Expert Advice on Safes and Vault Doors

Nine ways to make your store a hard target, plus the cash-dispensing, B-rate, and RSC burglary-and-fire safes that keep valuables in your hands.

Whether you’re an avid hunter, a gun enthusiast, or simply want to protect your castle, you most likely have a good-sized stash of ammunition stockpiled away somewhere. And in the same way that many gun owners invest in gun safes to store their firearms, these safes can also be used to safely store ammunition. On top of that, ammunition isn't cheap, which is just one more reason to properly store your ammunition. 

Five calibers worth keeping on hand, eight storage mistakes to avoid, and the cool-dry-secure formula that keeps your rounds ready for decades.

Sixteen gift ideas he'll actually use, from small stocking stuffers to full gun-room build-outs. Something for every dad and every budget.

Quick-access wall-mount gun safe that hides between the studs. Long gun and handgun ready to deploy the moment the door swings open.

Turn a bare wall into a functional gun room display. How the ModWall panel system works, what it can hold, and how a DIYer can install it in an afternoon.

Five gift-worthy safes for the mom who has enough flowers already. Pistol boxes, jewelry safes, a fire-rated home safe, and a hunter's gun safe.

From the tomb of Ramesses II to the Marvin Cannonball and the Herring Victorian parlor safe: a quick tour of the safes that predate every modern digital lock.

Shipping damage happens. If your safe arrived with a snapped handle, here's the 15-minute DIY fix, plus the video and the tools you'll need.

Turn a closet or bathroom into a fortified panic room. What to look for in a vault door, what to stock inside, and why the door decides everything.