Someone else had already been there and put four holes into the front of it, without getting it open. Last month we were called to open a locked vault. When the repairs are finished and the dial is re-installed the safe is as good as before, and no one can tell it was drilled. The lock may or may not need to be replaced. That restores the safe to its original level of security. Repairs then need to be made, which involve filling the hole with a hardened tapered pins. If done right, one small hole is usually required to unlock the safe. Special drill bits are required to penetrate most hard-plate. There is also normally some kind of hard-plate steel to go through. If it is a composite type safe there is insulation to go through. This also needs to be done without damaging anything inside the lock.īefore getting to the lock body it is necessary to drill though the safe’s outside steel it might be thin or it might be up to 1 ¾” thick. Often that means drilling right into the lock body which is tightly packed with lots of parts. Accurate measuring, or use of special drilling templates, allows him to drill a hole to hit one of a number of specific parts of the lock. The tech’s experience and knowledge tell him what is wrong with the lock and how the lock is situated inside the safe. The drill rig holds the drill solidly in place and helps control it so that drilling can be done with extreme precision. It mounts to the front of the safe, screwing into the same holes used for mounting the lock. The well-equipped technician will have a drill rig similar to the one shown. The safe tech removes the dial or keypad, along with the dial ring/mounting plate. The photo shows a great way to do this on what happens to be a Liberty gun safe. Very often, especially in case of lock failure or lost combo, safes can be drilled in a way that leaves no visible hole. There are right ways and wrong ways to drill safes, however, so it is important to hire the right people for this work.
If your safe fails to open, then you'll have to take your rod and repeat the process.The last post talked about using an Auto Dialer, one method of opening locked safes or gun safes without drilling any holes. Enter your new combination on your safe's exterior keypad to ensure it was set correctly.
#How to drill a cannon gun safe code#
If ten seconds pass without a sound, then assume your code has been set. If you don't hear one right away, hold the "set" button down. Most digital safes will emit a beeping noise when a new combination has been set. Enter your new combination on the safe's interior keypad and hit the "set" button.It may be necessary to hold the button down for ten seconds or so. Push the rod into the safe and hit the "reset" button on the interior keypad. An uncoiled wire hanger is a good option, but you can use whatever you want as long as it gets the job done. Once you have located your safe's interior keypad, find a rod that is long and thin enough to fit through the corresponding bolt opening.Move from bolt opening to bolt opening until you find one that allows you to clearly see the safe's interior keypad. Once you have located your safe's bolt openings, take a flashlight and shine it through each opening.Some smaller digital safes may have their bolt openings on the base.
These bolt openings can usually be found on the back of the safe. To do this you must first locate the safe's bolt openings. But if your safe doesn't then you need to press the reset button.
#How to drill a cannon gun safe crack#
Otherwise you would need to crack the safe by force. Let's hope you can remember where you put it, because you're going to need it to properly open the safe without the combination. You almost definitely received an emergency key when you purchased your safe.
First you must find the safe's emergency key.