Have you reconciled the contradiction of having a gun and being unable to get to it when most needed? This is a universal question.
Figure how big a safe you will need, then get 20% bigger.
You can't go wrong with Browning. Liberty is good too.
Get something that you can open in the dark and in a hurry. Anything that takes a key or requires you to look at numbers on a dial is unacceptable. I have a model that uses a Simplex lock and I set it with a simply combination.
Is the safe for keeping the guns safe from kids/visitors or from theft. It'd make a big difference.
If it's from theft, you'll need to get one the thief can't just pack off with him.
If it's from kids, there are lockboxes that work really well for that.
FWIW, J&G Sales (Prescot,AZ ) sells the GV1000 (post #5) for $99.95 + S&H
Sorry I am fairly late to your thread. When I had to move to an apartment I purchased a Stack-on 16/24 gun safe from the local sporting goods outlet. It is fire resistant (sheet rock in the lining) and has ample room for guns documents etc. I also purchased brass hooks from home depot and attached them to the door to accommodate my handguns. Cost me about $575.00--safe, sales tax, and hardware. Not as good as my Browning safe I had to leave behind, but adequate enough to contain what I need it too. Plus it is 2 (strong)person moveable assuming ground level moving and a 15.00 movers dolly from harbor freight (3 could get it upstairs) weighs about 440lbs. Afraid of it walking off? it has bolt down holes, and as an added safety measure I keep about 3 cases of 10mm and several thousand rounds of .22 in mine just to add some weight.
jm2b
-Budg