Batteries

[MLB]

The grips I made for the ppk were getting a little loose. There's only one screw that goes from one side to the other, and the grips recess into the frame to keep them steady. Over time, and less than stellar fit to begin with, they've worn and I was bugged enough to fix it.

Rather than fashion a new set, I decided to coat the grip frame in vasoline, and place 2 part epoxy on the inside of the grips to provide a perfect recess into the frame. It worked great. The panels popped off of the frame after a couple of days and they are rock solid when tightened down. I just had to trim down the excess a bit to ensure the magazine still dropped free.

This is where the batteries come in. I've had my current gun safe for about 6 or 7 years I think. It has a keypad combo to unlock, and it runs on (4) AA batteries with a key backup. It's been flawless - except for last night when I went to get the Walther out of the safe to finish the grip fitting. I pushed the first digit and it froze. Just dead batteries, fixed it with a new set, but it occurred to me that should I need to get into that safe in a hurry, that would have been the end of that. I'd be bringing a knife to a gunfight.

I'm sure everyone changes out their smoke detector batteries, but if you have a battery powered safe, perhaps changing those out more often than every 6-7 years is in order too.

["DoubleAction"]

Aug 23, 2012 9:22:19 GMT -5 MLB said:

I've had my current gun safe for about 6 or 7 years I think. It has a keypad combo to unlock, and it runs on (4) AA batteries with a key backup. It's been flawless - except for last night when I went to get the Walther out of the safe to finish the grip fitting. I pushed the first digit and it froze. Just dead batteries, fixed it with a new set, but it occurred to me that should I need to get into that safe in a hurry, that would have been the end of that. I'd be bringing a knife to a gunfight.

I'm sure everyone changes out their smoke detector batteries, but if you have a battery powered safe, perhaps changing those out more often than every 6-7 years is in order too.

.....MLB; I posted a thread on the key pad lock safes, maybe two years ago. I had one of these digital key pad locks on one of my Liberty Safes, and it played out. I had a very hard time getting into it. I changed out the batteries, again and again, until it finally opened.

....I called a Lock Smith to my home and he placed a new actuator in the lock. About 3 months went by, it happened again. I told him to install a manual dial S&G combination lock on the safe.

....If the lock don't open, the door has to be drilled out. I quit while I was ahead. ;D

.....My other Safe an optional key lock insert, with the dial combination lock.

[blueglass]

I also have a safe with a digital key setup and a key lock backup. The darn batterys finally went and now it will not reset its no. again no matter how many times I retry to do it by the book. It was quite stubborn to start with but finally did work and work well until the batts got weak. I guess I will have to keep trying to reset it again. Rats.

[MLB]

These electronic gadgets are neat, but usually more complicated than they need to be. A simple combination lock would be fine.

["DoubleAction"]

......I'm looking at the future when the safes will have remote control locks; Like a TVs, Automobile Locks for Vehicles , and Remote Garage Doors Openers.

....It's no wonder why Americans is having a fat problem.

....These battery operated locks will malfunction; I wouldn't be telling this without learning this the hard way. I spent over $400. dollars to finally learn my lesson about these Electronic Battery Operated Locks.

.......Most of the Residential Safes are made to slow down or retard the theft of a person's valuables, and no lock, meant for home use, will prevent this from happening. Sooner or later,The Electronic locks will prevent the user from having access to a firearm.

.....I keep my House Gun in a Shoe.

[MLB]

Is that what you call a footlocker? ;D

["DoubleAction"]

Aug 27, 2012 11:29:23 GMT -5 MLB said:

Is that what you call a footlocker? ;D

;D ;D.....Pure Wisdom ML; "The Pistol Footlocker".........Because this is an opened forum, I can't spill the beans has of where I hide my house gun.

.....While I was buying guns, I really didn't have a secure place to store them. The first thing I did was to buy a small steel safe, place it in a deep entertainment cabinet, place the safe at the back wall, take the shelves and form layers of plastic black Video (VHS) Tape storage cases. I marked the cases with family stuff, mounted the cases on the shelves, and made a sliding rack.

....As my collection began to grow, I removed the baseboards from the kitchen bar, placed magnets on the the boards and steel attachments on the inside of the bar, place my guns in plastic storage containers ( with the air tight lids ), and I used cloth pistol rugs. I used cabinet door magnets for this.

.....It wasn't but about a month, after the bar, that I ordered my safe.

[MLB]

Cool. Now you can use those spaces to hide the really good hooch!

[TMan]

Yeah, the stuff that doesn't have a tax stamp on the bottle. ;D ;D ;D