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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2779842" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>Not to distract from EMP - when our nice locksmith replaced the S&G combo lock on our safe, he asked me to remove the inner door cover so the lock workings would be exposed - this would speed up his job & reduce our bill. I removed the inner door cover & discovered a mess. The door had been dropped by movers and pieces of common ordinary sheet rock/dry wall were spread thru most of the door insides. A big piece of rock was interfering with the mechanism that moved the locking pins & smaller pieces partially blocked the combo mechanism. I was sort of disappointed to see common ordinary sheet rock inside a real expensive massive gun safe, I was expecting to see some space age insulation.</p><p></p><p>I replaced the busted up 1/2 inch rock with 5/8 rock & glued it onto the inner side of the safe door using construction adhesive. The locksmith installed & tested a new S&G combo. I replaced the inner door cover.</p><p></p><p>I now have an electric keypad type safe for my rifle overflow that increases despite restraint efforts. The new electronic keypad safe is not fireproof. If inside rock can fire protect, outside rock may also fire protect. My plans now are to build a nice gypsum (rock) enclosure for the keypad safe. Sandwiching heavy duty aluminum foil between 2 layers of 1/2 rock should make for a Faraday cage. The outer shell will be left over cement siding from our house construction. I plan to paint it purple with big yellow stars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2779842, member: 115658"] Not to distract from EMP - when our nice locksmith replaced the S&G combo lock on our safe, he asked me to remove the inner door cover so the lock workings would be exposed - this would speed up his job & reduce our bill. I removed the inner door cover & discovered a mess. The door had been dropped by movers and pieces of common ordinary sheet rock/dry wall were spread thru most of the door insides. A big piece of rock was interfering with the mechanism that moved the locking pins & smaller pieces partially blocked the combo mechanism. I was sort of disappointed to see common ordinary sheet rock inside a real expensive massive gun safe, I was expecting to see some space age insulation. I replaced the busted up 1/2 inch rock with 5/8 rock & glued it onto the inner side of the safe door using construction adhesive. The locksmith installed & tested a new S&G combo. I replaced the inner door cover. I now have an electric keypad type safe for my rifle overflow that increases despite restraint efforts. The new electronic keypad safe is not fireproof. If inside rock can fire protect, outside rock may also fire protect. My plans now are to build a nice gypsum (rock) enclosure for the keypad safe. Sandwiching heavy duty aluminum foil between 2 layers of 1/2 rock should make for a Faraday cage. The outer shell will be left over cement siding from our house construction. I plan to paint it purple with big yellow stars. [/QUOTE]
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