Hmm. How secure is a gun box with cable...

[Alamo]

This was on one the local boards down here in Tejas:

Back story here: Truck Break In @ DFW

The box lock is still engaged, once the burglar pried it open far enough to see there was nothing in it, he quit.

Owner didn't remember the brand, said he bought it at Cabela's for under $50.

Most discussions seem to focus on the cable as being the weak point.

 

[lonehoosier]

I wonder if the cable was installed correctly would've it pried open like that. Also it would be nice if we knew how much time it took to do that.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I see the problem Jay, and you are spot on. Look at the loop in the OP photo. That is the smaller loop on the other end that you are supposed to pass the larger loop through to secure it to the solid object so it cant walk away.

And yes, even the best safe can be breached if given enough time and the proper tools. This is just another example of somebody doing it wrong and trying to blame the device instead of their error.

Kinda like this doofus.

 

[PRasko]

It all comes down to the steel used.

Cheap steel will bend like gumby.

 

[mom45]

Well...somebody in Indy is missing this. My son is moving and went to the garage a block from his house where he stores his motorcycle this morning...found this while loading his bike into the trailer. Apparently, it is just laying in the grass by the alley. Anybody missing a door???

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[robbman]

Here is an atm in Seymour, a little overkill can ruin the end result.

 

[halfmileharry]

Locks are only good to keep an honest person honest.
Nothing, I repeat, nothing, is safe from a qualified crook.

 

[Dead Duck]

I have never treated those kind of "Lock Boxes" as anything more than a complaint/safety net. In CA while traveling with a gun, it needs to be in a "Locked" secured case. Most of us just used a soft zipper gun pouch with those tiny little padlocks that you could basically open with a nail clipper.

I've looked hard at those cable boxes in the OP, and I had some great one handed cable cutters at work that would cut through those cables like butter. They may be a deterrent for some and may slow others down is all.

If you don't have anything else then it's a good option....I guess.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I have never treated those kind of "Lock Boxes" as anything more than a complaint/safety net. In CA while traveling with a gun, it needs to be in a "Locked" secured case. Most of us just used a soft zipper gun pouch with those tiny little padlocks that you could basically open with a nail clipper.

I've looked hard at those cable boxes in the OP, and I had some great one handed cable cutters at work that would cut through those cables like butter. They may be a deterrent for some and may slow others down is all.

If you don't have anything else then it's a good option....I guess.

I agree. These only stop the quick smash and grabbers. Since most thieves dont carry bolt cutters, it would be safe. But if the thief knew it was there ahead of time its definitely gone.

 

[actaeon277]

I have never treated those kind of "Lock Boxes" as anything more than a complaint/safety net. In CA while traveling with a gun, it needs to be in a "Locked" secured case. Most of us just used a soft zipper gun pouch with those tiny little padlocks that you could basically open with a nail clipper.

I've looked hard at those cable boxes in the OP, and I had some great one handed cable cutters at work that would cut through those cables like butter. They may be a deterrent for some and may slow others down is all.

If you don't have anything else then it's a good option....I guess.

What else would you use in a car?

 

[Sylvain]

I wonder if the cable was installed correctly would've it pried open like that. Also it would be nice if we knew how much time it took to do that.

That's a good question, those boxes are designed to keep your stuff safe from a quick smash and grab, or to keep a gun out of the reach of your kids in the car.

If they show up with big enough plier your box will be gone and they have all the time they want to pry it open later.

 

[Dead Duck]

What else would you use in a car?

I really don't know.
The only time I de-gun is at the post office and the police station. I have a super duper custom console locker that I spent tooooo many hours designing and welding it up and I still think of it as a "time" deterrent. That's just in one vehicle. My other car I just throw my gun under my seat.

 

[actaeon277]

I really don't know.
The only time I de-gun is at the post office and the police station. I have a super duper custom console locker that I spent tooooo many hours designing and welding it up and I still think of it as a "time" deterrent. That's just in one vehicle. My other car I just throw my gun under my seat.

Well, first place they look is under seat and the glove compartment.

I have to leave mine in while I'm at work. The best I can do is slow them down. The work lot is covered with cameras that actually get watched.

 

[lonehoosier]

What else would you use in a car?

Fort Knox

 

[Sylvain]

Fort Knox

I think I already told you, it's one of the best setups I have seen for a car.
Hidden in the trunk, yet accessible from the inside.

 

[Alamo]

...
This is just another example of somebody doing it wrong and trying to blame the device instead of their error.

Absurd. Which ever end of the cable was in, and how it was routed inside the box before the burglary, it was a inexpensive box of bendy metal that failed because a burglar applies some force, and you want to blame the victim of the burglary. I hope you don't wear your skirts too short.

 

[actaeon277]

Fort Knox

Except I have a SUV.
And I can't get out of it in the parking lot.
If the camera sees me getting out, with the gun on my hip..... FIRED. Even to put in the back.
So I have to reach from the driver's seat.

 

[Alamo]

... Also it would be nice if we knew how much time it took to do that.

It was a truck parked at DFW while the owner was away. But I doubt the actual elapsed time of the burglary was more than five minutes.

 

[lonehoosier]

I think I already told you, it's one of the best setups I have seen for a car.
Hidden in the trunk, yet accessible from the inside.

Thank you sir! I am very happy with it. It does not get used much but when I need it it's there.

 

[lonehoosier]

Except I have a SUV.
And I can't get out of it in the parking lot.
If the camera sees me getting out, with the gun on my hip..... FIRED. Even to put in the back.
So I have to reach from the driver's seat.

Can you replace your center console with this?

Eventuly I'm going to do that to the wife's van.