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Yeah pal, don't we all.Need a bigger safe
Even once you figure out how many rifles you will be storing, you get to play the capacity game. Unless you own nothing but bolt action .22s with the bolts removed, throw their number right out the window.
There is a simple formula to figure out how many rifles a safe will actually hold. Take the number they give you, divide by 2 and subtract 1. (X=Y/2 -1) Therefore a safe advertised as holding 24, will actually hold 11
Rather than trading up to one bigger safe, consider buying a second safe... and then a third safe... (rinse and repeat). Unless you go big dollars/super-premium, nothing slows down a thief or limits his haul better than utilizing multiple safes (especially if dispersed throughout the house).I understand the bit about buying larger than you need. But I only have so much money at a given time. If I plan on doubling the size for a decade worth of guns, I might need a bank vault.
Job site box can be a cheaper secure option.there is nothing wrong with two safes! Or one safe for ammo only. I have 4 of various sizes LOL
Words of wisdom: always buy a safe at least two sizes larger than you think you need.
Or like others said if cash is short now get what you can afford and buy a second one later on. I have already filled my first one to capacity and will be getting a second one soon.......but my safes are not in the "pretty" part of the house so having more than one is not an issue at all. Tractor supply sells a good Winchester one for like 300 bucks.........just buy.....fill.....buy another and fill.....repeat.
Have you considered the rifle rods that can go in the safe in place of the plywood with the cutouts to lean your rifles against?
How big is your safe?
Mine are supposed to come in tomorrow and my 24 gun safe is overloaded because of my bolt action rifles. Im trying to avoid having the bolt ding up the wood on the guns
I'll post before and after pictures here of it works out.
This started getting crowded when I added 2 K98s and a MSAR and I had a hard time fitting them all in it. The MSAR was weird and took up a lot of space. for being so small. I am avoiding having them ding each other up, especially the bolt guns. I just also noticed my GSG5 isn't in there either. I bought these rifle rods to get rid of the partition. There's so much more space now. But my issue now is that I want to organize it better than what I did last night at 2am. My only complaint so far is for shorter guns these rods are only 16". I've contacted the seller and asked if they offer anything longer. The solution to that is to put a box of ammo or two under those guns. You can see that my AR barely hangs on and the MSAR is too short even with the box
Have you looked at adding a piece of PVC pipe to the barrel to make it longer? If you put an end cap on it and drill the hole for the rod, it should work reasonably well.