Safe guru?

[simplepeddler]

My son has a Browning safe that flooded back in 2016. Fortunately he removed the weapons, but safe has been sitting since and he has forgotten the security code for the electronic dial.
Anyone out there have a resource other than the usual "safe stores" to come out and get into this thing?
Sure would like to go to a manual dial too.

 

[Magdump]

I hear you on the manual dial. I just don’t trust the electronic safes. My first safe was a Browning. When I bought it they offered one free move and also a service to either come open or keep my combo on file or something if I remember correctly. If he bought it new and registered with Browning, I would try contacting them first.

 

[dantheman]

If it's been sealed up since it flooded , you're going to have a mess on your hands .

 

[simplepeddler]

If it's been sealed up since it flooded , you're going to have a mess on your hands .

Oh don't I know it!

 

[Akajun]

Ive redone 3 "flood safes" removing the electronics and installing manual dials.

Hopefully he didnt close/lock it. Browning may tell you or your licensed locksmith where to drill to open it but if it was made by liberty your SOL. Only thing they will do is refer you to "their locksmith" who wanted $400 to open it. Even Mike Wards couldnt help.
The one liberty i did, I cut a hole in the back and welded it back up later.

Your gonna need to remove all the old sheetrock and carpeting then get inside and start metal brushing the rust spots. Phosophoric acid prime the inside of the safe, then spray can all the inside of the safe. If you dont do it you will have mold spores growing in the safe on your guns.

Re doing the carpet on the sheetrock is a messy job but not hard, simple cut and fit and install it from the top down so that the pieces lock in. I did two or three layers of sheet rock depending on what would hold. dont forget the edges between the door frame and body.
The lock can be easy or a pain. Some safes use a different mounting pattern for the dial locks than a electronic so you've got about a 50/50 shot of it being bolt in. I was able to make/weld/fab the parts to make a dial work on the one hard one I had. again not difficult or complicated.
You want to purchase a "group II" style lock, you can find them on amazon, ebay, etc Ive used Red Dog, American Security, S&G, they all come from china. Pick the one you like best. Setting the combo is easy.

 

[Old Grey]

Depending on how big the safe is, might better just scrap it and buy a new safe. The money you`ll invest in getting it unlocked, replacing the entire interior, a new one may be the cheaper way to go.

 

[T-boy]

I'd contact Browning first. They may replace the safe for you and little or no cost.