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...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
Can't get mine to work today.
New battery no help.
Not real happy, since Christmas is usually when we do some family shootin' (...I laugh when I think how strange that must sound to city-folk... ).
New battery no help.
Not real happy, since Christmas is usually when we do some family shootin' (...I laugh when I think how strange that must sound to city-folk... ).
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Been there done that. Had to call a safe smith to unlock it, and he put a new electronic lock, but a better quality one on.
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Get out the angle grinder, you will be in in no time. Good Luck and Merry Christmas.
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Mine won`t reset half the time, have to bang on it and shake the handle then beep and it works.
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Get some C-4.....that will work.....just be sure you don't do it like the Polish bank robber who tied up the safe and blew the guard.----6
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Take battery out, wait a few minutes reinstall battery and try it? Might need to reset itself?
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I guess I'm too "old school" and have lived in a mechanical world and don't believe I'll ever get out of it. I never did trust electronics of any kind, unless of course I'm forced to. If I have a choice, I always go for the mechanical variation. Even when I bought my last new Jeep, I was adamant to the salesman about roll up windows vs. the motorized ones. Did not even want air conditioning but I had no choice on that.
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My jeep also has rollups. No electronics here, Sargent & Geenleaf for me. The beads are from a couple of dancers in Las Vegas, all 37 strings.
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Dang! That Old Savage guy gets ALL of the neat stuff! Look at those beads.....and how they once hung around the "soft stuff". ---6
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I'm sure his memory is failing... those look like Mardi-Gras beads... from New Orleans.Sixgun wrote:Dang! That Old Savage guy gets ALL of the neat stuff! Look at those beads.....and how they once hung around the "soft stuff". ---6
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That really bites. Good thing there's no emergencies. But, I guess you have Donner und Blitzen out, and ready to go if need be.
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This Spring I had the same issue with my ten year old Champion safe. Would not open, even after installing 2 new batteries. Combination was changed once that day safe was installed to a combination I selected.
Called the dealer who advised me to call Champion Safe. After jumping through a few hoops, Champion sent out a loaner key pad. Still did not open.
Dealer representative came out and unsuccessfully tried several Champion provided "master codes" as well as new batteries. He called Champion and again unsuccessfully tried another master code. Dealer rep drilled out the safe door to remove the computer chip, open it up, and install a time-tested S & G dial lock.
Old lock sent back to Champion to test it. Champion found a problem in the computer chip as there was power from the battery/key pad to the computer chip. For someone reason, the computer chip would not accept the combination or the master codes. Learned the difficult way that electronic safe door looks are unreliable and like a home computer, they will fail. All that for a mere US$475.00, tax included.
Called the dealer who advised me to call Champion Safe. After jumping through a few hoops, Champion sent out a loaner key pad. Still did not open.
Dealer representative came out and unsuccessfully tried several Champion provided "master codes" as well as new batteries. He called Champion and again unsuccessfully tried another master code. Dealer rep drilled out the safe door to remove the computer chip, open it up, and install a time-tested S & G dial lock.
Old lock sent back to Champion to test it. Champion found a problem in the computer chip as there was power from the battery/key pad to the computer chip. For someone reason, the computer chip would not accept the combination or the master codes. Learned the difficult way that electronic safe door looks are unreliable and like a home computer, they will fail. All that for a mere US$475.00, tax included.
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Six, the devil in disguise no doubt.
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I'm feeling better about my cheap-o StackOn and Homak already.
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Re: ...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
My ammo/ pistol safe was made by Wilf Charles, a blacksmith who did a lot of work for the SAS, the lock failed a few days ago, I couldn't believe it, but a good spray of lubricant got it working like new, I would never trust anything electronic on something so important.
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My gunsafe is 34 years old... the S&G manual lock has not failed once... 'Nuff said.
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Re: ...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
electronic locks? I could never understand putting a lock onto a "safe" that anyone could walk away with.
I like the kind you twirl around. Can you imagine Wyat Earp fiddling with a touchpad?
I like the kind you twirl around. Can you imagine Wyat Earp fiddling with a touchpad?
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I have a friend that services safes. For every mechanical lock that he has to fix, he fixes about 10 electronic.
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Will never own an electronic gun/safe lock.
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I bought a safe with a manual lock after reading these:
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Hope you get yours open easier than this!
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I did engineer a figurative back-door, so I can get in, but will definitely be replacing the lock.
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Griff wrote:My gunsafe is 34 years old... the S&G manual lock has not failed once... 'Nuff said.
That's about how old mine is..closer to 30......open it almost daily...still works.......
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My safe is also 30ish years old. It gets opened at least once a day. It is a S&G manual lock and has never given any trouble. I changed the combination when we set it in the house. The Company which sold me the safe at a gun show did not want me to set the combination as so many people seem to screw it up and they have to send a repairman out on site and charge $ and it upsets the new buyer.
I do not plan on ever owning an electronic lock safe.
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I get ticked enough at some family members the rest of the year, so can't wait until Christmas to do some "family shootin" Some of them need taken care of right away!AJMD429 wrote: Not real happy, since Christmas is usually when we do some family shootin' (...I laugh when I think how strange that must sound to city-folk... ).
But I wont have an electronic lock on a gun safe either. Too many horror stories for me to want the hassle. Dials are pretty low tech, and I like that.
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Sorry for your luck but thank you for reinforcing my thought on why I stuck with the old fashioned dial.
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Didn`t you guys with electronics safes come with keys to open them, mine did it`s a Stack on.
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That's the answer - if you have to go digital, does it have a key bypass?Pitchy wrote:Didn`t you guys with electronics safes come with keys to open them, mine did it`s a Stack on.
A digital lock is sort of okay if it comes with a key bypass. But those 4 digit digital ones, unless they have a timeout feature after a few tries, can be defeated in time just by starting with 0000, 0001... Just punching in 20 4-digit combinations a minute - pretty slow - means you will reach 9999 in about 8 hours 20 minutes. Leaving a normal, curious kid at home with one of these guarding your guns is not such a good idea; an hour a day for less than a week gives you all the combinations. And of course if your combination is 5555, that's about 4 hrs 10 minutes tops.
Besides a mechanical (dial) lock safe for most stuff, I use a smaller quick entry handgun safe with an electronic digital lock. But it has a strangely configured bypass key, not a standard pin tumbler type that can quickly be picked. And I have an electronic handgun box for transporting purposes, quick to open. But again, it features a key lock as well.
I question the wisdom altogether of purchasing a fireproof safe with an electronic lock, which would be the first to melt and be rendered useless.
The digital buttons that work in combination without the keypad 0 through 9 are easy to defeat. I picked up a Radio Shack infrared home alarm system out of the red tag bin - for a ridiculously low price - many years ago because the store owner lost the simple 4 digit combination for the control box. It featured 4 buttons to be pressed in combination, so there were only 256 possible combinations to disarm it; Like Button 3, Button 4, Button 4, Button 2. I took my prize home and "cracked" it in a short time while watching a TV program. It was good enough as an internal disarming device.
I used it for a year or two. Then, we went on vacation and dear ol' Dad came into the house to get something, but didn't have the combination. The loud external horn went off while he was fiddling with the control box and its back up gel cell battery. So he ripped the box from the wall and stomped the poor thing to death.
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Now THAT would have been fun to watch....JohndeFresno wrote:...the loud external horn went off while he was fiddling with the control box and its back up gel cell battery. So he ripped the box from the wall and stomped the poor thing to death.
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that was truly funnyAJMD429 wrote:Now THAT would have been fun to watch....JohndeFresno wrote:...the loud external horn went off while he was fiddling with the control box and its back up gel cell battery. So he ripped the box from the wall and stomped the poor thing to death.
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I don't like them either.....I'll stick with the old fashion combo locks
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yea well I had the tumblers slip in mine, $350 to get it opened, now I have a electric lock on it. So you can get 'got' either way.Sixgun wrote:I guess I'm too "old school" and have lived in a mechanical world and don't believe I'll ever get out of it. I never did trust electronics of any kind, unless of course I'm forced to. If I have a choice, I always go for the mechanical variation. Even when I bought my last new Jeep, I was adamant to the salesman about roll up windows vs. the motorized ones. Did not even want air conditioning but I had no choice on that.
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I have read that this can happen if you slam the door shut on some safes. Is that what happened??buckeyeshooter wrote: yea well I had the tumblers slip in mine, $350 to get it opened, now I have a electric lock on it. So you can get 'got' either way.
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Agree with you about Mechanical/Electrical mechanical over electronics. Am amazed that you get your lady to use a wringer washer. A tip of the hatSixgun wrote:I guess I'm too "old school" and have lived in a mechanical world and don't believe I'll ever get out of it. I never did trust electronics of any kind, unless of course I'm forced to. If I have a choice, I always go for the mechanical variation. Even when I bought my last new Jeep, I was adamant to the salesman about roll up windows vs. the motorized ones. Did not even want air conditioning but I had no choice on that.
I like things that when they break, I don't have to call anyone. Still use Maytag wringer washers.----6
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He don't... notice he used the "1st person" in that sentence...tman wrote:Agree with you about Mechanical/Electrical mechanical over electronics. Am amazed that you get your lady to use a wringer washer. A tip of the hatSixgun wrote:I guess I'm too "old school" and have lived in a mechanical world and don't believe I'll ever get out of it. I never did trust electronics of any kind, unless of course I'm forced to. If I have a choice, I always go for the mechanical variation. Even when I bought my last new Jeep, I was adamant to the salesman about roll up windows vs. the motorized ones. Did not even want air conditioning but I had no choice on that.
I like things that when they break, I don't have to call anyone. Still use Maytag wringer washers.----6
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Can't happen on mine... nearly air-tight, air compression slows it down so it just barely closes, still have to push it the last bit to engage the lugs!JohndeFresno wrote:I have read that this can happen if you slam the door shut on some safes. Is that what happened??buckeyeshooter wrote:yea well I had the tumblers slip in mine, $350 to get it opened, now I have a electric lock on it. So you can get 'got' either way.
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I'm at an age where I just don't give a flying pelosi what others think. Been there and done that.....automatic washers last 4 years..tops..aggravation inbetween those 4 years. After dealing with aggravation from 1972, I decided to take contol from the capitalists and live life "my style".
If your smart, you can do 2-400% more clothes in a wringer than you can in an automatic in the same amount of time. Wash the whites....then use the same water for the darks. Horse blankets, quilts, bedspreads????....no problem. The only "problem" is that you have to stay there...no walking away and talking on the phone.
These thing don't break down.......maybe a belt every twenty years. Plus, you have to put the clothes through twice in order to use the dryer.
I call my style of living ...free.....no credit cards, vehicles I can work on...horses for transportation if need be..lots of dogs to replace electronic security......solar lights and and other things for security issues...
plenty of guns and ammo if someone approaches within 100 meters.
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It's real...I don't steal pictures off of the internet....yep...loaded for bear...all of them.
If your smart, you can do 2-400% more clothes in a wringer than you can in an automatic in the same amount of time. Wash the whites....then use the same water for the darks. Horse blankets, quilts, bedspreads????....no problem. The only "problem" is that you have to stay there...no walking away and talking on the phone.
These thing don't break down.......maybe a belt every twenty years. Plus, you have to put the clothes through twice in order to use the dryer.
I call my style of living ...free.....no credit cards, vehicles I can work on...horses for transportation if need be..lots of dogs to replace electronic security......solar lights and and other things for security issues...
plenty of guns and ammo if someone approaches within 100 meters.
I may be the definition of a nut but myself and my neighbors feel the same...you loot-I shoot ----6
It's real...I don't steal pictures off of the internet....yep...loaded for bear...all of them.
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And I asked if you had a BAR and no reply.
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Pitchy wrote:And I asked if you had a BAR and no reply.
Sorry Pitch....didn't see it....
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Slipping Tumblers. When I had the dial lock installed on my safe I asked the repair tech about any maintenance on the dial lock.
The tech said that dial combination locks are just about maintenance free, but-- and there always is a 'but'- you get what you pay for. He then said if the number sequence is too close together that can/will cause unusual tumbler wear and lead to locking/unlocking problems.
According to the tech, unusual tumbler wear could/can also occur if quickly spinning the dial several times before applying the combination sequence to unlock. Supposedly people do this to "align everything up." He said doing the same after locking the safe dial can/will cause excessive tumbler wear.
There just might be something to what he said. A friend had his safe dial lock replaced because he said the tumblers were worn. He told me that two numbers were very close and the locksmith told him that was the problem. Now I do not recall the age of his safe and/or if the dial lock was "quality".
The tech said that dial combination locks are just about maintenance free, but-- and there always is a 'but'- you get what you pay for. He then said if the number sequence is too close together that can/will cause unusual tumbler wear and lead to locking/unlocking problems.
According to the tech, unusual tumbler wear could/can also occur if quickly spinning the dial several times before applying the combination sequence to unlock. Supposedly people do this to "align everything up." He said doing the same after locking the safe dial can/will cause excessive tumbler wear.
There just might be something to what he said. A friend had his safe dial lock replaced because he said the tumblers were worn. He told me that two numbers were very close and the locksmith told him that was the problem. Now I do not recall the age of his safe and/or if the dial lock was "quality".
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Ray,
Maybe so..but I've never experienced it. I've had my first safe since ...just guessing...mid eighties and the second one came 20 years later.......both S & G......and I spin those babies near everyday.....
Maybe what I do has something to do with it......I spray into the dial with R.E.M.---Oil every couple of months......you know...spray like I don't have to pay for it...in fact, I don't.....my buddy owns a large gunshop and is Remington themed.....anyway, forget that bs....its cheap anyway......
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Maybe so..but I've never experienced it. I've had my first safe since ...just guessing...mid eighties and the second one came 20 years later.......both S & G......and I spin those babies near everyday.....
Maybe what I do has something to do with it......I spray into the dial with R.E.M.---Oil every couple of months......you know...spray like I don't have to pay for it...in fact, I don't.....my buddy owns a large gunshop and is Remington themed.....anyway, forget that bs....its cheap anyway......
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Thanks I asked about it another thread, I remember when ya could buy one in Gun list or something about 20 years ago or so for 1,500 bucks sure wish I`d would of bought one.Sixgun wrote:Pitchy wrote:And I asked if you had a BAR and no reply.
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Pitch,
Ohio ordnance Works makes them. GI parts except the receiver and the barrel. A bit over 4---6
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Re: ...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
I prefer CV38 over C4 or Semtex to get safes open. It is not as loud and works more like a super powerful cutting torch. Det cord will really mess it up. It is all about the brisance.
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Re: ...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
Great tips, Ray!Ray Newman wrote: (EXCERPTED, annotated - JdeF)
1) ...if the number sequence is too close together that can/will cause unusual tumbler wear and lead to locking/unlocking problems.
2) ...unusual tumbler wear could/can also occur if quickly spinning the dial several times before applying the combination sequence to unlock.
3) ...doing the same after locking the safe dial can/will cause excessive tumbler wear.
I new about #1; worthy to remember for those who reset a combination to their own preference. Some safe manuals warn about this.
I didn't know about #2 and #3 and have been quickly spinning the dials each time for years. The above information makes sense, so I'll stop that practice.
Thank you for the tips!
Re: ...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
My Stack-on pistol safe failed yesterday, top 2 rows of keypad don't work. 3 new batteries, still no luck. Half hour search for manual revealed there are in fact keys for backup. Another half hour search for keys and safe is open. I don't think I'll bother getting the keypad fixed, just keep track of the keys, perhaps keep them in one of the other electronic safes.Pitchy wrote:Didn`t you guys with electronics safes come with keys to open them, mine did it`s a Stack on.
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FWIW:
If you are replacing a gun safe mechanical dial combination lock, the UL 768 Group II S&G 6730 is the industry standard and the minimum performance level you should consider.
There are only 2 worthwhile gun safe mechanical locks, and many knock-off's: S&G and LaGard.
The equivalent La Gard 3330 mechanical dial lock would also be a good choice.
The 3330 is still all-brass internally, while S&G has started using plastic parts inside their mechanical dial locks.
Since, of course, I never read the owner's manual when I bought my Champion safe about 15 years ago, I rapidly spun the dial both to first clear the lock prior to dialing in the combination, and after closing the safe.
Last week, I couldn't get the safe open until after about 20 try's, and the combination dial felt very very "loose".
Once I got it opened, I had a locksmith come to the house, thinking the lock needed replacement.
Wrong.
The locksmith said that most just needed adjustment - which he proceeded to perform, then he manually reset the combination using the same combination the safe already had.
After that ( & $75 later), the combination dial felt remarkably tighter, and was E-Z-Peazy to open.
BTW - when I told him that I had occasionally lubricated the lock with a clockworks lube, he told me that I was fortunate that the lube didn't reach the tumblers, or I would have needed to have the lock drilled out from the front of the in-opened door & replaced.
I tossed the lube.............................
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FWIW:
If you are replacing a gun safe mechanical dial combination lock, the UL 768 Group II S&G 6730 is the industry standard and the minimum performance level you should consider.
There are only 2 worthwhile gun safe mechanical locks, and many knock-off's: S&G and LaGard.
The equivalent La Gard 3330 mechanical dial lock would also be a good choice.
The 3330 is still all-brass internally, while S&G has started using plastic parts inside their mechanical dial locks.
Since, of course, I never read the owner's manual when I bought my Champion safe about 15 years ago, I rapidly spun the dial both to first clear the lock prior to dialing in the combination, and after closing the safe.
Last week, I couldn't get the safe open until after about 20 try's, and the combination dial felt very very "loose".
Once I got it opened, I had a locksmith come to the house, thinking the lock needed replacement.
Wrong.
The locksmith said that most just needed adjustment - which he proceeded to perform, then he manually reset the combination using the same combination the safe already had.
After that ( & $75 later), the combination dial felt remarkably tighter, and was E-Z-Peazy to open.
BTW - when I told him that I had occasionally lubricated the lock with a clockworks lube, he told me that I was fortunate that the lube didn't reach the tumblers, or I would have needed to have the lock drilled out from the front of the in-opened door & replaced.
I tossed the lube.............................
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Re: ...never did trust electronic safe locks...!
Found this interesting Troubleshooting Guide for the 'mechanical' type locks:
Bad News = there obviously are things that go wrong with them, or there wouldn't be such a guide
However - the 'Troubleshooting Guide for Electronic Locks" is probably shorter:
Bad News = there obviously are things that go wrong with them, or there wouldn't be such a guide
However - the 'Troubleshooting Guide for Electronic Locks" is probably shorter:
- Page One - Title Page
Page Two - List of various Electronic Lock Models
Page Three - List of methods to Fix Electronic Locks- a) Drills
b) Saws
c) Explosives
- a) Drills
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"Troubleshooting Guide for Electronic Locks" :
Page Three - List of methods to Fix Electronic Locks
a) Replace
b) Please refer to "a", above
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"Troubleshooting Guide for Electronic Locks" :
Page Three - List of methods to Fix Electronic Locks
a) Replace
b) Please refer to "a", above
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I guess a locksmith told this guy the electronic keypads last about three years....
Then there's this guy who gets into electronic safe without combination
Or this guy, who gets into a mechanical-lock safe...
This is sort of an advertisement, but interesting:
Then there's this guy who gets into electronic safe without combination
Or this guy, who gets into a mechanical-lock safe...
This is sort of an advertisement, but interesting:
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