Safe Question

[model4006]

I have recently gotten a small safe from a store that went out of business and was throwing it away. It has an electronic keypad, 0-9, but had been sitting for years unused and no one knows the combination. This was a safe for a small store to keep cash in, will it be hard to figure out the combination, or reset it? They told me the new safe they used which was similar and from the same company, had a six digit code, so im confident thats how many numbers are in it. That leaves one million guesses. and three wrong entries is a 5 min wait. if it takes approximately 2 seconds to enter a guess, it would take 9.7 years of non stop guessing to try them all. I dont care so much about "just getting in", since i know its empty. id just like to be able to use the safe, its big enough to keep pistols, and other small valuables in.

i looked online but breaking into a safe isnt something thats supposed to be common knowledge, or safes would be useless. I dont want to pay a locksmith to drill it and put a new lock in because i got it for free. if its going to cost alot of money ill just throw it away, and buy a real gun safe. which is something i plan to do anyway, just dont have the money right now.

any help would be appreciated.

 

[IlikeSA]

The locksmith may or may not drill the safe. There are a lot of nifty tools out there to solve these problems without drilling them. I used to work with some locksmiths and safe experts and believe me, they were GOOD at what they did. I'd at least make a few calls and find out some prices. Just something to consider.

 

[dfaugh]

Not sure, from your description, what type it is, or how valuable.

I USED to work as a legal safecracker, though, and I SUSPECT that the cost of opening it would be more than the safe is worth (whether drilling or other means.) But it could be minimal as well.

NOW, a registered/certified/whatever locksmith MIGHT be able to get the company to release the ORIGINAL combination (if recorded), whereas they wouldn't give it to you as a private individual, even if you "own" the safe (as they can't acertain if its legally yours.

Worth a call to a locksmith (but find one that's really into safes, many aren't) and they could tell you what it's worth and how much it might cost to open.

 

[Glockfan.45]

Little tricks I have learned you may want to try. Look at the key pad closely, some numbers will have more wear than others. These are used in the combo.
Most people set their combos big number, small number, big number, small number, so on down the line. Write down the codes you try as you go.

 

[model4006]

i did ask the only locksmith around here about it, pretty big company but apparently not interested in safes. he wasnt very polite and told me that he could drill it and put a new lock in for 200 maybe more he said. and asked me if that was worth it to me. i said no i got it for free, id like to use it but as far as money id rather just save up for a real gun safe.

would any pictures help? can i access behind the keypad without ruining anything? i dont even know how to change the battery, which works right now.

 

[armoredman]

Demo combos, if used as a demo model, would be easy, like 00000, or 12345, of 55555.
Good luck!

 

[BigSoundRacing]

The digital combo on mine has a default, but the safe would have to sit without batteries for about a month before the default would take over. 000000

 

[ScottsGT]

Call the manufacturer. If the safe has a SN on it, they may be able to help you. Granite Safes offers this service for owners with recepts. Maybe contact the maker of the lock and they can put you in touch with a registered locksmith that can open it with their help?