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Steelhead's American-Made Handgun Lockers & Lockboxes Accommodate Modern Duty Guns

More Made-in-USA handgun storage options to secure modern duty guns are now available from Steelhead Outdoors. The line includes innovatively engineered, stackable vertical and horizontal door handgun lockers, portable lockboxes and beefy tethering cables.

Built to accommodate modern duty guns with lights and optics, as well as a backup gun, Steelhead lockers can replace and update smaller lockers installed in sallyport areas. Steelhead Outdoors Vertical Door Handgun Lockers stack easily without doors interfering with adjacent lockers. The simplified design which allows for wall mounting and stacking is meant to be expandable as needed. Or use the locker to store ammo within a safe or near a safe. The handgun locker features the same high security key lock found on Steelhead's HD Key Lock Boxes. Steelhead's Vertical Door Handgun Locker is laser cut, formed, welded, powder coated and assembled in Shakopee, MN. Please note that some lock components are imported. Now, you can have a professional firearm storage system at suggested retail price of $175 USD* per locker. Free shipping is available to the lower 48 states.

Steelhead Outdoors has also engineered a large, horizontal handgun locker based on the needs of local law enforcement agencies. The unit weighs over 13.5 pounds and comes in at 11.5" wide x 6.75" tall x 11" deep. Formed and welded from 14-gauge steel with a 10-gauge door, the Steelhead handgun locker features a premium key lock with a unique multi-side bars design that makes picking with traditional tools all but impossible. The lock has 6 billion key combinations and features a drill-resistant body. This lock style is more secure and pick resistant than tubular and traditional wafer locks that are found on almost all other lockboxes. A double shear lock mechanism provides increased pry-resistance. It's available in a durable black textured powder coat finish with a charcoal grey key surround. The base features a layer of 3/8" foam to protect stowed firearms. The large size locker will fit 1-2 handguns and can accommodate large pistols with attachments and can be configured to create storage banks dependent upon an agency's current and anticipated needs. Steelhead lockers are listed at $245 USD* with free shipping.

"We listened to our agency partners and designed our oversized Steelhead pistol lockers to help them update their sallyports to allow for stowing new duty guns with optics and lights," explained Steelhead Outdoors Co-Founder Corey Meyer. "Our pistol lockers are nestable to create a customizable storage option. We're also happy to work on customized weapon storage units to accommodate departments' unique requirements."

Steelhead portable lockboxes are built for reliability with fully mechanical operation without batteries or electronics that could fail. Made in the USA, they offer durable construction and are compatible with Steelhead's optional high security tethering cables.

"We've been selling many of our portable keyed pistol boxes with heavy duty cables to agencies at large scale. The primary uses are for officers without a squad trunk vault, including detectives, parole and probation officers, non-uniform officers and administrative staff. The portable box with secure cable makes a great package that can adapt to any vehicle, even temporary vehicles. Our customer list even includes federal agencies," explained Meyer. "A second trend we've been seeing is agencies issuing a lockbox to new officers along with their firearm. It's a move focused on officer safety and agency risk mitigation."

Steelhead Outdoors' heavy-duty, portable lockboxes are available in two sizes. The large HD Lockbox will accommodate a large handgun or two compact handguns. The Large HD Pistol Box measures 8.5" wide x 11" long x 3" tall and weighs just over 11 lbs. Suggested retail $190 USD*. The Small HD Pistol Box is 6.5" wide x 10" long x 3" tall and weighs just under 9 lbs. Suggested retail $170 USD*.

The Small HD Pistol Box and Large HD Pistol Box feature a high-end key lock with a unique multi-sidebar arrangement that makes picking with traditional tools all but impossible. The lock has 6 billion key combinations and features a hardened drill-resistant body. This lock style is more secure and pick resistant than tubular and traditional wafer locks that are found on almost all other lockboxes. Steelhead engineers incorporated a double shear lock mechanism to provide increased pry support. Formed and welded entirely from heavy duty 12-gauge steel, Steelhead HD lock boxes are 75-160% thicker than most competitors who manufacture overseas using 16–20-gauge steel. Two keys are included.

Massive ¼" hinges are staked, welded and feature an integrated pin guard to prevent punch attacks. Steelhead's hinges are twice as thick as most hinges. Steelhead lock boxes come in a durable black textured powder coat finish with a charcoal grey handle. The lock box bottom features two layers of 3/8" foam to fine tune the gun fitment, while the top includes thick, compressible convoluted foam to hold firearms firmly in place.

Steelhead's Drifter 1 & 2 lock boxes feature Steelhead quality engineering and construction at an affordable price. SteelheadDrifter 1 lock boxes and the larger Drifter 2 Steelhead Drifter lock boxes safely stow firearms when in transport.

The Steelhead Drifter 2 pistol lock box is a secure, lightweight storage solution measuring 8.5 inches wide, 11 inches long, and 3 inches high, weighing just 6.5 pounds. Designed to store 2 handguns or larger optics, it's 2" wider and 1" longer than the Drifter 1. The TSA-Compliant Drifter lock boxes feature keyed-entry and are built with 16-gauge formed and TIG-welded cold rolled steel, ¼" staked and welded hinges, double shear lock mechanism and a high-security anti-pick lock. The Drifter 2 lockbox is available for $109 USD* and includes three keys. Download a printable template at steelheadoutdoors.com to check the sizing to determine what you'll soon be storing in your Drifter 2 lock box. The Drifter 1 lock box with 3 keys is another solid choice with a suggested retail of $99 USD*.

Steelhead lock boxes base features four holes to allow for anchoring. A cable accessory can be used to secure the lock box within a vehicle or other settings. The optional Steelhead 3' security cable or 6' XL cable accessory is American-made featuring a heavy duty ¼" 7x9 galvanized cable coated in nylon to 5/16" thick and rated to 6,000 lbs. The Steelhead cable is thicker than competitor cables and helps deter thieves. To provide universal attachment the cable has a loop on one end and a stopper button on the other end which attaches to the lockbox. Steelhead's XL 6' cable retails for $35 USD* and the 3' cable is available for $25 USD*.

Watch Handgun Safe Research's video to learn more during its deep dive into Steelhead's premium, heavy-duty lockbox.

"The Steelhead HD lock boxes feature thicker steel and premium locks for optimal security, even our cable is best-in-class," explained Steelhead Outdoors Co-Founder Corey Meyer. "While the Drifter series offers dependable at a more affordable price."

Steelhead proudly makes its Made-in-USA weapon storage units including lockboxes in Shakopee, MN. In addition, Steelhead Outdoors offers modular gun safes, vault doors and custom weapon storage options for consumers and law enforcement.

To learn more about pistol lockboxes, lockers, modular gun safes, tactical safes and vault doors, visit SteelheadOutdoors.Com Follow them on Instagram.com/SteelheadOutdoors, on Facebook.Com/SteelheadOutdoors and watch how-to videos on their YouTube channel.

About Steelhead Outdoors: Founded in 2016, Steelhead Outdoors is an innovative safe company offering the only American-made, modular, fire-insulated gun safe available currently on the market. Longtime friends, engineers and avid outdoorsmen, Charlie Pehrson and Corey Meyer, searched for a gun safe that was Made in USA, adaptable and offered a respectable level of fire and theft protection, but they soon realized this product didn't exist. Since they couldn't buy it, they decided to build it. Steelhead Outdoors was created with the goal of building a safe that customers could, and would want to, take with them from one home to the next, or pass down from one generation to the next. Four years of research and development went into the flagship Nomad Series, to create a durable, lasting and innovative modular gun safe. Headquartered in Shakopee, Minnesota, where all products are proudly designed, manufactured and shipped. Learn more at SteelheadOutdoors.com

*Contact Steelhead for quantity pricing, Canadian pricing and custom orders.