right, top, bottom, and inbetween doors. 4000# empty.

They just don't make em like they used too. (With a 5 number combo, it's not a quick access safe though ).

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

yeah, my buddies grandpa, a retired jeweler had one of those safes hidden in his shop. only one person knew the code other than his grandpa. once he died they had me and my friend move that safe out from behind and under a hundred years of junk. it took every bit of might we had to move that thing 25 feet.

i saw what was in it once they opened it.



NO WONDER the ol man kept it under piles of crap... as if the 5-8" thick walls wouldnt keep anyone out.


there was hundreds of thousands of dollars,jewelry, coins, gemstones, jewels, diamonds, gold, silver in there.

i never would have thunk it.

they gave me a pocket watch for helping. i believe it has atleast couple ounces of silver on it.

 

[jordanka16]

If you have a massive amount of spare cash on hand...
Tactical Gun Safes - U.S. Made - Brown Safe Mfg.

That vault door is like a work of art.

 

[IronMonster]

If you want real answers I would call Northwest Safe. They can tell you (and I suspect get a safe with the hinge on the left)

 

[SparksFly]

I'm an analog safe guy - no digital key pads for me. Could be the rebel in me but I just don't trust them.

This is more my style:
Mosler Safe Company - Wikipedia

Mine is 8" of steel on all sides, bolts left, right, top, bottom, and inbetween doors. 4000# empty.

They just don't make em like they used too. (With a 5 number combo, it's not a quick access safe though ).

I am with you there. I don't trust a safe that isn't good ol' fashioned mechanical. Less things to go wrong.

 

[Stinkerbelle]

Rogue safes basically makes a custom safe. From their website:

"Each safe is built one at a time, and Knute is hands-on to insure the quality of each custom-designed safe (you can customize the size, interior layout, color, hinge-side, number of doors or locking compartments, etc). "

Rogue Safe Company – When Security (not Just Storage) is Your Goal

 

[jbett98]

What's your budget for a left hinged safe?

 

[Howard1955]

If the right were to be unhinged, your guns would not be safe.

Or maybe it hinges on the right to bear arms.

Mad musing from a quiet evening...

...and, generally speaking, the left is unhinged.

 

[kmk1012]

Not to hijack but, why do they always have to have short hair??? Refering to the implications from the prior post.

 

[Joe13]

Takes less time to style it?

 

[nammac]

...and, generally speaking, the left is unhinged.

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Great, that made me throw up in my mouth...

 

[ArgentineSteel]

I am with you there. I don't trust a safe that isn't good ol' fashioned mechanical. Less things to go wrong.

What does an EMP do to those digital battery operated keypads?