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I think if I were doing it over I would forget about how pretty a safe is and concentrate on thickness, lock quality, and fire rating although I've read the fire ratings can be a joke. I have our important papers, car titles, wills, etc. in 2 fireproof boxes inside my fire lined safe and just hope that's good enough.

The guy from Pony Express delivered mine and did it all with a roto-hammer. He went through the safe and the concrete in one motion and in another used some kind of concrete screw with a thick flat washer on it. If I had to do it myself I guess I would have used lead heads. That's the only way I've ever bolted anything to concrete.

Are the digital locks supposed to be a lot better than the old type S & G locks? I've heard that there are some tricks that will get the old ones open that shouldn't be able to work on a digital. I might be willing to change it out for a digital.

I have a Pony Express that was about $1000 15 yrs ago when I bought it. It was highly rated at the time but I know there are a lot better ones out there. It's probably good relative to the value of my guns. The security system on my house is a better one and I always thought thieves are gonna not spend much time trying to get into my safe with all the decibles going on around them.