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About 5 years ago, Gunblast.com launched a
“limited edition” safe model with Heritage Safe Company.
This program was a success for Heritage and provided
high-quality safes at a good price with the special Gunblast.com
features to Gunblast.com readers all over the country.
After a few years, however, recognizing that there was
nothing spectacular to separate the Heritage Gunblast model from
a lot of other high-quality safes on the market, we at
Gunblast.com began to look for more innovation from within the
safe industry. Guns
were evolving with new materials, designs, weights,
configurations, and calibers.
Optics were evolving with new features, advanced
technology, and even lower prices.
Holsters were being made with special features for
particular applications. Knives
had become “cutting edge” (forgive the pun).
However, for the most part, the safe industry had little
innovation. Some
boxes were better than others.
Some offered a few more features, new colors, new
interior materials. Some
came with dehumidifiers and lights.
Some allowed for more storage than others.
But, they were still basically big boxes in which to
store, protect, and safeguard your gun collection.
Until Bruce Pendleton’s safe design hit the
market. This
changed everything.
Before you go through all the safe details
below, you might be asking, “How can I order one of these
Gunblast.com Limited Edition Safes?”.
Read the rest of the article and find the ordering
information at the bottom for the exclusive Gunblast.com Limited
Edition Series, or click
here to go directly to the part
about ordering.
History
I first became aware of the Pendleton design
about two years ago. Bruce
Pendleton was at the SHOT Show in
2009 and had a small booth in the back of the show where a
lot of the new products were featured.
He had one safe on display.
It wasn’t finished that nicely, and still had some bugs
to work out, and wasn’t even in production.
However, Bruce’s design would revolutionize the
industry. Bruce saw
that, and I saw that.
I, and many others that saw his prototype,
encouraged Bruce to move it forward.
I saw Bruce again at the NRA Show that year, and he was
making progress. Then,
at the SHOT Show this January,
Bruce had a larger booth, several samples, a perfected design,
and manufacturing capabilities unparalleled.
He was finally ready to launch what would be the finest
new product to come out of the personal safe industry.
Pendleton Valuables Management System was about to change
the way we looked at gun safes in the future.
Because of the encouragement I had given
Bruce early on, and because of the reputation of Gunblast.com,
we quickly formed an alliance.
We wanted to obtain some of his safes to test and use.
And, he wanted the exposure that can come through
Gunblast.com better than any other source in the firearms
industry. And,
since we had discontinued the “Gunblast.com Limited Edition
Series” with Heritage, this was a tremendous opportunity to
provide our readers with the finest safe product on the market,
emblazoned with the Gunblast.com logo, designed specifically for
the Gunblast.com reader. A
new “Gunblast.com Limited Edition Series” was formed. And now, after months of development, we are pleased to
launch this product to our readers.
First, let’s talk a bit more about the
Pendleton safe itself, and the features that make it unique.
I won’t go into a lot of detail, as my
brother Jeff covered this exceptionally well in an article
several months ago. For
technical information beyond what I intend to discuss here, go
review this article again.
Made in
America
Pendleton safes are made in the USA.
I consider this a quality that cannot be overlooked.
While we are overcrowded with imported products, it is
more difficult to find the quality that can only come from
something proudly made in the USA.
As a patriotic American, I think this is something we
should count on more often.
Given the choice of buying a product made here, or
something made overseas, I encourage you to “buy American”.
Quality
Construction
Pendleton safes are made with 100% steel
construction. Their
rectangular bar stock is stronger than the typical round bar
stock utilized in most safes, as it simply provides more surface
area. If someone is
trying to break into a safe by cutting through the bars, you
want the most surface area possible.
Rectangular bar stock simply provides more surface area
than most round bar stock.
Pendleton safes are manufactured within the
same factory that makes bank safes.
No other gun safe company in America that I know of can
make this claim. Bank
safes are designed with the maximum security of bank assets in
mind. They are
designed for maximum protection.
The Pendleton safes are built with the same high degree
of quality, with the same quality control, and with the same
engineering , in the same factory in South Carolina, to insure
that, for the product they represent, they are superior to their
competition. Speaking
of engineering, the two lead engineers for Pendleton Safe have
more than 40 years experience in safe design.
This high-tech factory is ISO9001 certified, meaning that
they must adhere by a very strict set of rules for quality and
manufacturing standards.
These are the same quality control standards as used in
the automotive and aerospace industries.
This quality and advanced technology from the banking
industry has moved into the personal gun safe industry by
Pendleton Safe Company.
We’ve
been working with Bruce and Gordon Pendleton for several months
now. We believe
their philosophy is similar to that of Gunblast.com.
We both believe an informed customer is a happy customer.
Gunblast.com started to tell the truth about products in
the gun industry, and Bruce Pendleton believes that proper
information is the best process for gaining and keeping happy
customers. When armed with facts, we both believe the buyer can make the
best decisions about what products will be the best fit for
their needs and provide the most value over time.
Fire
Rating
The
information below is specific and science-based information
provided me by Gordon Pendleton.
I’m not a safe expert, and neither are most of you.
So, to get to the real nuts and bolts as to how to
properly evaluate the fire rating of a gun safe, I wanted to get
factual information as to how safes are rated, how these ratings
compare, and whether there are any industry standards out there.
The information below, while a bit scientific, makes
perfect sense. Thanks
to Gordon for educating me where I could pass this same
information along to our Gunblast.com reader.
Most mid to upper level safe companies boast impressive-sounding
fire ratings that ensure protection for (X) amount of time with
(Y) outside temperature, not to exceed 350 degrees inside the
safe. However, these ratings are often deceiving due to the
methods by which the safes are tested. As it stands, according
to what I can find, there is no standard set of tests
specifically designed for evaluating the fire resistance of a
gun safe. In fact,
most companies use different private testing organizations to
evaluate and assign fire ratings to their safes. These testing
procedures often vary, and are exclusively based on how well
paper documents resist damage as ambient temperatures rise. The
problem with this approach is that most people incorrectly
assume that paper in a safe will burn before a gun. This is not
true. Since steel and other metals "gather heat" much
more easily than paper, guns and other valuables will heat up
more quickly and reach higher temperatures than paper documents
in the same amount of time. You might notice this principle the
next time you go outside to pickup the newspaper from your
driveway on a hot summer day. While the hood of your car is too
hot to touch, you can easily pick up the paper and carry it
inside without any discomfort. It seems to go against logic, but
it can all be explained by the scientific principle of Specific
Heat Capacity.
When a safe is in a house fire, it acts like a huge convection
oven – the fire outside the safe heats up the air inside the
safe which by convection, transfers heat to the firearms and
valuables stored in the safe. How quickly your valuables become
damaged by the fire depends on three things – the temperature
inside the safe, the burning or melting point of the various
materials that make up your valuables, and the specific heat
capacity of those materials. Specific heat capacity is the
amount of heat required to change the temperature of one
kilogram of a substance by one degree. In other words, the
higher a material's specific heat capacity, the more heat energy
is required to raise the temperature of that material. Specific
heat capacity is extremely important when taking into
consideration the fire-rating of a safe. The paper document used
in a typical fire-testing procedure has a specific heat capacity
of 1.4 (Kcal/Kg °C) and an ignition point of 451°F. By
comparison, aluminum, steel, gold and silver have much lower
specific heat capacities of 0.91, 0.49, 0.13 and 0.23
respectively. This means that the steel barrel of your rifle or
aluminum casing of your scope will heat up a lot more quickly
and easily than any paper document in the safe. With an ABS
plastic gun stock melting at 221°F and wood solids starting to
break down at around 575°F, you can image how quickly a gun can
become ruined under heat conditions that would cause little, if
any damage to a paper document in the same safe. If companies
began fire-testing their safes using guns and other valuables as
the standard, rather than documents, they would find that
conventional fireproofing does little to prevent the safe's
contents from being quickly destroyed by a typical house fire.
So, I
asked Bruce and Gordon Pendleton how Pendleton Safe Company
handles this issue. First,
their safes are as protected as most others on the market in
terms of fire protection. Secondly, instead of installing very costly additional
fireproofing to offset the specific heat capacity issue, they
handle it through one of the best warranties in the business.
Instead of irrelevant document tests that don’t relate
to firearms and most other valuables, they offer to pay the
damages with cold hard cash.
Pendleton Safe Company will pay up to $50,000 toward the
cost of replacing any personal property stored and secured in a
Pendleton Safe that becomes damaged by fire, a promise only
Pendleton is willing to make.
Design
Superiority
Outside of safety and security, Pendleton
Safes have the most unique design on the market, truly setting
them apart from all other competitors.
All but one model of Pendleton safes are round. This
unique design feature highlights their rotary shelving design.
This round configuration will fit practically anywhere,
and hold more guns in much less floor space.
The lower end of the Pendleton line, the Knight series,
is square, but Knights still contain the innovative revolving
interior design. The
Bishop and King models are round.
It takes much more engineering and work to make a round
safe, but Pendleton has delivered.
Pendleton safe interiors truly set them
apart. The shelving
design rotates where any gun can be easily found and taken out
of the safe. Gone
are the days of moving a dozen guns to get to the one you want
in the back of the safe. A
rotation of a knob manually, or on the electronic models, a flip
of a toggle switch, and your selected gun comes right to you.
Simple, effective, practical gun storage.
As a bonus, some Pendleton safes have a “Lazy
Susan” top that rotates with the interior.
For people that store items on top of their safes, this
allows the same ease of access with items on top of your safe as
it does items that are in your safe.
Truly ingenious.
Additionally, a Pendleton safe contains no
carpet. This is
truly unique in design. Replacing
carpet that holds moisture with bright white metal shelving with
rubber grommets for protection was a brilliant idea.
The white interior allows you to see your guns much more
easily. And,
moisture retention is minimized.
So much so that, in most conditions, a dehumidifier is
not necessary (but provided nonetheless in the higher-end
models, and as an option to all but one safe series).
Also, in the larger electric models, over 400
bright LED lights make your gun collection sparkle.
With the bright white interior, and the lighting, it is
very easy to find the gun you are looking for, even in a very
large collection. And, once you find it, a flip of a toggle
brings the gun right to you.
Pendleton safes contain S&G electronic
locking systems, 3 and 5 spoke plated handles, a myriad of
configuration designs, manual or electronic control, moisture
control systems, and LED locked indicator light (in the
electronic models). They
also come in a variety of exterior finishes, including
automotive finishes in the King and Bishop series (black, forest
green, burgundy, and even custom finishes), and several textured
and PPS coatings for the ultimate in exterior finish protection.
A bit more about configuration options.
While most safes offer a few interior configuration
options, Pendleton offers more choices than you can count.
Each shelf is actually a split shelf design, so each
shelf is two pieces. Each
piece or half can be configured differently.
In the 32x72 Bishop or King, for example, the bottom can
be fixed to hold the buttstock of long guns, or can be
configured in a pistol-only configuration (more on that in a
bit). Four
bottom turret shelf options, plus the pistol option, are
available. The next
index shelving options consist of 6 choices, and the
combinations within these choices are many.
You can opt for a smooth storage shelf, or a half smooth
shelf with 4-pistol/long gun configuration, or a 4-pistol with
storage and a 9-pistol half, or a 3 long gun shelf with a 4
pistol/storage, or other options between these choices.
On the next index shelving level, you can opt for
combinations between storage, 4-pistol and storage, or 9-pistol
halves. On the next
level of index storage, you can opt for a smooth storage shelf,
4-pistol and storage, 9-pistol, or a combination of these half
shelf designs.
For handle configurations, one can opt for a
painted black standard handle, a chrome handle, 4 different
finish options on 3-spoke handles, 2 different finish options on
5-spoke standard handles, and 2 different finish options (black
or chrome) on their unique “bullet” spoke design (actually
mimics a 50 caliber cartridge).
Locking configurations include mechanical
locks in black or chrome, mechanical key locks, electronic turn
locks, electronic single battery keypad, electronic dual battery
keypad, and electronic biometric keypad locks (electronic units
are high quality Sargent & Greenleaf locks).
Security
Pendleton safes are not only beautiful and
very practical, but are very secure.
Gunblast.com, the leading gun test
publication, paper or online, had planned to take one of the
Pendleton safes and break into it.
We had seen videos on the Internet of people breaking
into leading safes from other manufacturers. Most high-quality safes on the market were broken into within
2 minutes or less. We
at Gunblast figured that we could do the same with a Pendleton
safe. Fortunately
for us, another testing group, Outtech, an outdoor
products sales company from Aurora, Ohio, had beat us to the
punch and had actually videotaped some dozen big guys trying to
break into a Pendleton safe.
This video is on the Pendleton safe website, www.pendletonsafes.com.
Outtech’s video shows that, after 12 minutes and 45
seconds, using a dozen big guys with mauls, picks, pry bars,
sledgehammers, axes, screwdrivers, etc., they still could not
break into a Pendleton safe.
The manager of Outtech stated on video that most safes
could be broken into by their team within 1.5 (one and one half)
minutes. After
almost 13 minutes and counting, they still couldn’t break into
a Pendleton safe. He
summarized by making the following statement, “Pendleton safes
are the best gun safes in the world, bar none.”
I don’t think we can improve on Outtech’s break-in
test, or make a comment any better than they made here.
Watch the video and see for yourself; it is truly
impressive.
Configurations
We, the Gunblast.com brothers, each ordered
safes, configured the way we wanted them (with Boge opting for
something so different that it prompted an entire new line for
Pendleton), and delivered to our door by our friend Mike
Harrison at Glover’s Lock & Key in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Jeff got a forest green King series configured for
long-guns and handguns. I
got a burgundy King series safe with a configuration to satisfy
my collection of very long-barreled shotguns as well as room for
long rifles, pistols and storage.
Boge, always being different, and being a handgun
collector, opted for something that created a new model as
mentioned, a handgun-only safe finished in an automotive black
paint.
The Pistol Safe of Pendleton, dubbed the “Boge
Quinn Pistolero” Model in the Gunblast.com Limited Edition
Series, holds 144 handguns (yes, 144) in the King 3272 series,
and 72 in the Bishop 3260 series, plus an extra storage shelf for
magazines, ammo, extra cylinders, etc.
For the pistol collector like Boge, I have seen no other
safe on the market that provides more protection, that holds
more pistols, and that does so with ease of use, protection of
the product, and beauty than the Pendleton/Gunblast.com
“Pistolero” models. This
special product can be ordered in the Bishop series as the 3260
Bishop Pistol BP-GLE in a textured finish,
or the top-line 3272 King Pistol KP-GLE in automotive finishes.
GLE stands for “Gunblast Limited Edition” series
models.
The GLE, or “Gunblast Limited Edition”
models from Pendleton contain the unique features of all
Pendleton safes, plus special features found only on the
Gunblast.com safes. Bruce
Pendleton and I have been through the Pendleton products and
have specifically designed safe configurations and models for
the Gunblast.com reader. These
represent the finest safes on the market for the serious gun
collector, or the gun owner who simply wants to protect the guns
he has in the best manner.
All GLE series safes include many interior configuration
options, locking options, handle options, and finish options. The GLE series safes contain fixed location shelving
(vertically; the split design function of the shelf itself
remains of course); adjustable collars are available as an
extra-cost option. Plus,
they feature the Gunblast.com logo on the exterior of the safe,
and specific Gunblast serial number series.
Additionally, we have negotiated the best pricing of
these products on the market, generated through the buying power
of Gunblast.com for our readers.
With more than 800,000 monthly readers, Gunblast.com was
able to negotiate special pricing not available through any
other source on these high-quality Pendleton GLE series safes.
The GLE series safes are not available anywhere other
than through the relationship established through Gunblast.com.
We at Gunblast.com are not selling these safes; we
don’t sell products. However, we have worked with Pendleton in design, have lent
our logo, and have placed our stamp of approval on these
products. The end
result is what we consider the finest gun safe on the market,
with more innovative features than any other we have seen,
delivered to the Gunblast.com reader at a very attractive price.
All GLE series safes (Gunblast Limited
Edition) are exclusive to Gunblast.com, yet have all the regular
Pendleton features, plus some.
And, as indicated, our pricing is better.
All GLE series safes are sold in sizes ranging from 2860
(28” wide by 60” tall) to 3272 (32” wide by 72” tall).
I’d recommend that, if your floor space allows, opt for
the 32” models, as you get almost double the storage capacity
for only $150-$250 more. And,
the taller models (72”) provide an extra shelf unit inside,
again for not a lot of cost increase.
For sizing, the depth is roughly 2.5” deeper than the
width (less handle). The
handle is approximately 3” deep.
So, if you order a 30” safe, the width is 30” and the
depth with handle is approximately 35.5”. A 32” wide safe is approximately 37.5” deep.
Keep this in mind as you order.
Also, note that the lock indicator light is only
available with the electronic lock.
Additionally, the textured and PPS exterior finishes
available on all models (no extra cost on Knight and Bishop) are
very durable, scratch-resistant coatings.
While not as pretty as the automotive paint finishes, the
textured and PPS finishes are extremely tough.
The GLE series of safes
from Pendleton are as follows:
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Knight 2872GLE |
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Knight 2860GLE |
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Knight 3272GLE |
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Knight 3260GLE |
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Bishop 3060GLE |
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Bishop 3072GLE |
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Bishop 3260GLE |
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Bishop Pistolero 3260BP-GLE |
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Bishop 3272GLE |
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King 3272GLE |
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King Pistolero 3272KP-GLE |
A summary of features on each are
as follows. Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
KNIGHT
GLE series
All Knight series Pendleton safes are the
typical square box shape outside.
From the exterior, they look like most other high-quality
gun safes on the market. However,
when you open the door, the differences are very evident.
The Knight series have the same revolving interior
shelving as do the round Bishop and King series safes.
Since they are round inside within a rectangular box,
they receive an additional feature of two interior steel storage
fixed shelves, one along each side of the safe.
Each of these fixed shelf units contain 7 shelves per
side, or 14 total. These are great to store ammo, holsters, or other items not
stored on the revolving shelves. And, like all GLE series, they
include the Gunblast.com logo and special serial number
identification.
Knight 2872GLE: 28” wide, 72” high.
Indexer shelf/2 long-gun shelf, storage/6-pistol shelf.
Black standard handle.
Mechanical lock. Exterior
finishes available: penny vein texture, silver texture, PPS
black. Options
include electronic locks, various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Knight 2860GLE: 28” wide, 60” high.
Indexer shelf 2 pistol-storage/2 long gun, 2 pistol-storage/6
pistol shelf. Black
standard handle. Mechanical
lock. Exterior finishes available: penny vein texture, silver
texture, PPS black. Options
include electronic locks, various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Knight 3272GLE: 32” wide, 72” high.
Indexer shelf/3 long gun, Storage/9 pistol shelf.
Black standard handle.
Mechanical lock. Exterior finishes available: penny vein
texture, silver texture, PPS black.
Options include electronic locks, various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Knight 3260GLE: 32” wide, 60” high.
Indexer shelf/3 long gun, Storage/9 pistol shelf.
Black standard handle.
Mechanical lock. Exterior finishes available: penny vein
texture, silver texture, PPS black.
Options include electronic locks, various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
BISHOP
GLE series
All Bishop series Pendleton safes have round
exteriors, making them truly unique.
Like all Pendleton safes, they feature the revolving
modular interior shelving.
In addition to what is offered in the Knight line, the
Bishop GLE’s offer the “Premium Package” which includes
LED lighting, electronic door switch, and power supply.
And, they include the “Moisture Control” package that
includes a built-in dehumidifier.
The Bishop GLE series safes include the electronic locks
and the locked bolt indicator light. Options are available for
various handles, with finish options of penny vein texture,
silver texture, and black PPS coatings of the Knight series
(standard on the GLE models). Pendleton
and Gunblast have configured the Bishop GLE series to offer the
most requested options at the best available pricing. And, like
all GLE series, they include the Gunblast.com logo and special
serial number identification.
Bishop 3060GLE: 30” wide, 60” high. 4
pistol-storage/3 long gun shelving.
Premium Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt
indicator light. Black
standard handle. Electronic
single battery chrome S&G lock. Exterior finishes available:
penny vein texture, silver texture, PPS black.
Options include various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Bishop 3072GLE: 30” wide, 72” high.
Indexer/3 long gun, storage/8 pistol shelves. Premium
Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt indicator light.
Black standard handle.
Electronic single battery chrome S&G lock. Exterior
finishes available: penny vein texture, silver texture, PPS
black.
Options include various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Bishop 3260GLE: 32” wide, 60” high. 4
pistol-storage/3 long gun shelving.
Premium Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt
indicator light. Black
standard handle. Electronic
single battery chrome S&G lock. Exterior finishes available:
penny vein texture, silver texture, PPS black.
Options include various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Bishop 3260 BP-GLE (Boge Quinn Bishop
Pistolero): 32” wide, 60” high. 72 pistol plus storage
shelving configuration. Premium Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt
indicator light. Black
standard handle. Electronic
single battery chrome S&G lock. Exterior finishes available:
penny vein texture, silver texture, PPS black.
Options include various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
Bishop 3272GLE: 32” wide, 72” high.
Storage/3 long-gun, storage/9 pistol shelving.
Premium Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt
indicator light. Black
standard handle. Electronic
single battery chrome S&G lock. Exterior finishes available:
penny vein texture, silver texture, PPS black.
Options include various handle options.
Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
KING GLE
series
Some folks just want the very best!
The Pendleton King GLE is the finest gun safe on the
market. All King
series Pendleton safes have round exteriors, making them truly
unique. Like all
Pendleton safes, they feature the revolving modular interior
shelving. In
addition to what is offered in the Knight line, like the Bishop
series, the King GLE’s offer the “Premium Package” which
includes LED lighting, electronic door switch, and power supply.
And, they include the “Moisture Control” package that
includes a built-in dehumidifier.
The King GLE series safes include the electronic locks
and the locked bolt indicator light. Options are available for
various handles, but include the top-line 5 spoke bullet handle
in chrome. Fine
automotive exterior finish in black, forest green, or burgundy
is included. And,
custom-color options are available at an additional cost.
Pendleton and Gunblast have configured the King GLE safes
to offer the best available gun safe product on the market.
And, like all GLE series, they include the Gunblast.com
logo and special serial number identification.
King 3272GLE: 32” wide, 72” high.
Storage/3 long-gun, 9 pistol/9 pistol, storage/storage shelving.
Premium Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt
indicator light. Chrome
50 caliber bullet handle. Electronic
dual battery chrome S&G lock.
Biometric lock available.
Exterior finishes available: automotive black gloss,
automotive forest green gloss, automotive burgundy gloss. Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
King 3272 KP-GLE (Boge Quinn King
Pistolero): 32” wide, 72” high.
Handgun collector's dream safe!
Mega pistol storage (144 handgun capacity) plus storage
shelving. Premium
Package, Moisture Control Package, locked bolt indicator light.
Chrome 50 caliber bullet handle.
Electronic dual battery chrome S&G lock.
Biometric lock available.
Exterior finishes available: automotive black gloss,
automotive forest green gloss, automotive burgundy gloss. Contact
Pendleton Safes for pricing and more information.
HOW TO
ORDER
Gunblast.com has arranged for Pendleton Safe
to handle orders through a designated marketing company for the
Gunblast Limited Edition series safes.
Gunblast.com doesn’t sell anything as you know.
However, through our large readership buying power, we
are lending our logo to these unique safes and have worked with
Bruce Pendleton to insure ease in ordering and delivery to
Gunblast.com readers. Therefore,
the dealer markups for the GLE series are eliminated, passing
the savings on to the Gunblast.com reader.
As Gunblast.com sells no products, we have arranged this
relationship with Pendleton through a designated marketing
organization in order to provide our readers with the finest gun
safe products on the market at the best available prices.
To order, email gunblastsafe@pendletonsafe.com.
Bruce Pendleton himself may take your order, or if not,
one of the marketing company representatives will assist you.
Or, you can call Pendleton Safe direct at 770-466-6181
to ask questions or place your order via phone. Note that there are various shelf configuration options
available, as well as locks, handles, and finishes, and the
Pendleton representative will help you determine which are the
best options for you. When
you email or call, make sure you indicate that Gunblast sent
you, and provide the model numbers as indicated above (including
the GLE designation as these are exclusive for our Gunblast.com
readers). If you
have questions, then pop an email over with your phone number,
and Bruce or one of his team will give you a call to help you
with your order, or call and ask.
They accept all standard forms of payment.
Gunblast.com handles probably more guns than
most any of our readers. We
need safe and convenient storage options for our test guns, as
well as our personal collections.
We have gun safes within our test facilities, as well as
in our business office and our personal homes.
We have seen practically every gun safe on the market,
and could obtain any we choose.
We believe that Pendleton gun safes are the finest
available, and that is why we give them such a high endorsement.
My brother Jeff, who as you know is very opinionated and
outspoken, has stated that he will never buy another safe but
Pendleton. If the
Pendleton safe is good enough for Gunblast.com, then perhaps you
will find that the Pendleton GLE series safes are the best
choice for you and your family as well.
Greg Quinn
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The beautiful automotive-grade finishes on the
Pendleton King model safes (as well as the new Gunblast.com
editions) are very deep and highly reflective, as can be seen
in this photo. Not only is the photographer captured in
the reflections off the mirror-like finish, but also the
adjoining shelving containing ammunition. Note how
little space the swing-away door takes, along with the
thickness of door metal, the thick bar stock bolts, the
exceptional S&G electronic locks, and the optional
50-caliber bullet handle.
Another photo showing the deep finish of the
Pendleton King model gun safes. Note how the round
configuration can fit about anywhere.
All Pendleton gun safes are proudly build in the USA.
Each Pendleton gun safe comes with a lifetime
warranty, posted right inside the door. Note that each
gun safe also features a $50,000 fire insurance policy; you
will not find better protection from a gun safe manufacturer.
These are the most feature-rich, most user-friendly, best
warranted, and finest quality gun safes on the market today.
All Pendleton Gunblast.com series, King series, and
Bishop series gun safes are round, so they easily fit
practically any space, even tight corners. Note how the
beautiful burgundy Pendleton King safe brightens up Greg's gun
room.
While the outside is beautiful and tough, the inside
of the Pendleton gun safes set the apart from all competition.
The rounded rotating shelving allows for more guns in less
floor space, plus much easier access. Note that most of
the guns were removed from these photos in order to show more
open space and the holes for the guns.
A closer shot of the interior in the large King and
Gunblast.com series Pendleton safes. Just a few guns
were left inside before taking these photos in order to
feature the openness and configuration capabilities of these
modular shelving units, something truly unique in the gun safe
industry.
Note the second shelf cut-outs allow for very
long-barreled rifles and shotguns to be easily placed (and
retrieved) from the Pendleton safes.
Greg's Pendleton safe features a second-from-top
shelf configuration that allows space for pistols and
revolvers. Note the shelves below feature long-barrel
cut-outs, something Greg wanted for his long-barreled shotgun
collection. The guns in the photo are a 1957
Ruger Blackhawk, a Charter
Arms Gunblast.com "Gunblaster" series in 44 Special,
and a Tactical Solutions
Ruger Mark III.
The Pendleton safe holds lots of guns and allows for
very easy access to the collection. The Gunblast King and
Bishop series models include lights, dehumidifier, and a
locking bolt indicator on the King. The bright white
interior allows one to find his guns easily, and the rubber
grommets around the cut-outs protect the guns very well
indeed.
The Pendleton Bishop series guns safe here features
the almost indestructible PPS finish. This finish is
similar to the very popular Rhino liners sprayed in truck
beds. This model features the black 3-prong handle and
the S&G lockset. The round configuration is home in
any location, even a corner.
The Bishop's interior on this model is not lit, nor
does it have the electric rotating shelves or the dehumidifier
package. However, all other features are the same.
The knobs allow for easy turning of the shelves and the
spacing allows for maximum gun storage with very easy
extraction.
The S&G lockset on the Bishop.
Black 3-spoke handle.
The Bishop series showing only 2 guns inside, the new
Anderson Manufacturing Gunblast.com
edition Counter Sniper in digital camo and M4 in black.
Note that very short guns, such as the M4 carbine, can be
placed with the stock on the bottom pad instead of within the
cutouts to allow an easy fit. All other guns were
removed to show the safe configuration. Lots of guns can
be put into this safe, and the shelving, as with all Pendleton
safes, are modular for a wide-variety of configurations.
A good gun room combination at an affordable price.
A Pendleton Bishop safe shown here in the tough PPS finish,
along with ample shelving, storage containers, and a Campbell
rotating gun rack. Both the Pendleton gun safe and the
Campbell gun rack feature rotating storage for ease of use.
Greg uses the Campbell gun rack (www.gun-racks.com)
to hold guns he removes from his gun safes prior to and after
cleaning, and before returning to storage. The magnets beneath
the felt holds the barrels in place to prevent guns from
falling off the rack.
Boge's King 3272, prototype of the "Boge Quinn
Pistolero" model, features eight shelves with eighteen
spaces per shelf, for a total of 144 spaces. Shelf spacing
allows for additional handguns and accessories to be stored
flat, making the true useable capacity closer to 180 handguns.
Solid bottom shelf can be used for accessories, ammo, knives,
etc.
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