CF-WEB301 Dock key identified

When I bought my dock, unfortunately it was missing its key.

I visited several local locksmiths near where I was staying in San Francisco, and the closest any of them got was having a look at their lock listings, trying to identify a code, and no joy......

On returning to Australia, I tried my luck at the local locksmiths (small town, ~13,000 people), the lady at the counter got me to leave the lock and my number and she'd see if they could identify the key and cut one when the locksmiths got back, and by the time I'd driven 4 blocks, they'd ID'd the key, found the code and cut them for the princely sum of A$11 each..... as opposed to the A$18 I'd been quoted in San Francisco.

Anyway, for those of you who might need a key blank to suit, the one you need is LF31R, apparently common enough for the local locksmith to be incredulous that I had issues finding one, nevermind that another locksmith couldnt ID it.....

 

heh ...
some "professionals" just aint that at all .
it is about the money ... and sanfran is certainly that way .

many years ago i needed a firing pin for a model 12 12GA ...
as this was a family shotgun handed down over 4 generations i wanted to keep "original" (also keeps the value up) .
i wrote , drug the shotgun to several big cities , suppliers and gunsmiths ... all they had was modern versions of the firing pin ...
and they were pretty proud of 'em !
one day , i was lamenting about the issue to a fellow and he suggested i try an old boy that had a gunshop back up in the mountains about 60 miles from where i lived ...
so , i went there ... old shack lookin' place ... dog sleeping on the porch .
i walked in with the shotgun in hand and an old fellow in tattered bib overalls said "model 12 , between the years **** and **** ... you need a firing pin" .
i replied "yes" ...
"figures ... it was about the only thing that ever went wrong with 'em" .
he looked and pawed around and came up with an old box with about 20 of them wrapped in cosmoline soaked cloth ... he pulled one out , wiped it down and placed it in the shotgun ... then he grabbed a fist-full of shells and said "let's go see how it works" ...
we stepped out the back door and fired off a few rounds ... niiiccce .
i asked him how much the damage was and he said "10 bucks" ...
i handed him 40 and insisted he take it .
*so much for the big city boys*