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Abus Discus

Having read the FAQ's you are still unfulfilled and seek more enlightenment, so post your general lock picking questions here.
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Abus Discus

Postby maldotcom2 » 7 May 2004 23:15

I have an ABUS discus padlock, seen here (if it works) its a discus 24/70

http://www.abus.de/us/main.asp?ScreenLang=us&sid=539837062071829080520042032061783&select=0103b08&artikel=4003318011078

anyways it sais it has only 4 pins and this worries me because it seems kinda inferior to their reputation/price/looks ect...
Now it sais mushroom pins (I take it thats the catch)
Is this lock hard to pick?
more importantly, do i have any chance in the world of picking it? (im sure some of you sort-of know me :?: )

by the way i didn't buy it, i already had it

thankyou for your time :)
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Re: Abus Discus

Postby CitySpider » 8 May 2004 0:01

To be honest, I don't know your posts very well, so I can't tell you if you have a shot at picking it, but I can tell you that I don't think I'd be able to.

If I remember correctly, you just started picking locks two or three weeks ago? Put that lock in a drawer for a year or three or five, and then give it a shot.
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Re: Abus Discus

Postby WhiteHat » 8 May 2004 2:19

I love the description on that above site:

Website wrote: How it works:
Lock and unlock with a key


:? uhmm... duh... really a lock that locks AND unlocks with a key.. woah!
Oh look! it's 2016!
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Re: Abus Discus

Postby jaxo » 8 May 2004 5:49

WhiteHat wrote:I love the description on that above site:

Website wrote: How it works:
Lock and unlock with a key


:? uhmm... duh... really a lock that locks AND unlocks with a key.. woah!



As apposed to physically pushing the opening bit back in to the lock is maybe what they mean?
A lot of locks don't actually need a key to lock them do they? I hadn't really thought of that before though.
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Postby technik » 8 May 2004 9:15

Id say that that section (How it works) would have more relevance with other products on their site. They probably just keep a similar structured design template for all their products online. Dunno, just guessin
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Postby maldotcom2 » 8 May 2004 20:58

I don't think I'd be able to.


Woah!
well in that case im definately not even going to try

If I remember correctly, you just started picking locks two or three weeks ago?


i had been picking with just a screw driver and needle (LOL :lol: ) (unsuccessfully) as seen on another site for about 6 weeks (what a load of @#$% it was) before i found this cool forum

i've probably been correctly and successfully picking for about 4 weeks 8)

OK thanks guys and maybe girls- i dunno

:D
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Postby salzi684 » 10 May 2004 22:00

I have a couple of those and they are among my harder locks to pick. Once you get the feel of the mushroom pins down they aren't that bad but, I couldn't pick a lock with mushroom pins until I spent a long time on spool pins. Judging by your previous posts I doubt if you would be able to pick this lock yet so you are probally making a wise choice in setting this lock aside for a while.
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Postby maldotcom2 » 11 May 2004 1:22

Ok thanks guys/girls
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