Handgun Locks

Do you use the ILS/Handgun locks?

  • Yes, I do often

    Votes: 3 2.9%

  • No, never

    Votes: 98 93.3%

  • Sometimes

    Votes: 4 3.8%
  • Total voters
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With the S&W 642-1 non- ILS now on the market, I am curious about the use of the ILS or Handgun locks in gereral. When not in use my handguns are in the safe, my 24/7 carry gun is never locked. What about you, how many folks really use the locks? Under what conditions? I can't help but wonder what Daniel and Horace would think about the ILS?
 
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I posted this in response to the same question in the 642 Club:

Something that worries me with the internal lock with a Centennial is that it is not obvious that it is on or off.

If I put a padlock around the top strap, I am not likely to forget it is on. Or think it is on when it isn't.

Even with a Chiefs Special, the little flag is not very prominent.

I would sure hate to need my gun and discover it is locked. Or have my survivors discover it was locked.

If anyone does use it, do you have a routine you go through to be sure it is unlocked before you head out the door?
 
You also forgot:

4) I remove them from my guns where possible. If I need to lock them up for some reason, I put the guns in a safe or use some sort of lock that goes through the action.
 
if you are talking about the keyed lock that comes with most guns

yes, i use them. only once though...



i take them out and shoot them with whatever pistol i just purchased
 
I am buying a ruger since I don't trust a lock that if it fails, defults to "Lock"

If I need to secure a gun I will put it in a safe or put a more visable lock on it.
 
In Ma the ILS is not recognized as a "looking device" for securing handguns and IIRC it was an agreement with Boston that created it.
 
This subject has been gone over many, many times. The IL is here to stay.
I you don't like it, remove it. Personally, I think it is over blown, I have not, repeat, have not had any problems what so ever with my 629 MG and it is much better overall than many of the 'good old' ones.
 
I think what we are interested in for this thread is those who do sometimes use the lock.

When? How? Any routines for assuring the lock is on or off?

If we could keep the thread from getting to be about whether we like the politics of the lock, we might learn something useful.

David
 
...what we are interested in for this thread is those who do sometimes use the lock...When? How?...on or off?... If we could keep the thread from getting to be about whether we like the politics of the lock, we might learn something useful...
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davidconatser - Thank you :cool:

I think it is over blown
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batmann - I agree, we are interested in how it is used, or not.
 
I will never own a firearm with an internal locking system...and I don't care who the manufacturer is.

BTW, all my long guns are are mag full, safety off, chamber empty...An empty gun is nothing more than a heavy baseball bat.
 
Back on tract---I never use the key so therefore I never use the lock.
Hope this gets back on the subject.
 
I already posted but I will add additional comments. If I am not carrying I keep locked in a safe.
I also have a locking steel case with a cable I can secure pistol in car or away from home.

I have lots of those locks they provide with handguns, I would use one of those before I would use an ILS. It would instantly show status and anyone would be able to see.
 
I have lots of those locks they provide with handguns, I would use one of those before I would use an ILS. It would instantly show status and anyone would be able to see.
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The county has a free gun lock program. Go to the sheriff's office and pick up what ya need. I don't use 'em for guns, but do lock my gate closed with 'em. When they get rusty, I cut 'em off and go to the sheriff's office for more. I hope they continue the free lock program 'cause it's a rusty environment down here by the bay. :D
 
Yeah, S&W put these IL's on their guns so they will fail. They are part of the conspiracy to keep you from being able to defend yourselves. They secretly gather in small groups at the factory to pray that the IL's fail you when you need the gun the most. That's how they sell so many guns and stay successful in the pistol manufacturing business. That way S&W can report to the anti-gun lobby that they add gun locks to their pistols that will fail, thus killing their customers. S&W goal is to go out of business. HUGE secret to S&W's success. Don't tell anyone.


Come on already,

I'm Old Gregg!
 
Maybe, MAYBE...

If the S&W ILS was designed as a true, keyed device, and the rotational axis was not so parallel with muzzle-flip, then I MIGHT consider using the ILS in conjunction with a locked box or safe. As it stands, they are all keyed alike and poorly designed - it's really not a lock at all. That's my biggest problem with them. One would think that a lock company could do better.

--Michael
 
No I do not,

If my gun is not in use, it goes into a lock box or my safe. Have no use for an internal lock,,,to many keys on my key chain already!
 
I don't own an S&W with an internal lock and never will. They're ugly and unreliable.

I'd never use a trigger lock because they're dangerously easy to defeat.

I have no use for locks in or on guns. When I need to secure a handgun, I put it in my safe.
 
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