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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
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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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
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.
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.
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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Even duct tape can't fix stupid .... but it can muffle the sound!
Bill
