Hey guys, I just recently bought a gun safe with a rotary lock and reset the combination myself. It's been about a month since then and today I attempted to get in it with no success. The safe has a 4 number combination.
4 turns to the left 3 turns to the right, 2 turns to the left and 1 turn to the right. The last number cant be modified, and releases the locking bolt.
Anyway as I was unlocking it all was well. I input my 3 numbers and on the last turn that grabs the locking bolt, the dial just keeps turning. I noticed instantly that something was wrong because it had some resistance to it. After roughly a turn I didn't keep track (probably should of) I then turned it the other way and reset the lock and attempted another combination entry with no luck. All additional entry attempts have been unsuccessful. What I believed happened is that last safe tumbler slipped somehow and now my combination is in limbo. I've been trying my combination with the first 2 numbers and have been trying a different 3rd number each time. I've been going at it a while with no success. I'll probably try more tomorrow. Does anyone have any pointers. Does the Stethoscope trick work? I'm afraid I may have turned the dial more than once and affected the first 2 numbers of my combination.
If push comes to shove I'll cut the bottom of the safe out but that not an easy task with an 800lb safe with luckily a handful of guns in it.
My safe is located in Monticello Indiana as well.
4 turns to the left 3 turns to the right, 2 turns to the left and 1 turn to the right. The last number cant be modified, and releases the locking bolt.
Anyway as I was unlocking it all was well. I input my 3 numbers and on the last turn that grabs the locking bolt, the dial just keeps turning. I noticed instantly that something was wrong because it had some resistance to it. After roughly a turn I didn't keep track (probably should of) I then turned it the other way and reset the lock and attempted another combination entry with no luck. All additional entry attempts have been unsuccessful. What I believed happened is that last safe tumbler slipped somehow and now my combination is in limbo. I've been trying my combination with the first 2 numbers and have been trying a different 3rd number each time. I've been going at it a while with no success. I'll probably try more tomorrow. Does anyone have any pointers. Does the Stethoscope trick work? I'm afraid I may have turned the dial more than once and affected the first 2 numbers of my combination.
If push comes to shove I'll cut the bottom of the safe out but that not an easy task with an 800lb safe with luckily a handful of guns in it.
My safe is located in Monticello Indiana as well.
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