![]() While the drive home was easy, the first step in the install process was by far the most challenging. The door fit into the bed of my standard pick-up truck. SnapSafe ships it free within the Continental U.S., so I arranged to pick it up at a local shipping terminal. The 36-inch wide door is made of 12-gauge steel, weighs 350 pounds, and carries an MSRP of $1,148. It makes modular safes, vault doors, and a variety of firearm-specific security products. SnapSafe is now part of the Hornady family. I chose a Hornady SnapSafe 36-inch Vault Room Door with a SecuRam digital lock for the job. I also have 160 secure square feet that I didn’t have before. With my gun safe moved into the vault room, my firearms and valuables are now double protected. In this case, a vault door makes a great deal of sense it securely seals the opening to walls and a ceiling that would require a jackhammer or metal cutting saw to breach. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but it was part of the home when I bought it. Additionally, most of the homes in Utah are built with “cold storage” rooms, as the church encourages its members to store one year’s worth of provisions in the event of an emergency.Īs such, I have the advantage of an 8-foot by 20-foot concrete-walled room with a corrugated steel roof built into the basement. They have geographically oriented emergency support systems throughout the respective wards that may cover one or several neighborhoods. The Mormons have been onto the prepping game for more than 150 years. Though I am not a member of the LDS church, I endeavor to learn from them where I can. I live in Utah, in the heart of Mormon country. It can also create a secure room for people as well as security for firearms and valuables. But a vault door is less expensive than most stand-alone gun safes. But for the average family, air filters, intercoms, and high-tech locks are out of the budget. The 2002 film, “Panic Room,” changed the idea of what a safe place means for many or why it’s important. GPO 6-24×50 The Setup for the Hornady SnapSafe Vault Door
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