Tsa locks

[PAULT]

Anyone got a link for tsa locks tia

 

[Hatch]

To buy? To crack? To make?

Might need to give us a bit more here!

 

[deerstalker.308]

Sure the last ones I got were off Amazon, cheap and cheerful

 

[sh1kar]

Anyone got a link for tsa locks tia

tsa locks - Google Search

 

[PAULT]

And all these are suitable for taking a rifle to South africa thanks

 

[Donkey Basher]

TSA is American - why the need for SA? When I took rifles there a few years back we just used normal locks on the cases.

 

[sh1kar]

TSA is American - why the need for SA? When I took rifles there a few years back we just used normal locks on the cases.

Indeed I wouldn't use TSA. You don't want anyone getting in and fiddling with them

 

[artschool]

i find getting a set of suited padlocks are good because you can hide the same key in your wallet and pocket etc and stand less
change of loosing it.

 

[Eddie P]

AFAIK even travelling to the US you shouldn't use TSA locks on a guncase.

 

[devon deer stalker]

AFAIK even travelling to the US you shouldn't use TSA locks on a guncase.

Why not?

 

[Eddie P]

Why not?

Because anyone can open them.

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[devon deer stalker]

Because anyone can open them.

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But in theory once checked through security it goes straight to the plane, having said that, if I were going to take a rifle abroad again I would use my own locks, not TSA, they are not compulsory, but going to/from the states if the case has a hole for a lock, it must have one.

 

[artschool]

Do not use TSA locks on your gun case—these are not required and are not secure. Use sturdy combination or key padlocks and keep the keys with you. Delta Airlines requires a lock in every available spot on your case. Be prepared with enough locks for every spot on your case made to accept a lock.

Traveling with firearms and ammunition | USA Shooting

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[Eddie P]

But in theory once checked through security it goes straight to the plane, having said that, if I were going to take a rifle abroad again I would use my own locks, not TSA, they are not compulsory, but going to/from the states if the case has a hole for a lock, it must have one.

It doesn't, it'll go through the baggage system and wait untill the plane is ready.

 

[devon deer stalker]

It doesn't, it'll go through the baggage system and wait untill the plane is ready.

Maybe it did with you, on the one occasion I witnessed it went direct to the plane, I can't say on the other 3 times, especially one where it missed my flight and arrived a day late!

 

[Covert]

Different Countries,Airlines have different rules. Never used TSA locks.
I fly a lot with firearms, what works for me are Pelican cases with combination code padlocks( not set to 0000)No chance of losing key.
Was in LHR T5 customs a few years ago when an elderly American couple arrived asking for the “special “ key they had been told that customs had to open a TSA lock as they had lost it. The look on their faces when he reached under the counter and produced a hammer and large screwdriver was priceless.