Use for Safety Locks?

[stubby]

I do alot of gun trading and have accumulated a dozen of the "safety locks" from various manufactures : Ruger, Beretta, Marlin, Browning, and the general "no name" locks. I have no use for them but hate to throw them away. Anyone have any suggestions for what to do with them? Do they have any value? Don't bother telling me to use them.

 

[braindead0]

They work for luggage locks, but I guess the thought police don't want you to know they've been in your luggage anymore..so they tell you not to lock them.

Attach them to short cables and use as a flail or throwing weapon?

 

[DT Guy]

I've used them to secure luggage to something stationary in a hotel room. Not REALLY secure, but better than nothing.

Larry

 

[J Miller]

Sell 'em on eBay.

 

[Kevlarman]

If you're travelling in a place without CCW, you can also stick the lock in a sock and go "Death Wish" on thugs.

 

[foghornl]

Last time I voted, I took a look at the school bike racks. Most of the bike locks had names like S&W, Ruger, Mossberg....

 

[ajacobs]

I gave about 2 dozen of the cable type to a school. They used them to keep the kids in they lower grades out of some cabnets.

 

[JohnBT]

We use them for fishing sinkers when we're downtown fishing the rocks of the fall line for striped bass during the spawning run. Lead sinkers cost money and it's so easy to snag 'em and break them off.

We start off using old spark plugs, but switch to old locks when we run out. Old wheel weights get used too.

We use herring for bait usually.

John

 

[Peetmoss]

Well here in NY locks are required for every purchase of a gun. Can't be inforced on longguns during private transactions but can be for a handgun. So I keep mine and in the event of a private handgun sale I will give the lock to person selling me the gun and have them include said lock with handgun purchase and include it on the reciept. I can't put a handgun on my permit without a lock reciept also. So it works out good

 

[Navy joe]

Gym locker lock. Subtley enforces the idea of not screwing with the owner's stuff. Have actually thrown one on a long gun during interstate travel to give the false impression I was a good boy if anyone saw it. I think having the key taped to the loaded mag for the locked gun in the trunk is probably not the spirit the lawscribblers intended

 

[Blackhawk]

Tool box locks for two of them.

The rest of them must be out looking for dust and crud somewhere because I haven't seen them for a long while.

 

[blades67]

I throw them in the round file for safekeeping.

 

[TIMC]

You can send them to me. ATF requires I keep several in case a customer wants one. I'll take them if you don't want them.

 

[Kahr carrier]

I use them at work to lock my locker,tool box and lunch box.

 

[COHIBA]

i have an HK one that i use for a dog collar on my boxer.

 

[TonyB]

My father uses them as helmet locks when he rides his motorcycle.He secures his helmet to the bike so he doesn't have to carry it around.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

If only the legislators of our county and various states could see this and realize how ridiculous some of these laws are. I live in Maryland who is a leader in producing ridiculous laws to calm the angry mob. I really didn't want to turn this thread into a political topic, but I had to comment. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO GET EDUCATED ON THE REALITIES OF PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP!! (Here endith my flame )

 

[Onslaught]

I love the cable ones... They come in handy for gate locks, locking stuff into the bed of my truck, etc. I even use a couple of them as backup-backup security to keep my gun lockboxes secure. IF you get the bolts through the bedframe cut, AND you can pull the big-ole screws out of the studs in the wall, THEN you gotta get the cable lock (double wrapped) from around a completely different part of the bedframe.

 

[10-Ring]

I sold them to a guy at the swap meet.

 

[Mal H]

Lot's of good ideas here. I have used a cable lock that came with a rifle to lock up a handgun case that has multiple lockable latches on it. However most of them are lying around somewhere so that they take up space. They make it look like I have more "stuff" (in the George Carlin sense ).

One that came with a Marlin 60 is unbelievable so I included a picture of it below. It weighs almost as much as the rifle!