[TxHuntermn]

I am in the insurance bussness..and have personally seen about five gunsafes opened up after a bad fire. Two of them had started out on the second floor, but ended up upside down, or on their side, on the bottom floor, both full of ruined guns. Some when opened, had all the wood finishes ruined, and some plastic stuff melted. And at least a couple of times, the safe did its job.

On another occasion just last year, a friend and client of mine who collects model 21's was the subject of a home invasion, in the middle of the day, by guys posing as UPS delivery guys. They were there for the guns, and he had about forty on display, but another 100 or so in a very large walk in safe. the held a gun on his wife while screaming at my friend to open the safe, which had a very complicated combination. Unable to think under the stress, he was having a difficult time opening the safe while these guys were pistol whipping him, and threatening to kill his wife . About that time they alarm siren in the house went off, as the maid, who the intruders were unaware of pushed the panic button. The robbers gathered up armfuls of the 21's on display and whatever elese they could grab and left.

Don't really know why I am telling this story, but I really think it is each to his own how to protect your guns. Again, We have at least the dame amount of investment in artwork hanging on our walls as I have in guns. I own them to look at and shoot, and handle, not to hoard.

All that being said, if I was concerned about the investment value of my collection, they would be living in the vault at my bank.