Security Pins

[Billy-Whizz]

Hey, Just a quick one...

Getting quite good at various padlocks now (Went and bought myself about 8 different Models/Types at the weekend to practice on!) I can now get into all but 1 of them with 15-20 seconds but there is still one that I cannot get into (Tri-Circle 6 pin - Brass) so i am assuming that it has security pins and I'm wondering what's the best way to deduce whether this is the case and is there any special technique/tools to opening locks with Mushroom/Spool Pins?

Cheers!

[reg]

while picking this lock, do you notice it turning a wee bit and then stopping dead? That would be a sure sign of a spool or mushroom. When you pick that pin you feel the tension tool slighly moving back.

Try using less tension to pick that lock.

[Hak]

also try different techniques with it. Try to pick pin by pin, and rake it. Whenever i come across security pins i seem to do better raking them and using extremely light tension.