I fortunately do not have first hand experience with a fire but I know a good idea when I see it. T/R 

Mine too. 

Winchester Model 94 30/30 Serial #2769698, ( sold on December 12, 1979 to Luciano's Sport Shop in Lodi, NJ.)

Looks like it was mfg. in 1964.

Thought I'd post it here as we never know.

Tony

Tony

I remain very grateful for All who has served and protected our Freedom!

Tony

Power failures are a risk and it doesn't have to last for days before damage to occur. Placing a safe against a poorly insulated outside wall can create humid spots in the safe, even with a Goldenrod. 

My safe is in an HVAC temp controlled room but I still have a Goldenrod making sure it is warmer in the safe than in the room. North Texas is fairly humid year round. If I lived up on the Panhandle caprock, it would be less humid most of the time but they have serious Winters and impressive snow and ice storms. 

mrcvs said

Henry Mero said
 There are lots of anti - humidity products out there like Damp-Rid , Bamboo packs ,etc., but why on earth would Youwant to keep Your guns in the garage.
  

The safe in the basement could flood, that’s why I’ve explored the garage idea.  Flooding from within and not from outside.  Even a pinhole leak from PEX tubing left unchecked could be disastrous.  They HAVE happened before but I have caught them in time.
  

Another problem with a gun safe in the basement is in the event of a fire the water used to extinguish the fire will find its way to the basement. In more extreme cases the gun safe will wind up in the basement but most safes will not protect their contents in this category of fire. If I had a house with a basement I'd give serious thought to a climate-controlled garage. Tools and other toys seem to appreciate moderate environments just as our blue steel and walnut treasures do. 

Mike

BRP

Henry Mero said
 There are lots of anti - humidity products out there like Damp-Rid , Bamboo packs ,etc., but why on earth would Youwant to keep Your guns in the garage.
  

The safe in the basement could flood, that’s why I’ve explored the garage idea.  Flooding from within and not from outside.  Even a pinhole leak from PEX tubing left unchecked could be disastrous.  They HAVE happened before but I have caught them in time.

Blue Ridge Parson said

mrcvs said
Does anyone know for sure the implications of keeping a safe in an unheated garage and storing firearms there?
I can’t get a definitive answer, but as long as a warm firearm is not placed in a cold safe and condensation develops, is there still concerns?  Obviously, a closed safe is going to warm and cool at a slower rate than does the unheated garage and this also would not be as extreme as the outdoors.
  

Once, I went quail hunting with a friend in Virginia. As arranged, I stopped to pick him up at his house.  He went out to the garage and opened up his gun safe— and took out a (once) beautiful over and under shotgun that was a rusty mess from end to end.  By my friend’s telling, it had been in there about six months.  Apparently no one had ever told him that putting the safe out there would expose guns to temperature swings guaranteed to have the humidity condense on the guns.
 
BRP
  

Well, there’s the answer!  What I suspected, but not what was hoped for.

mrcvs said
Does anyone know for sure the implications of keeping a safe in an unheated garage and storing firearms there?
I can’t get a definitive answer, but as long as a warm firearm is not placed in a cold safe and condensation develops, is there still concerns?  Obviously, a closed safe is going to warm and cool at a slower rate than does the unheated garage and this also would not be as extreme as the outdoors.
  

Once, I went quail hunting with a friend in Virginia. As arranged, I stopped to pick him up at his house.  He went out to the garage and opened up his gun safe— and took out a (once) beautiful over and under shotgun that was a rusty mess from end to end.  By my friend’s telling, it had been in there about six months.  Apparently no one had ever told him that putting the safe out there would expose guns to temperature swings guaranteed to have the humidity condense on the guns.

BRP