Rule of thumb is to get a bigger safe than you *think* you actually need. You WILL fill it up.
I used to have 10+ guns hidden all over the house. After seeing how quick a house can be cleaned
out and that
most crooks know where to look, I cannot believe how ignorant and irresponsible
I had been before I bought my safe.
Unless you have hidden spaces in the walls or in furniture, you are silly to hide stuff around the house. If you ever are ( pray to God that it never happens to any of us ) broke in to chances are you will lose most of them.
My friends father is over 60 years old and has ALWAYS used the "Hide Around the House" method. He has had more firearms stolen over the years than his son and I own put together. Another friend of mine that had fireams and no real safe ( he had them in a glass front gun cabinet with the key on top )
lost all of his along with a spatula and a tube of toothpaste
when someone broke into his home after he left for work.
Get a safe, a BIGGER safe than you believe you need. You will be thankful later...
LB
LB