HA! FOUND THE VIDEO. Go to the 21 minute mark (21:33 he mentions EMP) in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltK-bDbADa8
This video is the best video online about gun safes. This video is exactly why I couldn't bring myself to buy a "safe" at Gander Mountain and saved up the extra money for a Fort Knox.
^^^^This for sureOf all the things that concern me with electronic gun safes, EMP blasts are just about at the bottom of the list.
Of all the things that concern me with electronic gun safes, EMP blasts are just about at the bottom of the list.
^^^^This for sure
If you are close enough for an EMP to affect the lock on your safe, you have bigger worries than your safe.
I have a great idea! Put the electronic keypad inside of the safe! That should protect it from EMPs nicely.
In this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG9mEVifnHM) it took a guy a shade over 3 minutes with a grinding wheel with a cutoff blade to get into a "high end" safe (see 6:10 to 9:30 time points to watch him in action). I've used "cheaper" safes but only for ammo storage or the less valuable things that don't get room in my high quality safe. You get what you pay for.
Of course, if somebody wants in bad enough, they'll figure out a way. But, I'd rather that take hours or longer versus 3 minutes.