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Cannon Safe survives shotgun blast during attempted break in.
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August 4th, 2010 at 9:20 am
And yet a locksmith was able to come in and drill the safe open. Which means a person with the proper tools ( i.e. NOT a 12 guage ) can get in with no problem. But, better than no protection at all because 99.999% of the crooks out there are stupid.
August 4th, 2010 at 10:34 am
With the proper ordinance and determination you can open anything.
They don’t say how long it took the smith to drill the safe, though I imagine it wasn’t a quick operation.
August 4th, 2010 at 10:49 am
There is no problem that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosives.
The locksmith probably also had instructions and/or training from the manufacturer on how to drill the safe properly – some safes (though maybe not gun safes) incorporate mechanisms that completely lock it down if it’s drilled anywhere but the correct spot and the right way.
That being said, with enough time, patience, and the right tools, any safe can be broken into eventually. Criminals usually don’t have any of those requirements.
August 4th, 2010 at 10:59 am
A large safe like this doesn’t surprise me that it survived a box of shotgun shells. Those look like splatter marks, so I’d guess they used slugs. Even with 000, I think it would have stood up to it just as well. The part that I thought was hillarious was this:
The thief attempted to break into the Cannon safe with a 12-gauge shotgun at point blank range using nearly a box of 12-gauge shotgun shells and various other implements, including a paring knife that stuck in the safe.
A paring knife? They really tried that? HAHA!
Props to Cannon for their full replacement at no charge. That’s awesome right there.
August 4th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
The knife was a nice touch 🙂
August 4th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
There are films on youtube of people popping gun safes open with prybars and crowbars. You’ll work a sweat up, but it is doable if you want to spend the time and effort.
Axes and sledge hammers work on gun safes too, but they are noisier. If you lock up your tools so the burglars can’t use them to break into your stuff it increases the safety of your stuff.
A comment from a locksmith was that there isn’t much difference in security between the $1000 and $4000 safe, it’s mostly just bigger with nicer paint. Once you get up to a TL rated (or even a C rate safe) it’s not something crackheads will break into unless you left your 7″ grinder outside the safe.
August 4th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Well, if the thief was blasting with a shotgun, I doubt he was worried about noise…
Why’d you guess buckshot, Tango? I’d guess birdshot,based on the larger areas missing paint, with bunches of smaller pockmarks outside each one.
If it was birdshot, I’d be more surprised if anything got through.
August 4th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Well we could at least hope that the perp(s) caught alot of back splatter and as serious case of tinnitus in the process.
August 4th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Yeah… having tried breaching doors that were made of thinner steel than that safe with 00 buckshot, I wouldn’t be too hopeful. Of course anyone can get into a safe given enough time. Give me an angle grinder and a stack of cutting discs and I’ll be in the safe no problem in a couple hours, depending on how many bolts I need to cut through.
I’d guess birdshot too, just because of all the small pocks around the main spatter. Looks a lot like a popper after you nail it with #8 shot.
Like any other security, it’s just there to slow them down. Some sort of active countermeasure would be sweet, but I doubt the cops would be too happy if you electrified your gun safe.
August 4th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
One uses an angle grinder on the sides of the safe, rather than the door. Much more effective.
Still though, kudos to Cannon on their warranty. Good stuff. And until you step up and buy a Graffunder or similar, commercially rated SAFE, you’re (myself included), in the RSC (residential security cabinet) market. Good news though, is a good RSC will defeat 99% of common criminal attempts.
Just don’t buy the real cheap stuff, which are not much more than a gym locker with fancy paint.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
August 5th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Jim –
Agreed, I’d rather cut a big hole in the side if it was accessible. It’d probably take longer to cut just two or three of those 1″ bolts than it would to cut the whole side open. One more good reason to position a safe as inconveniently as possible for robbers.
I’m not in a position to buy any gun safe at all right now, especially since I’ll be moving next year, so I’m relying on discretion, valuable property insurance, and the fact that the crime rate is very low here to protect my investments.