Standard Safety Specification for Non-Integral Firearm Locking Devices

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers non-integral locking devices used to increase safety on unloaded firearms.
1.2 This specification contains functional, operational, and safety requirements for non-integral firearm locking devices. Included are function descriptions, force tests, and surreptitious entry tests as set forth in Section 5.
1.3 The specification is intended to apply only to non-integral locks or locking mechanisms applied to, in, around, or about a firearm, either external to the firearm or by some method of introduction to or within the firearm. The specification is not intended to set evaluation standards by which safety levers, firing pin blocks, or other traditional discharge prevention mechanisms are evaluated, notwithstanding the fact that these mechanisms may prevent inadvertent discharge. This specification is not applicable to devices used for, or intended for, the prevention of theft or other intentional misuse of firearms.
Note 1—Tests described are laboratory type tests and although they may simulate some field conditions, they do not duplicate all field test conditions.
Note 2—There is no apparent comparable ISO/IEC standard.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portions of this specification. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: F2369 – 04
Standard Safety Specification for
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Non-Integral Firearm Locking Devices
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2369; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This specification is intended to establish means of determining whether locking devices applied to
a firearm adequately serve the purpose of deterring the unauthorized use of firearms.
Subcommittee F15.53 on Non-Integral Firearm Locking Devices has been working to develop a
performance standard for these products. Our first meeting was held inApril 2001, after the Consumer
Products Safety Commission and others requested thatASTM organize an effort to develop a standard
for gun locks. Representatives of manufacturers, purchasers, user groups, and others have voluntarily
contributed their time and energy toward a common goal.
Thesubcommitteedefinedthescopeoftheirworktoexcludelockboxes,andSubcommitteeF15.55
has since been formed to work on a standard for those products. Subcommittee F15.53 decided to
targetasingle,minimumperformancestandardforalldevices,asopposedtodefiningseveral“grades”
or performance levels. Finally, the subcommittee focused on test methods that were objective,
realistic, reliable, and repeatable.
1. Scope 1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
1.1 This specification covers non-integral locking devices
only.
used to increase safety on unloaded firearms.
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
1.2 This specification contains functional, operational, and
test method portions of this specification. This standard does
safety requirements for non-integral firearm locking devices.
not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any,
Includedarefunctiondescriptions,forcetests,andsurreptitious
associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this
entry tests as set forth in Section 5.
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices
1.3 The specification is intended to apply only to non-
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior
integral locks or locking mechanisms applied to, in, around, or
to use.
about a firearm, either external to the firearm or by some
method of introduction to or within the firearm. The specifi-
2. Referenced Documents
cation is not intended to set evaluation standards by which
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
safety levers, firing pin blocks, or other traditional discharge
F883 Performance Specification for Padlocks
prevention mechanisms are evaluated, notwithstanding the fact
thatthesemechanismsmaypreventinadvertentdischarge.This
NOTE 3—Ashock impact fixture and a cutting fixture are illustrated and
specification is not applicable to devices used for, or intended detailed in Specification F883. Fixtures shall be constructed utilizing the
same designs as illustrated and detailed in Specification F883.
for, the prevention of theft or other intentional misuse of
firearms.
2.2 ASME Standards:
ASME B107.20M Pliers (Lineman’s, Iron Worker’s, Gas,
NOTE 1—Tests described are laboratory type tests and although they
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Glass, Fence, and Battery)
may simulate some field conditions, they do not duplicate all field test
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conditions. ASME B107.25M Pliers—Performance Test Methods
NOTE 2—There is no apparent comparable ISO/IEC standard.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.53 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Non-Integral Firearm Locking Devices. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved May 1, 2004. Published June 2004. DOI: 10.1520/ Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
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NOTE 4—A cable cutting fixture shall be constructed that meets the
3.2.7 properly installed—firearms locking device is in-
requirements of ASME B107.20M. One example implementation of a
stalled according to the instructions that accompany the lock-
fixture designed to meet these requirements is detailed in Appendix X2.
ing device.
2.3 ANSI Standard:
3.2.8 shackle—part of a padlock that passes th
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