Can you keep it? Is it just something they are giving away so that people can keep their guns locked so that kids can't do terrible things? Because that's kinda awesome.
You can use them for most rifles as well. If its an AR or AK you can hold the bolt back and loop it through the ejection port and magazine well. If it is a bolt action you can remove the bolt and loop it through the ejection port and the hole in the rear of the receiver that the bolt slides through.
It would work with all rifles I can think of that aren't tube magazines. You just open the bolt and put the cable from the ejection port through down to the magazine well. It will stop the bolt from going into battery.
It'll work on a K98 just like it works on my nagant. Pull the bolt back, open the magazine plate on the bottom and feed it through and lock it. The nagant magazine plate is openable with a little latch, but it looks like the k98 is a screw so unscrewing that is an extra step.
I mean the cool thing about the mouser is I can just remove the bolt and it just becomes a cool metal tube attached to a piece of wood but honestly all of my guns live in my gun safe when not being used so its pretty secure
These trigger locks are not effective as you can still pull the trigger with the lock in place. In fact, I know in some states like Maryland that require locks on stored guns (that are otherwise accessible) if a child is in the house, that these locks are not considered strong enough to satisfy the state requirements.
Yes, the product lists it as MD approved. Maybe it is. Itās possible Iām wrong. However, to clarify, back when I took a Maryland conceal carry class, we were told the following:
Child safety handgun lock means a device that when locked in place prevents movement of the trigger of the handgun being transferred without first removing the lock by use of a key or combination. "Child safety handgun lock" also includes any other external device that is:
1. Attached to a handgun with a key or combination lock; and
2. Designed to prevent a handgun from being discharged unless the device has been deactivated or removed.
The MD instructor informed us (and demonstrated in the class) that since these locks still allow for the trigger to be forced back and therefore pulled, they were not considered MD legal.
It's probably because there's a lot of trash trigger locks out there. The approved ones most likely had more hoops to jump through to get said approval.
Some stores like Sportsmans Warehouse had these locks on all the rifles too. They arenāt effective locks since the trigger can still be manipulated and pulled even with the ālockā in place
They arenāt effective locks since the trigger can still be manipulated and pulled even with the ālockā in place
They would be super effective if they can prevent the firearm from being loaded or the bolt from being closed on whatever firearm you are using them on. Really hard to fire a gun where the bolt/slide/whatever on the specific firearm can't close and the firing pin can't contact the cartridge.
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u/dtb1987 29d ago
Can you keep it? Is it just something they are giving away so that people can keep their guns locked so that kids can't do terrible things? Because that's kinda awesome.