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BillCA · July 20, 2010, 05:07 PM

+1 for mechanical.

I bought a safe about the same time another local gun owner did. We both took delivery within a day of each other. Mine has a mechancial dial lock with a key-lock to lock the dial. His is a S&G digital lock.

He returned from the range and after cleaning his rifle, went to put it in the safe. The lock failed to work. It was day 308 of owning the safe and he was trying to put his .308 away. On my safe, I can pre-dial one or more of the combination digits, then lock the dial at "0" with the key. To open the safe, unlock the dial and finish dialing the last or last two digits.

July 20, 2010, 05:07 PM	#21
BillCA Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, Ca Posts: 7,117	+1 for mechanical. I bought a safe about the same time another local gun owner did. We both took delivery within a day of each other. Mine has a mechancial dial lock with a key-lock to lock the dial. His is a S&G digital lock. He returned from the range and after cleaning his rifle, went to put it in the safe. The lock failed to work. It was day 308 of owning the safe and he was trying to put his .308 away. On my safe, I can pre-dial one or more of the combination digits, then lock the dial at "0" with the key. To open the safe, unlock the dial and finish dialing the last or last two digits. __________________ BillCA in CA (Unfortunately)