How to lock a Glock......

Trigger lock is good.

Check your firearm, dry fire and put your trigger lock.

À cable lock is also good. Don't think too much and just respect the law.
 
Jan1968 said:
Good morning,

how do you lock your semi-auto pistol? I need to lock my Glock 22 before I place it in a locked container for transportation to the range. The locked container is easy, but what about the gun?

A trigger lock is not safe, the bolt is in front of the trigger, and I can still load the gun and fire it with pulling the trigger lock backwards...... I think the best way is a cable-lock behind the trigger, locked behind the grip. This way you can still load the gun, but not fire it, I tried and you can not pull the trigger all the way.

Am I on legal grounds like that (Ontario)? Option would be to open the slide and use a longer cable lock through the grip and the ejector. I just don't want to kepp the slide back all the time....

What are your thoughts?

Jan
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holy s**t dude.... just use a trigger lock prove your firearm is clear before putting it in the case.
 
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I've seen lots of folks that use a cable lock up through the magwell and out through the ejection port. They simply let the slide come forward against the cable to make the gun more compact.
 
Trigger and cable locks are fine, although I'm pretty sure the way you describe using the cable lock behind the trigger isn't going to fly if it was ever inspected. If you're going to use a cable lock you need to run it through the mag well and ejection port. You don't have to leave the slide back - just ease it closed as much as you can.

I prefer the Omega gun lock. The lock goes in the chamber, so while you can dry fire it or insert a magazine - you can't engage the slide - so it's rendered completely inert. No keys, no cables to wear against the finish and no bulky trigger locks. Just a small universal folding tool.
 
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blaxsun said:
Trigger and cable locks are fine, although I'm pretty sure the way you describe using the cable lock behind the trigger isn't going to fly if it was ever inspected. If you're going to use a cable lock you need to run it through the mag well and ejection port. You don't have to leave the slide back - just ease it closed as much as you can.

I prefer the Omega gun lock. The lock goes in the chamber, so while you can dry fire it or insert a magazine - you can't engage the slide - so it's rendered completely inert. No keys, no cables to wear against the finish and no bulky trigger locks. Just a small universal folding tool.
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I have tried the Omega chamber locks and they work well at a reasonable cost. My favourite locks are "Visualocks" that I purchased several years ago. Unfortunately they may be out of production as the website isn't functional. They also lock the chamber but to me have the advantage of being highly visible as part of the lock protrudes from the muzzle in a red "knob". I know that my guns are safe even from a distance.

With both the Visualock and Omega locks allow dry firing while installed which I see as an advantage. Best of all, both are secure and take very little space.
 
Just press firmly in the middle of the Tupperware lid until you hear "SNAP" and you should be fine...freshness sealed in!!! :p

Sorry, man...couldn't help myself...

Trigger locked (I prefer the cable lock through the magwell and the ejection port), cased, and lock(s) on case, and you should be fine...
 
hercster said:
I have tried the Omega chamber locks and they work well at a reasonable cost. My favourite locks are "Visualocks" that I purchased several years ago. Unfortunately they may be out of production as the website isn't functional. They also lock the chamber but to me have the advantage of being highly visible as part of the lock protrudes from the muzzle in a red "knob". I know that my guns are safe even from a distance.

With both the Visualock and Omega locks allow dry firing while installed which I see as an advantage. Best of all, both are secure and take very little space.
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I think one is generally SOL with respect to Visualocks... There's also a key-based borelock system as well. The indicators are certainly nice, but that does add additional bulk/length/weight as well. One thing about the Omega locks is that it turns your gun into a paperweight without the key - because there's virtually no way to remove these otherwise. And they're a bit cheaper, too.

strider007 said:
Trigger locked (I prefer the cable lock through the magwell and the ejection port), cased, and lock(s) on case, and you should be fine...
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I don't like trigger locks because they're bulky and make it harder to fit into the slim pouches in range bags. I'm not a fan of the cablelocks because I hate having to carry around numerous keys and I don't like either the lock or cable wearing against the finish on my handguns.

What really galls me is the double-locking requirement for restricted firearms. You'd think a trigger/cable/chamber lock would be sufficient, but no... we have this dual-locking abomination (triple locking if one considers the vehicle transporting it, too).
 
Jan1968 said:
Good morning,

how do you lock your semi-auto pistol? I need to lock my Glock 22 before I place it in a locked container for transportation to the range. The locked container is easy, but what about the gun?

A trigger lock is not safe, the bolt is in front of the trigger, and I can still load the gun and fire it with pulling the trigger lock backwards...... I think the best way is a cable-lock behind the trigger, locked behind the grip. This way you can still load the gun, but not fire it, I tried and you can not pull the trigger all the way.

Am I on legal grounds like that (Ontario)? Option would be to open the slide and use a longer cable lock through the grip and the ejector. I just don't want to kepp the slide back all the time....


What are your thoughts?

Jan
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If you are so worried about it. Just pop the slide off and put the trigger lock on the frame. Only takes a few seconds to put the slide back on at the range.
 
Jan1968 said:
Good morning,

how do you lock your semi-auto pistol? I need to lock my Glock 22 before I place it in a locked container for transportation to the range. The locked container is easy, but what about the gun?

A trigger lock is not safe, the bolt is in front of the trigger, and I can still load the gun and fire it with pulling the trigger lock backwards...... I think the best way is a cable-lock behind the trigger, locked behind the grip. This way you can still load the gun, but not fire it, I tried and you can not pull the trigger all the way.

Am I on legal grounds like that (Ontario)? Option would be to open the slide and use a longer cable lock through the grip and the ejector. I just don't want to kepp the slide back all the time....

What are your thoughts?

Jan
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Jan, look at the trigger lock carefully, they are not reverseable. one side has notch place at the front of the trigger guide to stop the lock moving, so that you cannot pull the trigger lock to fire your gun. I've seen many people don't know about how to use the trigger lock, they just put them in with a wrong direction.

Trigun
 
Trigun said:
Jan, look at the trigger lock carefully, they are not reverseable. one side has notch place at the front of the trigger guide to stop the lock moving, so that you cannot pull the trigger lock to fire your gun. I've seen many people don't know about how to use the trigger lock, they just put them in with a wrong direction.

Trigun
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That's exactly what he's doing, putting it on backwards.
 
BCRider said:
I've seen lots of folks that use a cable lock up through the magwell and out through the ejection port. They simply let the slide come forward against the cable to make the gun more compact.
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^^ This. Except I leave the slide locked back, but its dealer's choice.
 
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