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Hi everyone I’m looking for a new gun safe to put in my nightstand for a Glock 19 any recommendations?
 
I can recommend lots of them based on my personal issues with some kinds. Do you have a budget in mind?

My first bedside storage was a Winchester eVault 1200, currently discontinued. Now the design is used by Gunvault. This one worked for several years until the mechanism that pulls on the lock bar to open the door snapped. The good side of the story to this critical flaw is it has a backup key that bypasses the mechanism. So I could still open it to retrieve my firearm until I got a new one.

http://mpcsports.com/browseproducts/eVault-Security-Safe-by-WInchester-Safes-(eV1200).HTML

After the eVault I went to The Gun Box. Simple name for a "high end" featured lock box. RFID, Fingerprint, hydraulics, alarm, and even optional GPS tracking if it got grabbed. Lots of sell buzzwords. Even has USB ports to charge your phone or tablet. Three main issues I had with this one: The hydraulics can be finicky. I needed to do a lot of adjusting and oiling of the hydraulics to get the right amount of "spring" I wanted. And I still didn't get it perfect. I went through 2 power adapters after the cords got pinched, kinked, and damaged. Each time waiting for a new one, I had to manually override the latch and store the firearm somewhere else. And finally, the nail in this one's coffin was the lock mechanism stopped resetting. Making it stuck "open" which pretty much eliminates the purpose of having bedside storage.

https://thegunbox.com/pages/featured-category

I am currently on a Fort Knox gun box. Simplex lock, no power or complicated mechanism to fail. So far, this has been the best of the major ones I have used. The only thing I have added to this one was a motion activated light inside so I can see the interior when I reach inside.

https://www.gunsafes.com/Fort-Knox-PB1-Original-Pistol-Safe.html
 
I’ve had many over the past 40 years, most did not stand the test of time.

Currently, these two have been the best.

The top one is similar to the Fort Knox posted above. It is manual rather than electronic, and has lasted the longest at 25 + years.
Here it is bolted down in one of the kitchen cabinets.
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This Hornady electronic model is 6 years or so old and has held up without issue. Very easy to use, even in the dark.

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I just use small safes as night stands. One each side of the bed.
 
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herrwalther said:
I am currently on a Fort Knox gun box. Simplex lock, no power or complicated mechanism to fail. So far, this has been the best of the major ones I have used. The only thing I have added to this one was a motion activated light inside so I can see the interior when I reach inside.
https://www.gunsafes.com/Fort-Knox-PB1-Original-Pistol-Safe.html
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Same here. I can't find anything wrong with the Fort Knox pistol safe for my use. You can easily open it in the pitch dark, it's made of heavy gauge steel, and it has the Simplex lock. I wish I'd bought a couple more of them back in the day when they were occasionally offered at a hundred bucks or so less than they sell for now...
 
V-Line is my choice. I have the Fort Knox PB1 and it is also good but I like the V-Lines better. The compact fits nicely in a drawer. The Brute is more along the lines of the PB1. Have had V-Lines for at least 11 or 12 years with no issue.

I have no experience with it but the FAS-1 safes look great as well.
 
I have two Ft Knox safes and one V-line and like them both a lot. The two Ft Knox safes each get opened 3-4 times a week, for the past 7 years. I don't use the V-line as much but am sure it would hold up just as well. No way would I spend the money on a safe with an electronic lock, they all seem to be more or less disposable. The aforementioned safes with Simplex locks are made to be handed down to your children.
 
hso said:
Do check lockpickinglawyer on YouTube before buying any gun box. He's revealed some serious weaknesses.
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LPL is good entertainment and he does show what cheap locks and locking mechanisms are out there.

Your kids, depending on their age, might try to pick your lock since they won’t want to break anything. A thief will just us e a standard screwdriver on most of the ones I’ve seen him test and it would be almost as fast and sometimes faster.
 
Another vote for Vline and simplex locks. I have one upstairs and one downstairs.

https://www.vlineind.com/shop/hide-away-large-capacity-handgun-safe/

The upstairs safe is mounted underneath the shelf of my nightstand (the bottom of the stand is open). It’s not proof against someone picking up the whole stand and carrying it out, but that’s a remote likelihood.

I also put a motion activated light inside. I take it out once a month or so and recharge it. It takes me about 3 seconds to open it in the dark, and there’s no worry about a dead battery.
 
herrwalther said:
I can recommend lots of them based on my personal issues with some kinds. Do you have a budget in mind?

My first bedside storage was a Winchester eVault 1200, currently discontinued. Now the design is used by Gunvault. This one worked for several years until the mechanism that pulls on the lock bar to open the door snapped. The good side of the story to this critical flaw is it has a backup key that bypasses the mechanism. So I could still open it to retrieve my firearm until I got a new one.

http://mpcsports.com/browseproducts/eVault-Security-Safe-by-WInchester-Safes-(eV1200).HTML

After the eVault I went to The Gun Box. Simple name for a "high end" featured lock box. RFID, Fingerprint, hydraulics, alarm, and even optional GPS tracking if it got grabbed. Lots of sell buzzwords. Even has USB ports to charge your phone or tablet. Three main issues I had with this one: The hydraulics can be finicky. I needed to do a lot of adjusting and oiling of the hydraulics to get the right amount of "spring" I wanted. And I still didn't get it perfect. I went through 2 power adapters after the cords got pinched, kinked, and damaged. Each time waiting for a new one, I had to manually override the latch and store the firearm somewhere else. And finally, the nail in this one's coffin was the lock mechanism stopped resetting. Making it stuck "open" which pretty much eliminates the purpose of having bedside storage.

https://thegunbox.com/pages/featured-category

I am currently on a Fort Knox gun box. Simplex lock, no power or complicated mechanism to fail. So far, this has been the best of the major ones I have used. The only thing I have added to this one was a motion activated light inside so I can see the interior when I reach inside.

https://www.gunsafes.com/Fort-Knox-PB1-Original-Pistol-Safe.html
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Ok this is great I’m going to look at the Fort Knox and see apreciate it
 
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