Does anyone use trigger locks with their Airguns

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Willie14228

Willie14228

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I work a lot with air and hydraulics I am not sure how many people realize that even unloaded PCP air Rifles can be dangerous this applies to Big Bore even more but even the small caliber Air Rifles can eject enough air alone at pressures that will enter the skin and or severely damage an eye

I don't have kids but I have been thinking about using them still for that extra sense of safety just wondered how many of my fellow airgun nationals do so? Post or like if you do 
 
I lock everything.

The silverware drawer, freshly sharpened pencils, the stapler, paper clips (the ends are sharp if you unbend them), plastic bags of any sort, the toaster, bowling balls (drop hazard, unless wearing steel toes, which everyone in my house must wear at all times anyway). If it's even slightly sharp, pointy, hot, cold, or heavy, it's locked up tight.

Can't be too careful.
 
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I lock everything.

The silverware drawer, freshly sharpened pencils, the stapler, paper clips (the ends are sharp if you unbend them), plastic bags of any sort, the toaster, bowling balls (drop hazard, unless wearing steel toes, which everyone in my house must wear at all times anyway). If it's even slightly sharp, pointy, hot, cold, or heavy, it's locked up tight.

Can't be too careful.
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Damn!

Do you run an asylum for the insane?

😳
 
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Kids...I have two, and I am a safety nut, but not out of a logical reason because my airguns are up high in a gun cabinet and too complex for my daughters to figure out, but out of obedience to my gun safety knowledge and making a discipline around my hobby for safety. I don’t want our hobby tainted by a tragic accident, and the best way to do that is to have safety protocols, as silly and redundant as they might seem, around our air rifles. I think of it as more of a gun safety culture I am importing into my air guns, and someday will instruct my girls about. Yes, I have trigger locks, and yes I have used them in transportation.
 
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We have 4 grand kids, and I always lock up everything when they are here, either in cabinets or hard cases with locks. I think it's unlikely that any of them could figure out how to cock and fire one, but you never know. Our oldest grand child, a girl, is eight, but shows no curiosity at all regarding the air rifles. I don't think she would touch one if it were loaded and cocked and sitting on a chair. But our four year old grand son looks at everything as a challenge, and he would probably figure out how to do some damage. Kids are different, but you can't take chances. The old saying is true, once you pull the trigger, you can't take it back. I've never used trigger locks, but it that is the best option, I would use them. They are imperfect for air rifles, since most of them could still be cocked. While unlikely, that makes them a potential risk. 
 
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No, I don't use a trigger lock on air guns. If they are not loaded and cocked what will a trigger lock provide? I can see using one if you have kids and are worried about them trying to cock the gun and fire it. For me I have no kids. I don't feel it provides any extra safety for an unloaded, uncocked air gun. My airguns are never stored loaded or cocked.
 
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I don't have any young one around so no I don't. But I can see the need. If we have someone coming over with kids I have a hard time remembering what needs locked up. One mistake would be awful. Things change, when I was young my grandparents had a loaded shotgun leaning in the corner for critters. There were a lot of kids around but we knew if we touched a gun we would get whipped good. I leave my airguns with a loaded magazine but a empty shot chamber.
 
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