Quick Answer: Black Friday and Cyber Monday gun safe discounts cluster in the 11-25% range for most long-gun safes and run higher, 25-44% off, on budget handgun boxes, based on Field & Stream’s 2024 roundup of 23 deals and Outdoor Life’s 2025 follow-up. The single biggest dollar discount found across both years was $1,300 off a Browning 1878 Fire Resistant Gun Safe (Outdoor Life, 2025), but that’s an outlier — the median deal saves $100-$300. Sales aren’t limited to November either: Amazon’s October 2026 Prime Big Deal Days cut SentrySafe fireproof safes 15-22%, confirmed independently by Slickdeals.
Shopping a gun safe sale is harder than it sounds, because “Black Friday” coverage mixes three very different things under one banner: real percentage-off deals, flat dollar-amount rebates that only matter on expensive safes, and headline numbers that describe the single best deal somewhere in a 20-item list, not what a typical shopper will actually find. Below is what the discounts genuinely looked like in the two most recent roundups, broken out by price tier, so you can tell a real deal from a marketing number before you buy.
What Black Friday gun safe discounts actually looked like (2024-2025)
| Safe tier | Example deals | Typical discount |
|---|---|---|
| Budget handgun safes (under $200) | Gloryfire, BillConch, Vaultek Essential Series | 20-44% off |
| Long-gun safes under $1,000 | Liberty Centurion, Cabela's All American, Browning Yukon Gold | 11-42% off (median ~18%) |
| Long-gun safes $1,000-$1,500 | Browning Ultra, Liberty Freedom, Browning Pheasants Forever | 15-20% off |
| Premium full-size safes ($2,000+) | Browning 1878, Fort Knox Marquise | $300-$1,300 off (12-25%) |
Figures compiled from Field & Stream’s 23-deal 2024 Black Friday roundup and Outdoor Life’s 2025 follow-up list; both are retailer/affiliate roundups, so treat exact dollar figures as a snapshot of that sale window, not a permanent price.
The widest swing sits inside the “long-gun safes under $1,000” tier, and it’s worth seeing why: Field & Stream’s 2024 list put a Liberty Safes Centurion 18-Gun at $799 (11% off its $899 list) right next to a Liberty Scheels Outfitters 1776 32-Gun at $699 (42% off a $1,199 list) — same brand, same sale event, a nearly 4x gap in discount depth. The lesson for a buyer comparing two “Liberty on sale” listings: the brand name on the discount banner tells you almost nothing about how deep that specific model’s cut actually is.
Real current listings worth comparing against whatever Black Friday price you’re quoted: the SentrySafe SFW123DSB fireproof safe (the exact model Slickdeals confirmed at $189.04 during October 2026’s Prime Big Deal Days, a 16% cut from its $224.99 list), the Vaultek DS2i Smart Station Safe (Field & Stream listed it at $399, 17% off a $479 list, in its own 2024 roundup), and our full Best Fort Knox Gun Safe guide if a Marquise-tier premium safe is the target — Dean Safe’s own 2025 promotion cut a Fort Knox Marquise 6026 from $10,500 to $8,400, a 20% reduction, on top of manufacturer rebates up to $400 on other models.
and any safe you order during a sale window ships with two-day delivery instead of the week-plus freight timelines some of these retailers quote for palletized safes — worth checking before you commit to a specific delivery date around the holidays.
The honesty check: headline number vs. the actual best deal
Field & Stream’s 2024 roundup headline advertised deals “Up to $600 Off” — but the single largest savings figure actually listed anywhere in that same 23-deal article was $500 (that Liberty Scheels Outfitters 1776 32-Gun Safe). The $600 ceiling never shows up attached to a real product in the piece. That’s not necessarily dishonest — a headline can describe a deal that existed briefly, sold out, or ran on a different page — but it means the “up to $X off” number in any Black Friday gun safe headline is worth treating as a marketing ceiling, not a number you should expect on the specific safe you’re shopping for. Compare it against the median discount in the tier table above instead.
One more pattern worth knowing: Dean Safe, a premium safe retailer, explicitly excludes its Stealth-brand safes from Black Friday-style promotions while discounting most of its other in-stock inventory 10% plus manufacturer rebates. If a brand you’re set on isn’t showing up in a retailer’s sale list, it may not be an oversight — some lines are carved out on purpose.
Not ready to wait for the next sale window? Our Best Gun Safe Under $1,000 guide covers real fire-rated options at everyday pricing, and our Best Gun Safe pillar guide covers what to check (fire rating, steel gauge, bolt-down anchoring) regardless of whether you’re buying at full price or mid-sale.
Sources: Field & Stream, Black Friday Gun Safe Deals 2024; Outdoor Life, Black Friday Gun Safe Deals 2025; Outdoor Life, Prime Day Safe Deals 2026; Dean Safe, Black Friday Safe Buyer’s Guide 2025.