RACT Biometric | Rifle & Shotgun Safe

This fantastic and very solid gun safe. The reason for four stars though, I am not very happy with the location of the 'learning' button for the fingerprint sensor. I bought this safe to have it on the wall right next to my bed, in case somebody breaks through the sliding doors in my bedroom. Key in this situation is having a gun safe that opens as fast as RACT. However, when practicing that situation, one must be really careful to not hit the learning button by accident. Once that happens, the system needs about a second or two to clear before the finger print sensor is ready again. Bottom line: In case there are plans on releasing an updated version of the RACT safe, please place the learning far away from the sensor and possibly add a red LED ring around the sensor itself, so it's easier to find at night, in a panic, with one eye open...

The fingerprint reader works as fast as advertised however it's a pain to close the lock sometimes. The adjustment bolts on the rear are easy to strip the nuts in their sleeves or whatever that keeps them in place.. so whatever you do try not to overtighten the bolts. And lastly the take down pin cover is not big enough or long enough. It doesn't cover the pin on my AR-15 or my gen-12.

I needed a secure way to store my shotgun in the closet without having to purchase an entire safe. I came across this from a co-worker at work who recommended it. it was easy to adjust for a tactical shotgun that had a side mounted shell casing holder and more sleek buttstock. I have an old house, lathe and plaster but managed to find a stud and secured it using the provided tools. It is easy to take out quickly and use if it ever comes to that.

I think this is a great product. Well packaged from the box it comes in to how it was packed for shipping. Easy to follow instruction, didn’t take long to install on my wall.
The only improvement would be the base for the stock, it only adjust to the left and right but with some stocks having room for storage they are a little thicker. Make it adjustable the other way or increase it by 1/2”. The stock on my .450 Bushmaster didn’t fit so I used another AR-15 to use this with that had a straight stock without storage.
The biometric was easy to program and easy use and worked every time without an issue.

The RACT unit is a solid quality built unit. The AR version even fit my semi-auto 12 guage shotguns. The biometrics is the best I've seen. It even continues to update your fingerprints in memory every time you use it not just at the start. The only design flaw I noticed is when you adjust the stock holder and trigger guard laterally from side to side, when farthest away from the center mounting rail the tightening nut capture system inside the stock holder and trigger guard allow the nut to spin freely while tightening and will not allow you to tighten the bolts farthest away from the center rail. This means there's only one bolt holding the mounts. This probably does not happen with regular AR's since they are more in a strait line with the center mounting rail. AR shotguns need the mounts farther out away from the rail and the mounts are not designed to properly capture the tightening nuts at the extreme outer locations. I was able to jam a screwdriver into the slot on the back side of one of the mounts to help capture the nut and get it to tighten but the other will not allow that. Very small issue that probably will not affect the security of the unit unless attacked with a sledge hammer. It did take a month to receive my order. Overall a great product.