r/canadaguns • u/KTMan77 sk • 9d ago
Buy recommendations Hunter gun vaults
Has anyone purchased a Hunter gun vault recently, looking at the GS-2420? Seem like a quality option and made in Canada but their Facebook hasn't been updated in 6 years and the last post I could find on here in from 9 years ago. The only website that isn't the manufacture looks out of date 2021 and has russian script in the contact form. Wondering if they're still making these safes at all before trying to get a quote out of them for shipping.
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u/Parking_Media 9d ago
No clue, but comment for visibility
Unasked for 2 cents: have a plan for where you want to put it and anchor it and have your wife sign in blood that it will live there forever more and it stays with the house when you move. Big safes are a pain in all of the assholes to move.
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u/scottsuplol 9d ago
To add to this make sure you buy a big enough safe. Most guns will list them as like 32 guns but 12 of them are handgun slots and then you half the remaining number and it’s usually accurate on how many you can fit. Long story short go bigger
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u/KTMan77 sk 9d ago
Good advice generally but neither relevent in my case. No wife and condo so no floor drilling. That's the point of getting the biggest heaviest box possible for security.
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u/Strong-Owl-55 9d ago
I bought the cabellas 10-14 gun cabinet it held like 5 guns and only 1 had a scope it was not great.
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u/Parking_Media 9d ago
Fair enough bud!
Get a plan cooking to move it in then.
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u/Eglitarian 9d ago
A couple of roll-a-lifts rented from industrial equipment rental or some low-profile machinery moving dollies rented will both work and be super easy.
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u/CalibreMag 9d ago
I'd call them. I visited their factory years ago, and the state of their marketing/sales effort was about as you described - and try as I might, they weren't that interested in changing it.
(Most of their business is for commercial/law enforcement use; the gun safes are just different interiors installed in their more mainstay products that go to the OPP and stuff)
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u/Interesting-Intern93 8d ago
I cant praise Hunter Gun Vaults enough. The build quality and metal thickness is truly amazing. When i first bought a HQ Outfitters new to the hobby. I mentioned it to my locksmith who deals with safes. He said thats not a real safe. If you want quality made in Hamilton Ontario. Buy Hunter Gun Vaults. I bought the 515Lb one. Love it. They are not Fire Rated. The Safe door does come off which is nice to lighten the load. Would recommend the Dehumidifier Rods they also sell. They will ask you where you want the small hole to plug it in. They are not fire rated as per say. Not a deal breaker for me.
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u/KTMan77 sk 8d ago
That's good to know, thanks for sharing. What did you end up paying for yours and what was freight like? Fire rating would be nice but idk how helpful it would actually be with my condo that's got fire sprinklers. If the fire rating is being tested don't think it'll matter, might put a gasket on the door for water ingress.
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