When I use to own AR's [:)] I had a half a dozen and as you know they don't fit into the normal 40 inch long bolt action rifle set-up safes come with. I found that I could manufacture a custom cut-out to work.

I cut semi-circles the diameter of the delta ring (that thing that holds the back of the handguards in place) on centers that gave me about an inch between rifles. The delta rings on my pre-ban and post ban rifles were all within a half an inch.

I've got rifles on the right in a tall vertical compartment with the "ready rifle" up front, and the bigger .308 guns and bolt actions in the back. Across the top there is a safe wide shelf that I store optics and magazines on. The first half width shelf contains all my pistols which are stored on end with the barrels facing upwards (like the rifles). The "ready pistols" are stored in the front and the scoped target pistols and ones with longer barrels in the back.

[url]http://paul.223.tripod.com/Firearms/Pistols_in_Safe.jpg[/url]
The pistols from the righthand side of the row have been removed for this picture.

I have two more shelves below the pistols which store valuables in tupperware containers. There's also my valuable documents kept there too as I have a firelined safe.

A goldenrod runs the lenght of the back of the shelf with notches cut in the center vertical devider to allow plenty of clearance around the rod.

[edited to add damn tripod.com for not letting me post pictures!]

I wonder if someone were to store their ammo in cans, what you could store all those ammo cans on?[:D]

7, a guy could live comfortably in there with his family. [:D]

[img]http://www.ar15.com/members/albums/Lumpy223%2FFrontSafe%2EJPG[/img]

[img]http://www.ar15.com/members/albums/Lumpy223%2FTopSafe%2EJPG[/img]

Hey Slag,
I think you could use some more AKs [;)].

7,
I have said it once before but I will say it again, you are just way to organized [:D].

Jesus.  You people won't tell your neighbors anything about your security arrangements to prevent thievery, but you will post a picture of your safe and the guns on the internet?

Q: What kind of idiot would try to rob me?
A: One reaching room temperature (dead).

Four of my five closest neighbors know I collect firearms - two retired military (on Major and one Master Stg.) and two corrections officers (one active, one retired). The retired corrections officer sits outside his house nearly all day long, good lord I love that man. The retired MStg. sits up nights chatting with yet another retired military member across the street. The fifth neighbor would know more but he's got a whacky kid that comes and goes when the circus is in town (no really!).

My safe is only my last line of defense - fence, lighting, locks, motion sensors, alarms, guard (not attack) dog, secondary window and door locks, IR and color cameras...

LOL [:D]