Re: Gun Safe in Garage
M-rated is something they made up. There is no recognized M-rating in the industry, and it's promoted as resistance to firearm attack which isn't what someone uses to gain entry to a safe. That doesn't really matter anyhow as the "concrete" composite fill in safes and vaults are waaaay tougher than the steel casing which is there to prevent pry attack (since concrete's strengths are compressive strength, not tensile strength). Citysafe's Modul-X series has several nice videos of their modular composite safe panels being tested against 40mm HE, C4 charges, and RPGs, as well as 50BMG and other small arms (they make modular vaults/structures for mil/gov as well). The composites are commonly filled with carbide to defeat power tool attack. Carbide is harder than any steel in the world.
An F-rate safe simply requires 1" steel walls and a 1.5" on doors. Anything extra can be any variety of things like manganese steel, AR500 plate, or even something like MIL A-12560 class 2 rev h Amd 3 armor (which might be what Brown uses). That Chronos safe is very light compared to other F-class safes or specifically UL ratings like TL-30, or TL-30x6 or even higher. They should submit their safe for UL testing so the contents are actually insurable. I am sure it isn't true F-class(has the full 1/1.5 steel casing) given the weight, but calling it M-rated is fine because it's not a real category so its probably got less steel and makes up with some armor plate. It's also a luxury safe so if you can afford a $75,000 safe and several million dollars in watches, you probably have top notch security already for your home.
M-rated is something they made up. There is no recognized M-rating in the industry, and it's promoted as resistance to firearm attack which isn't what someone uses to gain entry to a safe. That doesn't really matter anyhow as the "concrete" composite fill in safes and vaults are waaaay tougher than the steel casing which is there to prevent pry attack (since concrete's strengths are compressive strength, not tensile strength). Citysafe's Modul-X series has several nice videos of their modular composite safe panels being tested against 40mm HE, C4 charges, and RPGs, as well as 50BMG and other small arms (they make modular vaults/structures for mil/gov as well). The composites are commonly filled with carbide to defeat power tool attack. Carbide is harder than any steel in the world.
An F-rate safe simply requires 1" steel walls and a 1.5" on doors. Anything extra can be any variety of things like manganese steel, AR500 plate, or even something like MIL A-12560 class 2 rev h Amd 3 armor (which might be what Brown uses). That Chronos safe is very light compared to other F-class safes or specifically UL ratings like TL-30, or TL-30x6 or even higher. They should submit their safe for UL testing so the contents are actually insurable. I am sure it isn't true F-class(has the full 1/1.5 steel casing) given the weight, but calling it M-rated is fine because it's not a real category so its probably got less steel and makes up with some armor plate. It's also a luxury safe so if you can afford a $75,000 safe and several million dollars in watches, you probably have top notch security already for your home.
