Good News/Bad News

B2Tall

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The bad news: Somebody broke into my truck (F150) yesterday while my HK P2000SK was in the center console.

The good news: The scumbag never got to lay his dirty hands on my pistol.

My HK was locked in an Autosafe made by Sentry Safe. This lockbox was screwed into the bottom of my center console and I also had the steel security cable that it comes with wrapped around the base of the front seat (I had drilled a hole through the side of the console and fed the cable out and around the seat base. The hole is below the level of the seat cushion so it can't be seen unless you're looking for it.) The perp had tried prying the safe open but failed, with only cosmetic damage being done to it.

I usually don't leave my pistol in my truck but I was at a bar with some friends and Florida law (as with most states) does not permit carrying in bars. In the end the lowlife managed to steal $6 or $7 from my truck and nothing else. I hope he uses it to buy some bad crack.

Anyway, the Autosafe performed flawlessly. It's not Fort Knox but the way I have it set up would require a theif to have a prybar, bolt cutters, and and more time than they probably would like to spend inside a vehicle they were robbing. Highly reccommended.
 
I just purchased one of these for my Blazer. Glad to know it works. My console is to small to mount it inside like you did so I use the steel cable to wrap around the seat frame. Glad they didn't get your baby.
 
How do you feel about the enclosure stating that it is a safe? I think I would prefer a safe that didn't advertise what it was.
 
I'm not sure it'd make a difference.
I suspect a locked box in a car is probably where the most valuable items will be and will be the focus of attention regardless of label.
 
Being in my center console, the box isn't visible to anyone looking through the window. The fact that it has the word "safe" on it isn't going to make a difference one way or the other. Most people have it tucked under their seat (with the cable securing it) so it's not something that's going to be readily visible to a potential thief.

One thing I'd like to point out - the autosafe won't hold a pistol larger than a sub-compact. My G36 and HK SK fit fine but there's very little space left over.
 
That's a great looking rig but I drive a passenger car, full size 4-door. It has a center console but it's small in comparison to yours.
 
I like that safe, but it won't fit in the center console of a GMC or Chevy truck... it's too deep...
Center of Mass makes an in car gun safe similar, but thinner, in two sizes. I got the large and it fits perfectly in my fold up console...

I'd link to it but I don't know if it would stand... so google Center of Mass car safe. that'll work.
 
Bad news? There is no end to how great I would feel if that happen to me. I mean; the fact that you took the time and effort to buy the safe, and did one heck of a clean install, and the guy couldn’t get to your gun, should make you feel pretty darn good! A lot of gun owners would have likely just stuffed the gun up and under the seat and that's it. You should send your story and this associated link, to Sentry Safe. They may well post your story and send you a new safe.
 
AWSOME! glad to know that a car safe save'd you HG from a Dirty bag getting it and using it to rob and store,person, or even using it to sell to a Drug dealer and its used to Kill a LEO...

i use something a little different ,but still will carry a full size semi-auto..

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XDM's post on the midway box is a better deal than the (same) safe offered by COM And they're on sale at Midway thru the enod of the month!... they make a comination lock version as well... but the combo lock seems unreliable based on reviews.
 
This might be a good time to discuss the different brands. I recently bought a "GunVault" for my vehicle and have it secured with the GunVault cable through the seat frame.
I just wonder if one brand is better than another?
 
AWSOME! glad to know that a car safe save'd you HG from a Dirty bag getting it and using it to rob and store,person, or even using it to sell to a Drug dealer and its used to Kill a LEO...

i use something a little different ,but still will carry a full size semi-auto..

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I have two of these and they are handy for many purposes BUT, I drive a 4 door passenger car and all the bundles of wires under my seat won't allow me to put it there :-(
 
I have two of these and they are handy for many purposes BUT, I drive a 4 door passenger car and all the bundles of wires under my seat won't allow me to put it there :-(


I drive a 4 dr little saturn and it fits under my driver's seat...What about the trunk of the car.???
 
I have something similar to this. They call the one I have a security box. It is made pretty decent. It has the cable to wrap around the seat framing. I drive a Mercury Mountaineer and keep the box under the seat behind the driver's seat. I can pull it up on top of the center council to put my gun in it then I reach behind me and slide it under the seat. Hopefully it never gets tested but if it does, I will be glad I had it instead of just putting the gun in the council or the glove box.
 
I like that safe, but it won't fit in the center console of a GMC or Chevy truck... it's too deep...
Center of Mass makes an in car gun safe similar, but thinner, in two sizes. I got the large and it fits perfectly in my fold up console...

I'd link to it but I don't know if it would stand... so google Center of Mass car safe. that'll work.

Looks like the Center of Mass vault is very impressive but too big for my Mustang. Turns out I already have one of the small cases -- got it in a group buy with a couple of friends and did not recognize the brand name.
 

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