Gun safe advice needed ASAP
Well, long story short, I own one of these two-door Stack-on gun security cabinets. This worked just fine up until this morning, as it is basically the ideal size for my closet (55" high, 32" wide, 13.5" deep).
However, it turns out I have too many long arms. When I closed the long arm cabinet this AM, the locking plate got jammed against the wall of the safe by my SBR's aimpoint, completely jamming the door itself. Tried everything to dislodge it non-destructively to no avail. Ended up having to pry-bar the door off (which, by the way, was MUCH harder than internet safe snobs make it out to be).
Anyway, things brings me to my point. I need a new safe. It also seems like this might be a good time to upgrade to a real safe and not a cabinet. However, I am a renter, and space in my apartment is at a premium right now. Here are what I see as my options:
1. Buy the same exact cabinet again. Not exactly keen to do this. ($330 for a safe that already catastrophically failed on me because it was too full....)
2. Upgrade to a nicer safe and try to find the room. I have ... many pistols (~12-15, legimiately not sure) and 10 long arms. 5 of them are ARs with lights, bipods, etc.
3. Buy this safe which is the same basic construction but 4" wider and 4.5" deeper, which would be the perfect size, but ultimately would not be much of an upgrade.
4. Buy multiple safes.
5. ?
Open to any suggestions. Hoping to spend under $1k but willing to stretch if I can find the ideal solution. I went to Cabela's on the way home from lab today and was told that they will be doing a Black Friday special on the Cabela's branded Liberty Freedom safe ($599 iirc) but they will have a very limited supply.
That said because currently my long arms are totally unsecured I am not going to quibble over deals too much. Hoping to spend under $1k but willing to stretch if I can find the ideal solution. Thanks all!