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Remember the 5 basic ways to open a lock: Picking, shimming, drilling, rapping and impressioning. I have found that rapping frequently works on cable locks. They are also frequently pickable. I haven't tried drilling or shimming, and I never learned impressioning (other than theory).Every freaking cable lock that comes with your purchase can be taken care of with a pair of bolt cutters in seconds
Many trigger locks can be removed by inserting a tool by the trigger guard and unlatching the ratchet. I've done this twice at matches when the owner forgot his key. In one case, the owner was sweating it during a flight to Toronto muttering "damn, I forgot the key" and I was muttering "not a problem, we'll deal with it". Since the lock was undamaged he could even re-lock the gun for transport (required by Canadian law).