Quiter / silent electric pick gun

[keith82687]

Hey guys. I've had a southord electric pick gun for quite a long time and have been very happy with it except the noise. Most people I've helped out lock themselves out late at night and using it inside a narrow apartment complex hallway could wake the dead (or several very grumpy tenants).

Has anyone experimented with dampening the noise on a southord pick gun (or other models if it worked out really well)? Are there any commercially available pick guns that are silent / much quieter?

[gloves]

I completely trust in your good faith, but I tell you that I'm sure I'm not the only one whose senses are alarmed towards a vicious double-sharp subject, as that of dampening sounds and make stuff quieter, kinda like getting a suppressor because your gun shots loudly.

Reputable locksmiths have nothing to hide, on the other hand thieves play it in the shadows.

Cheers

[squelchtone]

There's something to be said about honing your skills with good old fashioned manual lock picks in case disturbing neighbors with an industrial vibrator is not an option.

I know locksmiths have to get a job done quickly and move on to the next, but a good picker can pick most locks in under a minute.

Squelchtone

[MacGyver101]

Has anyone experimented with dampening the noise on a southord pick gun (or other models if it worked out really well)? Are there any commercially available pick guns that are silent / much quieter?

None that I've seen (or, at least, not in that price-range), unfortunately. Most of them are very loud.

As squelchtone suggests, manual picks are probably your best option in that situation... but the in-between option would be a manual pick gun. If you're having good success with an electric pick, then a manual pick gun should make equally-quick work out of opening those locks (with a little practice) and with much less noise. (Just a thought...)

[alfonzo1955]

kinda like getting a suppressor because your gun shots loudly.

A suppressor is very good for practising when you don't want to destroy your ears.

[Solomon]

kinda like getting a suppressor because your gun shots loudly.

A suppressor is very good for practising when you don't want to destroy your ears.

So is hearing protection. Then again that's on the opposite side of the coolness scale.

[MacGyver101]

So is hearing protection. Then again that's on the opposite side of the coolness scale.

Peltor Tactical Headset: protects your hearing, allows you to hear normally, and doesn't effect your point of aim. Highly recommended.

[C185]

You could always try to wrap the tool in Dynamat, its a great sound insulator for many other applications.

[raimundo]

Ive seen the youtube videos on the oil filter used as a gun silencer, maybe you could just open up the screw threaded end of the oil filter and just shove that electro pick in there with the needle comeing out a hole made in the bottom and see if that works.

[C185]

Don't forget to wrap that filter in dynamat

[raimundo]

Eh mcgyver, how can it not affect your point of aim, don't they teach cheek contact on the rifle stock, thats reall close to the jawhinge which is at the ear.....

I forgot what they called that cheek contact, its been a while since i marched to the rifle range at ft campbell, june of 67 it was, but that was the m14 there were 8 things, one was to take a breath and let it half out and pause, then squeeze the trigger. the rest was all about grip and iron sights anyway, all old school stuff.

[vettepin]

try using small o-rings around the motor

[Altashot]

I always thought that awakening half the building was the fun part of the night job...

Seriously, shove the whole thing inside a pool noodle...

M.

[GWiens2001]

That cheek contact site is called the spot weld.

[Altashot]

"That cheek contact site is called the spot weld."

At our gun club, we call it: "stock weld."

M.