I'm in the market for a pistol safe. Main purpose it to keep my home protection handgun out of the reach of my 5 year old son. His interest in firearms is overwhelming - thank you "Pirates of the Carribean". (just a joke).
I did not want an electronic lock safe - I've heard too many poor reviews on them. However, nobody in my area has a non-electronic lock version. The salesman at Bass Pro Shops talked me into a Winchester pistol safe yesterday. Electronic 4 pushbutton lock, 8 AA batteries or a wall plug. Cannot use "rechargables" according to the instructions or it will damage the circuitry according to them (don't know how... but that's not important right now). I came home and pushed in the "default" code. It would click, but not open. So I used the backup key to get in. Changed the code to one of my own. Closed the door and tried it - same thing. "Click!", but the door won't open. Tried it 5 times. On the fifth try, it opened. Closed it and tried again - again, it took about 5 tries to get it to open. On all the failed attempts, it wasn't due to a wrong code. It was clicking like it was trying to let the door pop open, but the door just stayed where it was. I tried everything I knew of - same thing. About 5 tries every time. I can't have that. A burgular could rob me blind and kill my entire family by the time I get that safe open. I'm returning it today.
So, I need a gun safe - in a bad way. This week. Prior to Friday if possible. I found one at Cabelas that has a pushbutton lock - all mechanical, no electronics. But there is no backup key lock or anything, so if the lock fails, I'm screwed. It did get high reviews though.
Can anyone recommend a good pistol safe - preferably non electronic lock?
All the best,
Glenn
I did not want an electronic lock safe - I've heard too many poor reviews on them. However, nobody in my area has a non-electronic lock version. The salesman at Bass Pro Shops talked me into a Winchester pistol safe yesterday. Electronic 4 pushbutton lock, 8 AA batteries or a wall plug. Cannot use "rechargables" according to the instructions or it will damage the circuitry according to them (don't know how... but that's not important right now). I came home and pushed in the "default" code. It would click, but not open. So I used the backup key to get in. Changed the code to one of my own. Closed the door and tried it - same thing. "Click!", but the door won't open. Tried it 5 times. On the fifth try, it opened. Closed it and tried again - again, it took about 5 tries to get it to open. On all the failed attempts, it wasn't due to a wrong code. It was clicking like it was trying to let the door pop open, but the door just stayed where it was. I tried everything I knew of - same thing. About 5 tries every time. I can't have that. A burgular could rob me blind and kill my entire family by the time I get that safe open. I'm returning it today.
So, I need a gun safe - in a bad way. This week. Prior to Friday if possible. I found one at Cabelas that has a pushbutton lock - all mechanical, no electronics. But there is no backup key lock or anything, so if the lock fails, I'm screwed. It did get high reviews though.
Can anyone recommend a good pistol safe - preferably non electronic lock?
All the best,
Glenn