Lord of War Type Container Vault Interest ?
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Cool idea! If you didn't market it specifically to gunnies I can imagine a few other uses (man cave?). The Brits are famous for turning tiny garden sheds into all sorts of things from motorcycle garage/work space to snooker hall and bars. Unfortunately shipping containers are inherently easy to break into as the walls are only something like 14g mild steel.
I love the idea too and want one!
So the idea is to have a small enough footprint that most people with a double garage, detached garage or barn could fit it into. As someone that has spent their life in the trades I do understand that yes it's not impenetrable but considering the time, effort, noise and smoke this would take to cut, burn, hack, or grind your way into it's just really improbable that someone is going to go through the effort and risk getting caught. And that's assuming you went cheap and didn't have an alarm installed into it.
Think of the time it would take to get into ,all while a 150 Db alarm is screaming at you ? And once you cut a jagged hole in it then what ? You *may* get a few guns out but you may also get cut to pieces by said jagged hole in the doing of it or worse, get caught during the attempt because of the aforementioned time, effort, noise and smoke needed to make a small hole. All in all I would say these are better protection from theft than a safe. Also, these don't LOOK like a gun safe. I have two actual gun safes and they look EXACTLY like what they are. Anyone that sees them at my house would say "Wow, nice gun safe"... See my point ? These are far more incognito.
Besides, you can cut into ANY safe if you come prepared and the situation is right.
What I envisage for these is a small, man cave type vault that I can store all of my stuff in and actually find what I need without having to empty 3/4 of it onto the floor just to get that one I want at the back ! When I need my RPG-7 I need it now, not after a half hour of digging, lol.
Anyways, I will do some research this weekend on panelling, lights, alarms etc. and see what I can come up with. We are also kicking around the idea of retro fit kits so if you have access to your own local container yard you can buy one from them but then buy an easily installed kit to pimp it out. Not sure if this will happen at the same time or if we just decide to sell the containers already done. We'll see as it progresses.
As always, you guys are an amazing resource of information. We all have different experiences and ideas and if you have something that may be constructive please do share it, I'd love to hear your ideas.
Think of the time it would take to get into ,all while a 150 Db alarm is screaming at you ? And once you cut a jagged hole in it then what ? You *may* get a few guns out but you may also get cut to pieces by said jagged hole in the doing of it or worse, get caught during the attempt because of the aforementioned time, effort, noise and smoke needed to make a small hole. All in all I would say these are better protection from theft than a safe. Also, these don't LOOK like a gun safe. I have two actual gun safes and they look EXACTLY like what they are. Anyone that sees them at my house would say "Wow, nice gun safe"... See my point ? These are far more incognito.
Besides, you can cut into ANY safe if you come prepared and the situation is right.
What I envisage for these is a small, man cave type vault that I can store all of my stuff in and actually find what I need without having to empty 3/4 of it onto the floor just to get that one I want at the back ! When I need my RPG-7 I need it now, not after a half hour of digging, lol.
Anyways, I will do some research this weekend on panelling, lights, alarms etc. and see what I can come up with. We are also kicking around the idea of retro fit kits so if you have access to your own local container yard you can buy one from them but then buy an easily installed kit to pimp it out. Not sure if this will happen at the same time or if we just decide to sell the containers already done. We'll see as it progresses.
As always, you guys are an amazing resource of information. We all have different experiences and ideas and if you have something that may be constructive please do share it, I'd love to hear your ideas.
This is the way. Get it in the basement and build a house on top.
I really wanted a surplus DND weapons vault with much the same intention of parking it in the garage
That's actually saner than I thought it was going to be... Even if you doubled that to $8400 getting it all kitted out, yes it'd be expensive, but I think it'd still be in the realm of attainable for any serious collector.
To be totally honest it'd likely still be out of my price range but I'll still be paying attention to how this shakes out.
No offence taken my friend. I was simply pointing out that ,well, anything can be gotten into. ( :
This is very cool, but probably a limited market due to the size. Not many people will be willing to take up a permanent stall in their garage. I think there would be a market for seacans turning into private shooting ranges if the CFO would approve a standard design. Most 40' Cans are running about $7k these days empty, if you could turn one into a legitimate one lane shooting range for another $4-5k I think you would have a lot of people parking them on their property. Lots of smaller areas do not have access to indoor ranges, so any shooting in the winter is done out in the cold. Simple back stop, one lane, basic exhaust fan system.
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great idea
If you look at the dims it's only a 6' x 7' footprint. Not alot of space for the average garage. Unlike a car it can be literally pushed into a corner so the impact on space is minimized. I'm thinking car on one side ,motorbike and sea can on the other....lol
