Important Mosin Safe Note
Important Mosin Safe Note
Hope the header doesn't screw some people up but that is a blatant attempt to look like I am staying on the subjrct when I actually am not. Many good quality gun safes (Heritage for one which I have) offer a key to lock the tumbler from turning when the combination is actually in the open and combination done position. This will actually lock the safe with only the key and if you are lazy and don't care about your guns you will not have to do the combination and only open the safe with the key. Recently while at another collectors house he could not find his key and I tried mine in his safe. It came right open with no trouble! Matter of fact my key which opens all my safes also opens all his safes two of which are not Heritage made safes. So the gist of the story is don't count on just turning the keys and not doing the combinations to keep your safes locked and your guns safe and secure.
Oh and another good safe habit is to always check the wheel that opens the safe after you have shut the door and locked it and spun the tumbler. It sometimes takes two tries on the safe doors to get them to lock the way they should, this is especially true in the cold Winter air. I hope no one learns this the hard way that is why I am passing it on to my Mosin Friends! Bill
Oh and another good safe habit is to always check the wheel that opens the safe after you have shut the door and locked it and spun the tumbler. It sometimes takes two tries on the safe doors to get them to lock the way they should, this is especially true in the cold Winter air. I hope no one learns this the hard way that is why I am passing it on to my Mosin Friends! Bill
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Thanks for the info. Kind of like most handcuff keys are the same and most heavy construction equipment uses the same few keys. Or at least the did up till a few years ago.
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Exactly!!!!! Bill
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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To give you an idea of what can result I opened all 4 of my buddies safes with just the key! Like I said two of his were from a different maker and not Heritage like I have. I teased the heck out of him and he promises to change his ways. Bill
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Good info, thanks for posting.
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Glad my safe just has the dial. Good point you have Bill, any joe that knew anything on safe could get a key, and open whatever safe they came across that are built that way. That is a scary thought indeed.
I know with my dial I have had a habit of shutting the safe, latching it, and not spinning my dial to lock it.
I know with my dial I have had a habit of shutting the safe, latching it, and not spinning my dial to lock it.
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Joe I found one of mine open this AM and I believe that is what I did. Bill
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Wow! That is good to know. I guess I will be a little more careful from now on after hearing that
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Having been trained as a locksmith, I can say you'd be surprised how often stuff like this happens. It happens with cars quite a bit as well. Even the lock on you front door has a good chance of matching your neighbors. Companies get lazy and try to find ways of saving time and money.
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Back in the 1990s, the keys for my 1992 Voyager minivan would work in my friends 1991
Caravan minivan, but his keys wouldn't work in mine......go figure....
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Caravan minivan, but his keys wouldn't work in mine......go figure....
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And you thought you were the only one that did stuff like that didn't you?zeebill wrote:Joe I found one of mine open this AM and I believe that is what I did. Bill
RIP Kevin Carney. Your always in our hearts.