Where to mount a gun safe? [Admin Warning: NO POLITICS]

[2ndGenBroncoOwner]

Being Left Handed, I was wondering if there is room to mount this under the dash by the hood release. 3"x7.5"x13"... will need to measure.

https://www.barska.com/quick-access-biometric-keypad-desk-safe-by-barska.html

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[LOSTXGOLD]

I don't see space for that type of thing in the bronco.

I looked at the interior again, and you are correct. That will not work

 

[andrusoid]

Hello all,

I would like to know if anyone has researched where you can mount a handgun safe in the new Bronco. I am ordering a 4 door BD.

With my previous vehicles I just slid a small Simplex lock gun safe under the drivers seat and "secured" it with a cable that looped around the mounts for the seat. It worked but wasn't really ideal.

I would like to actually hard mount something like a Fort Knox handgun safe somewhere in the vehicle and was wondering if anyone had done it or researched it enough to know where one could go.

Worst case, I will just do what I did before and use a cable lock. But any insights/recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Well, if you are not deleting the rear seats to make a sleeper, you can make a shelf to level the cargo area out to the heigth of the seats. This would give you a 2.5" space for storage that should take a gun safe and other items to boot. There a few that have done something like this and postd on the site.

 

[smiths65]

Okay, but every vehicle has the same problem as the Bronco. No vehicle that I know of comes with a factory installed gun safe.

Thief Dope Head Dan is going to break into any car he thinks has valuables in it that he can sell for his drug habit. Any hardened case if not bolted to the floor pan is easily ripped from the plastic housing it is in. The two vehicle safe options Ford has shown for the Bronco are easily compromised it looks like to me.

I had a Smitty Built 16G steel center console for my YJ. It was bolted to the floor pan and was quite robust. But the top probably could have been levered off with a decent crowbar.

My 2021 RAM 1500 Built-to-Serve has a factory installed safe in the center console

 

[andrusoid]

Well, if you are not deleting the rear seats to make a sleeper, you can make a shelf to level the cargo area out to the heigth of the seats. This would give you a 2.5" space for storage that should take a gun safe and other items to boot. There a few that have done something like this and postd on the site.

Like this guy. I have a 2 door and my brother independently came up with the OP's solution, with rounded corners and it is super.

4 door leveling shelf for folded seats

 

[Tonka1]

I bought the rear lock able cargo area for my Bronco.

https://accessories.ford.com/compartment-asy-rear-stowage-13029.html#2021/Bronco

The most important thing is to have a good inland marine insurance policy that covers your guns while traveling. I own several machine guns that together will easily dwarf the value of the vehicle they are loaded into. These types of devices keep the honest people out. For all else there is insurance.

I want something like this but I want to be able to unlock and fold down the section behind the seats if I have a long item that I want to haul. I haven't found the right product yet and may have to custom build one.

 

[EveryDayBronco]

Well, if you are not deleting the rear seats to make a sleeper, you can make a shelf to level the cargo area out to the heigth of the seats. This would give you a 2.5" space for storage that should take a gun safe and other items to boot. There a few that have done something like this and postd on the site.

Doing that blocks access to the vehicle jack and other underfloor storage compartment.

There is already a locking lid available for the underfloor storage compartment,
Ford VM2DZ-9906202-B Bronco Cargo Area Vehicle Safe In-Floor 2021 (cjponyparts.com)

 

[andrusoid]

Doing that blocks access to the vehicle jack and other underfloor storage compartment.

There is already a locking lid available for the underfloor storage compartment,
Ford VM2DZ-9906202-B Bronco Cargo Area Vehicle Safe In-Floor 2021 (cjponyparts.com)

Indeed. My shelf is right below where the topper is bolted in, so not an issue for me. I thought you mentioned that you wanted to sleep in back.

 

[dcg2]

I want something like this but I want to be able to unlock and fold down the section behind the seats if I have a long item that I want to haul. I haven't found the right product yet and may have to custom build one.

Agree. I have a Lahti L-39 that needs lots of room and was thinking of making removable opening of some kind in the center.

Maybe with a cover that's bolted from the back with some welded nuts on the behind the seat piece.

 

[acbaldwi`]

I was thinking could a long gun be stored under the rear seat? lots of room there if it doesn't get crushed when putting the seat down...... future wifey has the bronco atm so i cant just go out and fold the seats down

 

[GlowingMoose]

I would like to see something mount to the tailgate area. I don't need a table and there's perfect space for a small PCC or AR-pistol.

 

[Balthezor]

It will slow them down. The ConsoleVault for the Bronco is the same company I have been using for years in my F-350. You can get the lock changed to a keyed or bio-metric lock. The locking plate can also be beefed up with a little welding. Again, I NEVER leave my guns in my truck overnight, I just like having it for parking lots where most break-in's happen around here.

Jack, how do you change the lock to biometric lock for these consolevaults?

 

[tourproto]

So got my Bronco BL yesterday and first thing was to cable lock my V-Line gun safe to the drivers seat.

I don’t like the console safe option so just going with something I am comfortable with for now.

the v-Line fits perfectly under the seat and I can tuck the excess cable underneath also. You really cannot see it from the outside looking in (last pic below)

hopefully some better options will emerge this year that are more convenient/accessible. But this will do for now when I have to leave my EDC in the car.

 

[Fordsonly]

 

[Silver-Bolt]

A little bit of an awkward draw. I hope you don't have someone in the passenger seat if you have to make a draw.

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