new LTC-A, lost trigger lock key - help needed

[litepak]

I'm a newbie to NES. Great site.

I also recently got my LTC-A without restrictions from a red town. From what I've heard, this is almost impossible for a 1st-timer, so needless to say I was pretty stoked.

For the record, I had my s--- together: safety course, letter from physician saying that I wasn't a nutcase, no rap sheet (aside from some speeding tickets), letter to the chief, and NOT saying I wanted it for self-defense in my home.

Anyway, to my question... I also recently inherited from my father a few guns and one is an M1 Carbine. Happy to have it but unfortunately it's got a trigger lock on it and my mother has no idea where the key is. And it's not a standard key lock, either, lest I'd try to pick it. It looks like it might be a magnetic tumbler or something...2 small divots where the key teeth would sit.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance -

 

[oneswithfunes]

You need a smith unless you are handy with a hacksaw and have some space to insure no damage to the gun.

 

[EddieCoyle]

It sounds like one of the ones you just unscrew. Post a pic here.

 

[appraiser]

like 2 holes an inch or so apart? Not very deep?

If so it just unscrews

 

[litepak]

Thanks. I should've thought of that. Will give it a try.

 

[icyclefar]

Shoot it off!

 

[705squat]

Shoot it off!

 

[appraiser]

like this?

 

[litepak]

That'd be it. Thanks, hoss.

 

[appraiser]

the bottom picture is the "key"

if you need one let me know

 

[drgrant]

Those can be smashed off pretty easy. . If you want to be gentle about it, you can use a pair of needlenose pliers with sharp tips as a "key".

-Mike

 

[Billy2]

A cheap metal fork can be bent and used also.

 

[hicksonj]

+1 on the fork or a coat hanger bent into a U with points filed thin.

 

[icyclefar]

snap ring pliers

 

[fencer]

Cordless drill, cobalt bit, 30 seconds

 

[ochmude]

Cordless drill, cobalt bit, 30 seconds

Yup. Or any of the above. Those are the cheapo locks that satisfy the requirement to provide a lock with as little cost as possible. You could probably just look at it sternly and it would fall off.

 

[ryan81986]

I lost the keys to a chain lock one time, while it was on the gun. I used a MAPP gas torch to cut it off.

 

[securityboy]

the bottom picture is the "key"

if you need one let me know

or use a set of needle nose plyers

edit: crap I didn't see there was a page 2...sorry for the repeated suggestion

 

[Jamie]

I lost the keys to a chain lock one time, while it was on the gun. I used a MAPP gas torch to cut it off.

Pretty damn sad lock if MAPP gas cut it.

 

[ryan81986]

Well, it didn't really cut it. But it destroyed its integrity to the point where it just fell apart.

 

[Danrk6]

There isn't a trigger lock that I know of that can't be defeated with either needle nose pliers, a wire cutter, a hack saw, or a drill. Trigger locks are meant for compliance and child safety, any adult or intelligent youngster with a minute or two and the right tool is capable of disabling one.

 

[Rcharnitsk]

paperclip bent in the shape of a u always works for me to remove those

 

[FLHTC]

They drill out easy, I've had to do it for a friend

 

[jim42]

I have one of those keys,stop by FS guns,and ill take off for you. Jim

 

[RollingThunder-1911]

Bob how'd you make out with the lock???

Steve Pusateri

 

[Zombieoutfitters]

I'm a newbie to NES. Great site.

I also recently got my LTC-A without restrictions from a red town. From what I've heard, this is almost impossible for a 1st-timer, so needless to say I was pretty stoked.

For the record, I had my s--- together: safety course, letter from physician saying that I wasn't a nutcase, no rap sheet (aside from some speeding tickets), letter to the chief, and NOT saying I wanted it for self-defense in my home.

Anyway, to my question... I also recently inherited from my father a few guns and one is an M1 Carbine. Happy to have it but unfortunately it's got a trigger lock on it and my mother has no idea where the key is. And it's not a standard key lock, either, lest I'd try to pick it. It looks like it might be a magnetic tumbler or something...2 small divots where the key teeth would sit.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance -

Got a good drill?