About thirty years ago, my friend and I both bought gun safes. I had the bright idea at the time to exchange combinations just in case something happened to one of us. My friend passed away a few months ago and nobody else had the combo to his safe.
If you have a safe, this should give you food for thought.
Yes and have done exactly that.Originally Posted by nvbirdman
Yeah,
After working 11 years at a high security safe company:
I learned it's usually about $500.00 (or more) cheaper to open one by using the combination
instead of paying someone else to open it with a drill.
Gone are the days of wooden ships and Iron men.
I doubt we shall see their likes again.
Spoken by a US Coast Guard station commander.
Upper East Coast. Circa 1920.
And it's then reusable.
I agree to the idea, great idea, as long as you never ever have a falling out.
I just told my wife what it was. Made it something both of us could remember but not to obvious.
Safe combinations should be treated with the same security as other very important documents & such. Having it in a place or with someone that can open it in the sudden event of a passing is MUCH easier on the family. They already have enough stress,, make sure you reduce that a bit. And not just safe combos. ALL important stuff needs to be available to whomever you want to go through your stuff after your passing.
Yes, I have a safe. And yes I have given the combination to a couple of trusted family members and one trusted friend. My late Wife also had it but we traveled a good bit together and it seemed smart for someone else to have it.
I lost a good friend earlier this year and we had exchanged combinations. I was able to give it to his Widow and talk her through getting it open. His Grandson ended up with it and just last week I was able to talk him through getting it open.
On another note along the same lines I put a lot of my personal info on a thumb drive and gave it to each of my 2 Sons. Simple things that could get complicated. Like where my spare truck and Polaris keys are located, where I have guns at around the house not in the safe, banking info, estate plan and Will locations, ect.
Safes. Yes I have relayed the combos to my wife and son.
NRA Life 1992
My avatar is almost a dead ringer for my little buddy Chico. Six pounds of mean that thought he was a Pit Bull. Miss that little guy.
nvbirdman,
Yessir, an EXCELLENT reminder of putting all our affairs in order! I have two safes and have given the combinations to my son and daughter along with a detailed letter of instruction. In one safe is my Will, list of appraised values of all my guns and serial numbers. I have an Inventory notebook in one safe detailing the locations, calibers and quantities of ammo secreted around my farm buildings. Just "Follow the Dots." LOL.
Last month a dear friend passed. His widow called me and needed his safe combination. She advised he wrote it down and placed it IN the SAFE!!! Duh.
Bring the DRILL.....
Adam
If I had to open one with a drill, I wouldn't know where to start.
I think I'd bring the grinder with cut-off disk and go through the side. Could repair that. jd
It seems that people who do almost nothing, often complain loudly when it's time to do it.
I have a Liberty Fat Boy 64.
My son has the combination.
Ya all are nicer than I. Family members have a piece of the map where the jar containing the combo is kept. They each have an X, but their trail wanders onto another piece before coming back to their piece. There is something fun at each X on the map, but the combo is only in 1. I took a class on land surveying after the wife passed... Seemed logical at the time, thinking back a bit childish. But they thought it would be fun.
Kinda fun having a piece of land bordering state land...hahaha
I used to have a "safe". It had a S&G dial combination lock. My wife and son had the combination. I don't think my wife could have opened it, she never took enough interest in it to learn how to spin the dial. I didn't want to move the 4000 lb thing when I sold the house so it is still there. I now have a large "fire resistant" metal box that was marketed as a gun "safe". It has an electronic lock that my wife and son have the combination to. My wife can and does open it as needed to get to important papers, no real interest in anything else inside. I know the electronic lock is not as good as the dial lock on my old safe, but it works and will slow down a hobby thief.
MY safes are all alike and keyed, alike, instead of a combo
Have a spare set hidden, the wife has a set and I have a set.
Calamity Jake
NRA Life Member
SASS 15704
Shoot straight, keepem in the ten ring.
My safe has my crypto keys in it, so if I gave the combination to a friend, not only would he get the guns but also my money! Not that it would matter then I guess
Gil.
A true friend would not get your guns or your money, he would simply turn the combination over to your wife or children or whoever should have it.
I had that happen when my neighbor was killed in a traffic accident.
His widow couldn't open their safe.
I insisted she watch as I did the combination, turned the opening handle, and went back home.
Gone are the days of wooden ships and Iron men.
I doubt we shall see their likes again.
Spoken by a US Coast Guard station commander.
Upper East Coast. Circa 1920.
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