Quality Pistol Safes are Hard to “Crack”

A safe can be compromised in mere seconds with a good ear, steady hands or by using a sophisticated set of explosives. While cracking a safe isn’t as easy it may appear, expert safecrackers can “crack” a safe with the right tools, skills, and some patience. That is why it’s important to have a quality safe.
While safes are designed to be “safe” they do have a shortcoming, they must be accessible to a locksmith or others in case of a lock-out or malfunction.  That is why we  need safecrackers,  and consequently thieves do take advantage of  this vulnerability.

Methods of Safecracking:

Take it and Go
If a thief can steal something, they will find a way to do it. A popular method of cracking a safe  is to simply steal the safe and move it to a place where the safecracker has time to take the safe apart and remove the contents. But there are other ways that a safe can be cracked without physically removing it.
Sight, Sound, and Touch
The lock of a safe can be compromised to obtain the combination without damaging the safe. Sounds and/or feel may be used to determine the combination on some simple rotary locks.
Combination Hunting
Many manufactured safes come with a manufacturer-set combination designed to allow the owner initial access to the safe so that they can then set a new secure combo. These default combinations can be found by doing a little homework. Owners of the safe need to be sure to change the combination to a hard to guess combination promptly.
Easy Clues
The combination to a lock may be discovered through taking a few guesses. The owner of the safe may unintentionally compromise the security of the safe by selecting an easy combination such as a birthday or a driver’s license number. Many people also record the combination near the safe or actually on the safe itself; searching the room may lead a burglar to find the numbers he or she is looking for. A lock may also be opened by attempting every possible combination.
Drilling
Although most are difficult to open, some safes are vulnerable to drilling or other invasive techniques. Drill-point diagrams for specific models of safes are produced by manufacturers; however, these should not be accessible as they are safely guarded by both manufacturers and locksmiths. Drilling is commonly used by locksmiths to open safes. It’s also commonly used during burglaries as well as for malfunctioning or damaged lock.

Educate yourself prior to your purchase.  Choose a safe that has been designed with the least amount of volnerability possible.  Avoid safes with a rotary dial, keep your combination in your head, and keep your safe in an unlikely place.   Choose features such as a thumb print reader or touch keypad.  If you have the need to secure your valuables, cash money, credit cards, passports, or guns we would highly recommend the GunVault brand like the GunVault MultiVault Deluxe

The Features of a Quality Pistol Safe

While owning a gun, whether for sport or protection, is every American’s right there are several things to consider. One of the most important aspects of owning a gun is to a have a safe place to store it while not in use. We all have heard tragic stories of guns left unsecured being misused by children, adults, and even thieves themselves.

In this article, let’s look at pistol storage. Some people feel maybe up in a closet is a good place to store a gun, or perhaps under a pillow. There are a few problems with each of these methods. Up in a closet, while out of sight, is still not secure enough as a pistol may “accidentally” be found by someone other than the owner. Also, if needed immediately for protection, a closet may be too far away or hard to get to in case of an emergency. On the other spectrum, a pistol placed under a pillow or mattress is probably too accessible to everyone. A quality built pistol safe takes both easy access and security into consideration. The first thing to consider is the quality of construction. Be sure any pistol safe you are considering is made of steel or some other high strength composite. Many safes may be bolted to a surface with a bracket or secured with a security cable. The latter is especially useful when traveling, such as securing a safe in a RV, or automobile, or hotel room.

Secondly, a good pistol safe such as a gunvault pistol safe offers an easy way to open the safe and obtain the pistol when needed. This can be done in several ways. The most standard access is by key, which can pose a problem as fumbling for a set of keys is not the most desirable option in a clinch. Better methods include keypad entry and Biometric (Fingerprint) entrance. Keypad entry allows one to enter a personal code on a keypad for secure yet quick access. For the same effect, some newer models offer fingerprint recognition pads. Other features to consider when purchasing a pistol safe include: motion sensor detection and low battery alarm (if powered such as keypad entry).

Whichever method you choose to store your pistol, remember while it is your right to own this weapon, it is your responsibility to protect yourself and others from its misuse.