Help me with "clamshell" safe

Chap · October 7, 2006, 06:56 PM

A while ago (year?) I was surfing the web and found a type of quick access gun "safe" that held the gun in a clamshell that was mounted to the wall. There were different sizes for shotgun, small pistol/revolver, large pistol/revolver. It only clamped around the receiver of the gun, was not very expensive ($50?), and used a tubular key to open the clamshell.

Of course now I can't find them at all, which either means that they didn't work and went out of business, or I just don't remember what they were called.

I would very much like to mount a shotgun, 44 or similar in such device that allows fast access, but I can't find them!!!!

Help out a forgetfull gun nut.

Thanks.

skeeter1 · October 7, 2006, 07:28 PM

This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it just might do:

http://www.stack-on.com/securityplus.../gc-500-5.html

Hedley · October 7, 2006, 11:55 PM

Is it something like these lockable racks?
http://gunracks.tylerrose.com/

Chap · October 8, 2006, 09:16 AM

The gun cuff is closer. The mystery case would hold a single pistol or shotgun and the plastic/metal case covered the action and trigger.

What I really liked about was that it could hold a shotgun that you could have fast access to, yet was fairly secure for those that did not have a key.

Chap · October 8, 2006, 09:43 AM

I'm not going crazy... http://www.mogulsecurity.com/lifejacket/intro.html

Anyone have any experience with these?

HiPowering Along · October 8, 2006, 05:43 PM

"constructed of high strength polycarbonates"...

Plastic. Hates cold. Shatters under really cold temperatures and a good whack with a hammer. Take a can of "freeze-it" (like what computer techs use to rule out bad capacitors/electronic connectors - freezes them with the spray), freon or whatever will significantly lower the temperature of it, spray it around the lock, and whack with a hammer.

I wouldn't bet the ranch or the safety of my family that it wouldn't crack and say bye-bye to the firearm....

Just my fairly educated $0.02...

FPrice · October 8, 2006, 07:14 PM

I use them and find them to be very good. Very large revolvers with big grips usually don't fit but most other handguns do. One of the pluses I have found is that it protects the finish from scratching better than most other types of locks.

Nothing short of a safe fastened to a very hard surface will provide fool-proof security, super-cold sprays or not. And even those can be defeated by a determined thief with time and equipment.

October 7, 2006, 06:56 PM	#1
Chap Member Join Date: January 22, 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 40	Help me with "clamshell" safe A while ago (year?) I was surfing the web and found a type of quick access gun "safe" that held the gun in a clamshell that was mounted to the wall. There were different sizes for shotgun, small pistol/revolver, large pistol/revolver. It only clamped around the receiver of the gun, was not very expensive ($50?), and used a tubular key to open the clamshell. Of course now I can't find them at all, which either means that they didn't work and went out of business, or I just don't remember what they were called. I would very much like to mount a shotgun, 44 or similar in such device that allows fast access, but I can't find them!!!! Help out a forgetfull gun nut. Thanks.

October 7, 2006, 11:55 PM	#3
Hedley Senior Member Join Date: May 9, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,279	Is it something like these lockable racks? http://gunracks.tylerrose.com/ __________________ It is imperative to strike down the rise of modernism which would lend itself to folly such as the use of billet components.

October 8, 2006, 09:16 AM	#4
Chap Member Join Date: January 22, 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 40	Not quite The gun cuff is closer. The mystery case would hold a single pistol or shotgun and the plastic/metal case covered the action and trigger. What I really liked about was that it could hold a shotgun that you could have fast access to, yet was fairly secure for those that did not have a key.

October 8, 2006, 09:43 AM	#5
Chap Member Join Date: January 22, 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 40	Found it!! I'm not going crazy... http://www.mogulsecurity.com/lifejacket/intro.html Anyone have any experience with these?

October 8, 2006, 05:43 PM	#6
HiPowering Along Senior Member Join Date: January 1, 2006 Location: PA - Land of taxes, potholes and unfortunately Ed "Gun Grabbin' Fast Eddie" Rendell Posts: 254	Not too impressed with the materials "constructed of high strength polycarbonates"... Plastic. Hates cold. Shatters under really cold temperatures and a good whack with a hammer. Take a can of "freeze-it" (like what computer techs use to rule out bad capacitors/electronic connectors - freezes them with the spray), freon or whatever will significantly lower the temperature of it, spray it around the lock, and whack with a hammer. I wouldn't bet the ranch or the safety of my family that it wouldn't crack and say bye-bye to the firearm.... Just my fairly educated $0.02... __________________ HP'ing Along - - - - - - - - - - - - - *"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."* - One of the greatest sentences ever written into an instrument of democracy.

October 7, 2006, 07:28 PM	#2
skeeter1 Senior Member Join Date: April 11, 2006 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 3,403	This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it just might do: http://www.stack-on.com/securityplus.../gc-500-5.html

October 8, 2006, 07:14 PM	#7
FPrice Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2000 Location: People's Commonwealth of Massachusetts Posts: 1,456	I use them and find them to be very good. Very large revolvers with big grips usually don't fit but most other handguns do. One of the pluses I have found is that it protects the finish from scratching better than most other types of locks. Nothing short of a safe fastened to a very hard surface will provide fool-proof security, super-cold sprays or not. And even those can be defeated by a determined thief with time and equipment. __________________ Frosty Price "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai