Center of Mass "In Car Gun Safe" review

[lildobe]

http://www.center-of-mass.com/

So I needed a "hard sided, locking case" to secure my weapon in while I traveled by air this holiday season, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and get one of these "safes"

For the record, I ordered one of the Large variety. It arrived in three days after I placed the order (!)

The first thing that I appreciated when I first unpacked it was it's weight. Empty, it weighs nearly 2 lbs.

It is constructed of 21 Gauge steel (1mm thick) with 14 gauge (2mm thick) reinforcing plates welded to the sides of the bottom half. There are two bolt holes in the bottom to facilitate hard-mounting. The lock and cable anchor is also constructed of stamped 19 gauge steel, welded to the bottom and side in 5 places. The lock is a 12-pin, double sided security lock. The lock's catch is 14-gauge steel. The hinge is a 16-segment "piano hinge" secured with a 12 gauge wire pin and spot welded in a total of 10 places. Everything but the lock is powder coated.

Overall construction is very well done.

It is lined with 3/8th-inch, medium-density, closed-cell foam pads on both top and bottom. The pads are easily removed.

I had been a little concerned with the cable, used for temporally securing the 'safe', for example, to the seat rail in your car or to the frame of a bed.

The cable itself is multi-stranded braided steel cable 4mm thick and vinyl coated, with loops crimped on both ends. One end attaches to the anchor and locking mechanism of the 'safe' and passed through a notch in the side. The other end is wrapped around any solid object.

While it COULD be cut fairly easily with heavy-duty wire cutters, in and of itself it's very sturdy. To test it, I attached it to the 'safe' and around a beam in the basement of my house. I gave it several vicious tugs and didn't notice any deformation of the safe or cable. This really surprised me.

So far I'm extremely happy with the In Car Gun Safe. I'll call it a "recommended" buy, and I plan to purchase several others for various uses.

Some pictures, for those interested:
http://www.lildobe.net/gallery2/v/Fi...s_In_Car_Safe/

(Edited to fix the url since I changed my galleries...)

[Mtbkski]

Thanks for the reminder. I wanted to order one of these myself. Looks pretty nice.

[lildobe]

Originally Posted by Mtbkski

Thanks for the reminder. I wanted to order one of these myself. Looks pretty nice.

I forgot to mention that it arrived only 3 days after I placed the order.

[larrymeyer]

I also received one in 3 days. I use it in the car when I go into NY, so far I've been very pleased with it. Can also be used to store other things like money a wallet etc in the car.

[mrwildroot]

Put my order in for two large...
One inside car, and one bolted inside trunk..that should satisfy the separate container rule for weapon and ammo/mags, and allow for easy/discrete access if I must leave weapon in the car. +1 for wallet, etc if necessary.
Thanks for the reminder!
mrwildroot

[27hand]

Originally Posted by mrwildroot

Put my order in for two large...
One inside car, and one bolted inside trunk..that should satisfy the separate container rule for weapon and ammo/mags, and allow for easy/discrete access if I must leave weapon in the car. +1 for wallet, etc if necessary.
Thanks for the reminder!
mrwildroot

I use one daily

Nice lockbox.

27hand

[mrwildroot]

Originally Posted by 27hand

I use one daily

Nice lockbox.

27hand

27hand,
Thanks for the reassurance!
mrwildroot