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Gun Safe Thead
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Posted on 12/01/2017 10:58:01 AM PST by BipolarBob

There hasn't been one of these in a while. Mine failed. Give us your thoughts.


TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: banglist; cheap; electroniclock; libertysafe; safes
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Mine failed after nine years. Liberty Centurion electronic safe. It was the internal electronics that failed. Tough luck. Get a locksmith to drill it or rip it open.
1 posted on 12/01/2017 10:58:01 AM PST by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

That’s a tough safe. Most can be opened with a can opener.


2 posted on 12/01/2017 10:58:50 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: BipolarBob

Don’t buy electronic safes.


3 posted on 12/01/2017 10:59:26 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BipolarBob

I passed on an electronic lock for that very reason. Ours is a combination lock with a key.

L


4 posted on 12/01/2017 10:59:38 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I learnt the hard way.


5 posted on 12/01/2017 11:01:50 AM PST by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

It’s a big problem when your internal electronics are thead.


6 posted on 12/01/2017 11:01:54 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Lurker
Ours is a combination lock with a key.

The only way to go I found.

7 posted on 12/01/2017 11:02:36 AM PST by BipolarBob
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To: Lurker

Mine has an electronic combination lock but also has a key. If I lose the key and the battery goes dead, I can send the SN of the safe to the manufature and get a key for it.


8 posted on 12/01/2017 11:02:41 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: BipolarBob

Sometimes the old ways are the best.

L


9 posted on 12/01/2017 11:03:51 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Fido969

I am a big proponent of safe storage.

Liberty Centurion is a strong safe. Inch and a half or two inch thick pins all around IIRC. If you can’t get locking mechanism to release, you will probably have to destroy the safe to open it.

Did it not come with a backup key? If it did and the key has been lost, you might try writing to Liberty Safe to request a replacement.


10 posted on 12/01/2017 11:04:56 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: BipolarBob

We have 2 small electronic, single pistol safes.

The combo version failed, and only works with Key now.

The fingerprint version works for my wife, which is fine because it is for her Springfield EMP.

My fingerprints are very low profile, and have always required multiple attempts with ink. So, it takes a dozen attempts for me to open that safe.


11 posted on 12/01/2017 11:06:19 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: BipolarBob

I like my Stack On Total Defense, because it is waterproof. Mechanical lock. No electronics.


12 posted on 12/01/2017 11:07:39 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: BipolarBob

I have two, one elec, one manual. Both in my garage where I keep enough tools to defeat them. They’re stout enough to slow down the thieves.


13 posted on 12/01/2017 11:10:10 AM PST by umgud
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To: BipolarBob

Make sure it’s a quality safe. There are tons of videos on youtube of people peeling heavy gun safes with a crowbar and chisel in less than 10 minutes. I’m sure burglars are quite good at this.


14 posted on 12/01/2017 11:10:32 AM PST by circlecity
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I have so many safes all over my house with loaded pistols in ‘em. I’m never more than 2 seconds away from having a gun in my hands -even the bathroom.
However, I wish there was a company that made a pistol safe that is long enough to hold the gun with a suppressor attached. I like keeping my suppressed .45 XDm at my side of the bed.

Good thead, BTW!

;-)


15 posted on 12/01/2017 11:13:02 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: BipolarBob

No key back-up?


16 posted on 12/01/2017 11:13:10 AM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: jaydubya2

Or replace the battery?


17 posted on 12/01/2017 11:14:38 AM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: jaydubya2
Mine has an electronic combination lock but also has a key. If I lose the key and the battery goes dead, I can send the SN of the safe to the manufature and get a key for it.

I have a combination lock with key also, but I have two physical keys that I store away from the safe. If the lock fails at a critical time, I have a fighting knife on top of the safe or a second safe with my (silenced) 1911, and I'll have to settle for one of those.

18 posted on 12/01/2017 11:18:20 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: gundog

you can only replace the battery from the inside.


19 posted on 12/01/2017 11:20:08 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: G Larry

Best handgun safe I have found, completely programmable and completely mechanical.

http://www.gunsafes.com/Top-Draw.html


20 posted on 12/01/2017 11:25:48 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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