Have a Vortex Crossfire II for mine. No muzzy tag again this year so offered my smokepoll to a bud that drew a muzzy tag first year of applying. Right up there with you LB in points. Also agree with comment above that open sights work just as well.
While not a gun safe, I had a medium size fire safe with similar issues. Was instructed to heat the mechanism (metal) around area where bolt engages with a heat gun (paint remover) and then use the vibrating action of a hammer drill in same area where heat applied. Worked for me on first try.
Thinking that FEMA is in the late stages of revising / publishing inundation mapping for Burleigh County. Would be interesting to see what it would take to remove this area from current flood level status via LOMR or some other mechanism. But what the hell....it's only State and local tax...