Gun safes sold through John Deere Dealers

Whichester1 · Feb 21, 2013

A couple of months ago I was visiting my local John Deere dealer and noticed gun safes. It may have just been a seasonal item for the holiday season. Did not think much about it at the time but with all of the firearms related violence in recent weeks maybe I should look at a safe.

The ones I have looked at have been average quality at best. Made in China, paint/finish marginal, etc.

I did not look at the safe at the Deere dealer closely but remember the paint and finish was good/excellent. Does anyone own one and have any comments/thoughts?

Thanks,

Bill.

oldtanker · Feb 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 08:19:10 02/21/13) A couple of months ago I was visiting my local John Deere dealer and noticed gun safes. It may have just been a seasonal item for the holiday season. Did not think much about it at the time but with all of the firearms related violence in recent weeks maybe I should look at a safe.

The ones I have looked at have been average quality at best. Made in China, paint/finish marginal, etc.

I did not look at the safe at the Deere dealer closely but remember the paint and finish was good/excellent. Does anyone own one and have any comments/thoughts?

Thanks,

Bill.

Don't know who makes em for Deere but they have been selling them for several years.

I was buying a swather at a JD dealer several years ago and my son and I were waiting on the slaes guy. We were looking over the Deere gun safe when an employee came up to us and said in a very thick southern accent (keep in mind this is in MN) "why I owe every gun I own to JD". We figured that he was going to tell us how good the safes were. Instead he tells this tale about how he used his JD tractor and loader to bust holes in the wall of his home that was on fire to get into his guns and get them out.

I don't know who is making them for Deere but my impression was that they are a pretty good safe.

Rick

twostepn2001 · Feb 21, 2013

According to google they are made for JD by Liberty Safe in Payson, Utah.

David G · Feb 21, 2013

JD is becoming walmart, they have everything in there.

nickg · Feb 21, 2013

They are made by liberty gun safes. Liberty makes a nice safe. there a little heart stopping when you first see how expensive they are but start adding up all the important documents you have and the valuables you have and its easier to swallow.
buy one with the highest fire rating for the longest amount of time you can and make sure you have a place with enuff floor support to handle the weight of the safe and if you wanna move it yourself have plenty of help. Those metal china safes they sale are ok but are very easily broken into. I have one I use only to keep all my reloading supplies and some ammo in.

Ray · Feb 21, 2013

Menards sells the same safe,without the Jd logo.

Wile E · Feb 21, 2013

I bought a new liberty safe a few weeks ago.
This thing is a safe, not a cabinet.
Anything under $1000 is a cabinet, not a safe.
I did my homework on this for a few years before I bought one. (that school shooting made me knuckle down and buy one)

colekicker · Feb 21, 2013

Liberty Safes. They will make them with your logo on them if you have a minimum order quantity. They custom brand for numerous companies.

DBAF · Feb 21, 2013

http://www.bearsafes.net/

I bought one of these safes when I lived in Oklahoma,not as pretty as the the deeres and brownings but I think they are harder to break into and they have a good fire rateing.Mine is over 1500lbs and it was not fun to movein and out of the house.

waltdavies · Feb 21, 2013

My brother has two huge head high gun safes they are both filled to the brim with very expensive guns. He spent $400,000 on guns in a very short time. My brother was alway a little gun crazy.
No I won't say where he lives. His are digital locks and they look very good.
Watch storage wars and you wil see how easy most Sayers are to open. Those small suitcase ones just drop it on the corner and it pops open. Mine has large 1 inch bolts on all sides that lock it. The safe weighs over 200 lbs and is only about 20 inches high.
Walt

jbp · Feb 21, 2013

Don't think I would want to store reloading supplies in a gun safe. Primers and powder are very temperature sensitive so you could be creating a bomb in your house. If one goes they will all go creating a powerful explosion. Just one pound of 4895 powder loads about 140, 30-06 rounds creating a big bang. Just something to think about. Joe

M Nut · Feb 21, 2013

Our local dealer sells them. I am impressed by what I have seen of them.

nickg · Feb 21, 2013

powders and primers are all on a shelf over my bench in the house. Store bullets, empty brass, a few of my less used dies, my load data, misc reloading accessories,and
loaded ammo in a el cheap o metal gun safe. My liberty safe only has guns and important paper work in it.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 21, 2013

They are just fire safes. They don't even have a tamper rating. A real "safe" that will defeat a determined theif (at least for a while) starts at about $5000 for a gun safe. Most (all?) of the Liberty safes (and all the ones I've seen at JD) have an impressive looking door but the sides are 10ga or 12ga steel. Anyone with a sawzall with a decent blade would be in one in a few minutes.

Whichester1 · Feb 21, 2013

Thanks for the replies. Lots of good info. I'll shop around for a Liberty, at least they are not made in China.

TVB · Feb 21, 2013

I bought a John Deere safe about 2 yrs ago. They are a liberty safe painted John Deere colors all my paperwork says Liberty safe on it and for maintenance or warranty I am told to call Liberty not John Deere. I checked prices and it was the best price for an American made safe in my area even better than liberty as I would have had to pay shipping. The local JD dealer waited until they had enough orders for a large order so it kept the shipping price down. As a side note my MIL is somewhat of a worrier and asked me if it could be secured so the kids couldn't play in it and sufficate. :}

Joseph Hunter · Feb 21, 2013

Got mine from Johnson Safe in Zionsville, IN. Jeff is great to deal with. I believe one of the best safes made. He will finish the inside any way you want and paint any color.

http://johnsonsafes.com/index.html

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1 Dollar · Feb 22, 2013

X2 on Johnson Safes. I live right near him.

(quoted from post at 16:45:20 02/21/13) Got mine from Johnson Safe in Zionsville, IN. Jeff is great to deal with. I believe one of the best safes made. He will finish the inside any way you want and paint any color.

http://johnsonsafes.com/index.html

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