Crack Almost Any Electronic Safe

[P220ST]

I know many of us keep our firearms inside safes, and I thought this article was a bit disconcerting.

http://gizmodo.com/5853900/crack-almost-any-electronic-safe-with-just-a-bounce

[odysseus]

This is for those cheap document safes you see at Staples or Officemax. Heck, the manual locks on those aren't good either.

[paul0660]

Not bolted down? DOH!

[Boltz]

Well if you keep your firearms in a safe that is A. really cheap and B. not secured/bolted down, what would you expect to happen when a thief finds it?

Anyway thanks for posting the article, at least it'll help keep people aware of stuff that can happen when you go cheap on security.

[Ubermcoupe]

I would love to see someone table-drop my floor safe

[bsg]

i have an old manual dial combination safe, and if it goes down... it's going to be loud....

[Mr. Beretta]

Why would anybody keep a $500 gun in a $50 safe?

[Syst3m Ov3rrid3]

Why would anyone keep ANY gun in a $50 safe... A gun is a gun.

[voiceofreason]

I've advised some people that live in 2nd story or higher apts to consider a gun "cabinet" if they don't feel they can get/use a gun safe where they live. Not everyone has a place for a 900 pound safe to be permanently bolted, nor the budget for a good safe.

Some people just need something to store their long guns in to keep out of reach of their teenage children, and don't consider a safe is there to protect their guns from thieves.

I believe guns are investments/tools that should be protected and treated as such, but not everyone feels the same way.

Better a $100 locking cabinet that weights 50lbs than just running a cable lock through the action or "keeping it in a high place".

Maybe they'll get a safe over time, but something is better than NOTHING.

[voiceofreason]

Just tried the "bounce" technique on a small safe we use primarily for fireproof purposes (documents)... didn't work for me after more than 10 attempts.

Perhaps I'm not slamming it hard enough, but I'd rather not risk damage to it either.

[Merc1138]

Just tried the "bounce" technique on a small safe we use primarily for fireproof purposes (documents)... didn't work for me after more than 10 attempts.

Perhaps I'm not slamming it hard enough, but I'd rather not risk damage to it either.

Wait, you have a "safe" that you don't want to risk damaging by bouncing it on the table? If your safe can be damaged by dropping it a few inches(and it's light enough to easily lift it) you might want to reconsider what a safe is.

[Whatisthis?]

Wait, you have a "safe" that you don't want to risk damaging by bouncing it on the table? If your safe can be damaged by dropping it a few inches(and it's light enough to easily lift it) you might want to reconsider what a safe is.

Just tried the "bounce" technique on a small safe we use primarily for fireproof purposes (documents)... didn't work for me after more than 10 attempts.

Perhaps I'm not slamming it hard enough, but I'd rather not risk damage to it either.

I know quite a few people with these. Not to keep people from taking your stuff and probably isn't really built to be tossed around anyways... just meant to keep the contents from the destruction of a blazing inferno.