How do you secure your weapon in your vehicle?

[NcongruNt]

Here's a couple of photos of my pistol safe as mounted under my front seat. Please excuse the trash... I had no idea it was that messy in there.

Is that a pushbutton combination box? One of those types
with 4 buttons, one for each finger?

Yessir. Here's the picture from the manufacturer's website:



On mine, the buttons face down, making it easy to reach down under the seat to open it and slip the pistol in/out of it.

[PatrickS]

Here's a couple of photos of my pistol safe as mounted under my front seat. Please excuse the trash... I had no idea it was that messy in there.

Is that a pushbutton combination box? One of those types
with 4 buttons, one for each finger?

Yessir. Here's the picture from the manufacturer's website:

...

On mine, the buttons face down, making it easy to reach down under the seat to open it and slip the pistol in/out of it.

Perfect. I've been looking at similar approaches, but mechanical
versions, but putting it under the seat like that (if it would fit)
looks like a good way to go.

[pbandjelly]

The safe comes with that stack of C-notes, right?

[NcongruNt]

Here's a couple of photos of my pistol safe as mounted under my front seat. Please excuse the trash... I had no idea it was that messy in there.

Is that a pushbutton combination box? One of those types
with 4 buttons, one for each finger?

Yessir. Here's the picture from the manufacturer's website:

...

On mine, the buttons face down, making it easy to reach down under the seat to open it and slip the pistol in/out of it.

Perfect. I've been looking at similar approaches, but mechanical
versions, but putting it under the seat like that (if it would fit)
looks like a good way to go.

I was looking for the same thing, but never really came across anything that fit my needs properly. Most of the mechanical ones I found (including the COM safes) open up on top, which didn't really work with the way I wanted to mount them. The one I have works well, and once I started reading the manual, I realized the huge number of combinations possible with it. Simultaneous combinations of keys also count as a keypress, so if you press all 4, or 3, or 2 buttons at a time - that's a unique push button entry as well. The electronics have worked well for me so far, and there is also a key entry option that is purely mechanical. The manufacturer recommends replacing the batteries once a year, so battery life seems that it would be pretty decent.

My van was manufactured in 1975, during an era when there was a lot of room under seats as compared to modern vehicles. Doing the same thing with modern cars would probably be impossible, even with most SUVs. The COM safes seem a good option for newer vehicles, with the proliferation of center consoles.

[neal6325]

I have the same mini vault but in a Mustang you have no room under the seat. I had to mount mine in the trunk.