EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
When my brother passed away, he had a Cannon Gun Safe that he had bought from Tractor Supply in 2017. It's the big one that's rated for 100 guns. His neighbors all told me that it was packed full of guns, and knowing my brother, I believed them. I never figured out the combination for the safe, so I cut a big hole in the back of it. The metal is pretty thin, and then there was 3 layers of 5/8's Firestop Sheetrock. That was pretty easy to get through.
Sadly, it wasn't anywhere near full of guns like everyone had said. There are a few nice ones in there, but also a lot of older, rusted out ones that probably have no value like a Browning A5 shotgun that's been to the duck marsh a few times too many. I'm going to have to come up with a list of what's in there, so I can figure out the value of them when I go to sell them. I don't have any interest in collecting firearms or having any more then I actually use for hunting and personal defense.
Now that I have everything out of the safe, I'm trying to get the door open. Then I need to figure out how to reprogram the electric lock or replace it. My long-term goal is to weld the metal back on, replace the sheetrock and use the safe to store the few firearms that I want to keep. I'm not sure what else to put into it since I have serious doubts on how secure it is, and especially it's ability to protect anything from a fire. But it's better than nothing.
This is what the lock looks like on the inside. From what I saw on YouTube, you just push the thing holding the metal in place, and the wheel will turn. That isn't happening. It won't move. I even tried prying it with a metal bar to get more leverage, but it's staying in place.
Does anybody have any experience with something like this? Any suggestions?

Sadly, it wasn't anywhere near full of guns like everyone had said. There are a few nice ones in there, but also a lot of older, rusted out ones that probably have no value like a Browning A5 shotgun that's been to the duck marsh a few times too many. I'm going to have to come up with a list of what's in there, so I can figure out the value of them when I go to sell them. I don't have any interest in collecting firearms or having any more then I actually use for hunting and personal defense.
Now that I have everything out of the safe, I'm trying to get the door open. Then I need to figure out how to reprogram the electric lock or replace it. My long-term goal is to weld the metal back on, replace the sheetrock and use the safe to store the few firearms that I want to keep. I'm not sure what else to put into it since I have serious doubts on how secure it is, and especially it's ability to protect anything from a fire. But it's better than nothing.
This is what the lock looks like on the inside. From what I saw on YouTube, you just push the thing holding the metal in place, and the wheel will turn. That isn't happening. It won't move. I even tried prying it with a metal bar to get more leverage, but it's staying in place.
Does anybody have any experience with something like this? Any suggestions?
