How could i forget my gun safe combination ?UPDATE :WOOHOO GOT IT

[kamloops67]

Don't know how i did it, but i forgot my safe combination
Hadn't opened it in a few weeks , went to open it and realized i couldn't remember how
Im at a loss , dont know what to do next
I have most of my handguns and about 5000+ rounds of ammo inside .
Can a locksmith open a safe ?
Funny thing is , this safe was cut open by previous owner when he forgot his combination . he had the lock changed then rewelded the patch on the backside
Im not sure a cutting torch would be a good idea this time .
I've waited a week hoping the combination will pop back into my head , but I've only succeeded in remembering every old combination, phone number or part number etc ive ever committed to memory lol
Anyone have an idea what i should do here?

 

[Rpg]

You’re not alone!

Years ago I bought a combination locking safe for a bedside drawer.

I soon forgot the combination and had to call the shop where I bought it to get the combination (I hadn’t changed it from the default setting).

A few years later, I’d forgotten it again! I called the shop and, after a good deal of laughter, got the combination again.

I finally wrote it down! Good thing I did since the shop has since closed.

 

[loknload]

You’ll remember it once you call the locksmith!
I have the combination for my safe written down and stored in hidden spots.
If someone were to find it where I have it they wouldn’t know what it is for.
Locksmiths do have machines that attach to the safe to find combinations but that can get pricey.
They also may go back to the manufacturer of the safe and get a genetic fail safe code to open if it had one.
The only other way I would know is to drill it unless he’s an accomplished safe cracker.

 

[Rule3]

I have my combination written down and in a secret spot. Now if only I can remember where that is?

 

[deno56]

I wrote my down and put it in the safety deposit box at the bank.

 

[Onomea]

Once I forgot, when I was coming to grips with cancer and what to do about it, how to open the fuel cap on my own car. The attendant had to help me. (This was in Japan where we still have attendants in most gas stations.)

I always use dates or years or numbers that have meanings to me for combinations. Maybe you do, too? If so, maybe you can reconstruct. Or not, like you say, just wait a bit. It’ll probably come back to you.

Good luck!

 

[1sailor]

I wrote mine in a hidden place. I wrote it backwards and added a zero to each end which should (I hope) confuse anyone who might find it.

 

[Rule3]

Enter the number as a fake contact phone number in you mobile phone.


Jenny 867-5309

 

[Chukar60]

I momentarily forgot mine once.
It prompted me to put it in my phone as a note. Doubt anyone could figure out what the gibberish is if the saw it.
As an added measure, I gave it to my daughter who keeps it in her computer as a note as well.
Old age sucks

 

[peter-paul]

This is going to sound silly, but give it a try. It has worked for me many times and costs you nothing.

Tell yourself, audibly and out loud in a commanding voice, "(your first name), remember the combination to the safe."

Before everyone laughs, this technique was taught to us by a government psychologist when I worked in the Intel Community.

The idea behind this is that your subconscious knows the numbers to the safe combination, but you cannot currently bring it to your pre-frontal cortex.

With this technique, you're using your pre-frontal cortex to your advantage, and by commanding your subconscious to remember, it will percolate the combination up into the active conscious portion of your mind.

I've done this countless times for many things. Usually the item/concept/idea will pop into my head later in the day. Sometimes it takes a few days, with me audibly commanding myself to remember.

Your safe combination is up there in your noodle, you just need to find it in the file system.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk

 

[Clarke Hammer]

Enter the number as a fake contact phone number in you mobile phone.


Jenny 867-5309

That's all well and good until my wife wants to know who Jenny is.

 

[Onomea]

..Tell yourself, audibly and out loud in a commanding voice, "(your first name), remember the combination to the safe."..

Uh oh. Slippery slope here. Pretty soon the OP will be pulling his fingernails out, one-by-one, demanding he comply with himself, or consequences will become increasingly dire... Taking the family dog hostage, thumbtacks on his dining table chair, etc.

I tell ya, I’d cough up that combo pretty damn quick if I was treating myself like that!

(Hey, just having fun! No offense!)

 

[jscheck]

If I may make a suggestion- if you don't have any success in a few days see someone who does hypnosis. After all, the number is there you just can't bring it up.

 

[LCC]

A safe 'expert' should be able to open it. My mom had this happen to a highly secure floor safe before she passed, guy showed up with some electronic equipment, had it open in minutes.
In the future, either write down the combo, take a pic of it and save it in your picture files, or send an email to yourself with the combo and file it in a folder.
FYI

 

[smoothshooter]

Don't know how i did it, but i forgot my safe combination
Hadn't opened it in a few weeks , went to open it and realized i couldn't remember how
Im at a loss , dont know what to do next
I have most of my handguns and about 5000+ rounds of ammo inside .
Can a locksmith open a safe ?
Funny thing is , this safe was cut open by previous owner when he forgot his combination . he had the lock changed then rewelded the patch on the backside
Im not sure a cutting torch would be a good idea this time .
I've waited a week hoping the combination will pop back into my head , but I've only succeeded in remembering every old combination, phone number or part number etc ive ever committed to memory lol
Anyone have an idea what i should do here?

Next time write the combination on the bottom of your coffee table, kitchen table, or some piece of furniture in another room. The chances of a burglar finding it are next to zero.

 

[Oracle]

My safe combination is our anniversary date. If my wife were to see me frustrated with safe, she would ask what's wrong and i would tell her about the forgotten combination. I can only speculate what would happen next.

 

[smoothshooter]

What I have done is write the combination on the front of the safe door.
Before you call me stupid, know that the number as written is not the real combination.
Many years ago I memorized a simple alternative number code I made up.
The way it works is that a number written as a “3” is not really a 3, but may be a “5”. A number written as a “6” may really be a “2”., etc.

I have several combination locks with different combinations, with my coded numbers engraved or scratched on the backs, and don’t have to memorize a single one of them.

You can simplify it more by only coding either the odd or even numbers.
Simplify it even more yet by coding only the first digit, because if even one number is wrong, the lock will not open.

I have never heard of anyone else doing this, but I surely am not the first.

Still a good idea to have a copy of the actual combination to the safe in a safe deposit box at the bank or hidden somewhere.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My safe combination is our anniversary date. If my wife were to see me frustrated with safe, she would ask what's wrong and i would tell her about the forgotten combination. I can only speculate what would happen next.

 

[max]

When I was in the Army, we had to change the safe combinations every 30 days. I usually used some set of numbers that made sense to me. I would circle the first number on my desk calendar a month or so in the future.

Once the other people could not remember the combination during the day. I had worked the night shift, so someone came and woke me up and asked what it was. Coming out of a deep sleep, I couldn't remember it and had to go in a look on my calendar without then knowing I had written it down.

I have a fear of forgetting the combination and reading these posts doesn't help.

 

[AKtinman]

My elderly mom kept the combination to the floor safe in her closet written on a sticky note attached to the safe door. That way she wouldn't forget the combo.