Old Mosler Safe

[Abigailmary13]

Hello!

I am looking to see if anyone can give insight on this safe. I would love to know how old it is, and if you have any advice on how to get into it without a combination. It has been passed down from office to office and is currently enjoying its new home in mine:)

[Squelchtone]

Hi,

As far as advice without a combination, there's no trick or secret we could tell you to turn the dial and listen for some clicks and have it open some time today. A safe technician would either spin the dial to see how healthy the lock is, maybe they would be able to try some factory combinations, you could as well, they might manipulate the dial and take readings from the dial to graph out the combination or they would drill a small hole to use a scope to align the wheels, then they would seal the hole to make the safe like new. Usually this costs $500-$750 and takes several hours especially drilling through Mosler's hard plate which protects the lock.

You could try to dial 50-25-50-0, 25-50-25-0, or 50-50-50-0 to see if the safe is set to a factory default combination.

I believe your lock is a Mosler CD120, so it should be Left 4, Right 3, Left 2, Right to Open

Try to dial
Dial Left and pass 50 three times, stop on 50 the fourth time around.
Dial Right and pass 25 twice, stop on 25 third time around.
Dial Left and pass 50 once, stop on 50 the second time around.
Dial Right slowly until the bolt retracts some where around 0 on the dial.

good luck,
Squelchtone

[Abigailmary13]

Thanks! Any idea how old it is?

[Squelchtone]

Thanks! Any idea how old it is?

its fairly modern. 1940's to 1960's.

you can look up the serial number range here: viewtopic.php?t=62920