Now here's an interesting little gun lock...

[Drifty Flintlock]

This is something that came through my dad's gunsmithing shop. He brought it to me hoping I could open it.

https://i.imgur.com/qeARMEB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rhWhQfw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MZuJQk0.jpg

I had a hard time getting a clear picture of the case lock, but it looks like it's the same lock as the gun itself. I think it's a tubular lock with 4 pins? Never heard of anything quite like that before, but there it is. Besides the one on the carrying case, the one on the gun is a rather unusual thing. It actually goes up in place of the magazine and holds everything shut.

I'd love to have a closer look at it, but sadly I have no tubular pick to even attempt it. Plus I'm rather wary of messing around since we don't know if it's loaded, or if it even could be with the lock on. Thought I'd show you folks just for fun though.

[mhole]

You can pick tubular locks using regular picks - I had to pick a 7 pin for work on Saturday and had no tubular pick with me. Same process, just find something which let's you tension it. If anything, once it's tensioned is easier than a regular cylinder as the pins are so easily accessible.

[GWiens2001]

True, mhole. Once you can tension it, a four pin tubular lock would be like a three pin Master lock.

Gordon

[billdeserthills]

Actually I used to sell these guns, and I have seen the same lock on some computers. If you [EDITED to remove destructive entry techniques. Please save this type of information for the advanced forum. *MBI] I actually had to do that to a First Alert safe today. I used my dremel tool at first, but the lock I was working on was machined from aluminum and it kept clogging up my dremel cutters, so I wound up using my drill instead.

[ARF-GEF]

I can't believe a company actually suggests you should lock a gun (a killing tool at the end of the day) with a 4 pin tubular lock!
IMO that is not a suitable locking mechanism at all.

[allan501]

Realistically a gun lock is not a security device it is more of a "stop and think" device.

Also if you think this is bad you should read this article by Marc Tobias which includes video of his three year old son bypassing various gun safes.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcweberto ... -year-old/

Now that is scary.

[KPick]

That little kid is a prodigy...

[Divinorum]

So many of the gun safes and security cabinets on the market are incredibly insecure. I myself had one of those stack on cabinets and thought it provided a good level of security before I became interested in locks. Now I know better than to rely on a double sided wafer lock. Deviant Ollam did a fantastic talk at Defcon 19 about gun safes that is a real eye opener.

[Drifty Flintlock]

Thanks for the info Bill, that definitely helped us get it open. I do plan to mess around with tubular locks, just not right now.

[KPick]

Thanks for the info Bill, that definitely helped us get it open. I do plan to mess around with tubular locks, just not right now.

You'll find that tubular lock are much easier to pick than you think. They're basically exposed driver pins asking to be picked.