Covert Drilling

[Trip Doctor]

So as far as I have read, drilling a pin tumbler lock is mainly done with the intent to drill through and destroy the pins.

I was thinking if it's feasible to just drill a small hole where you would assume the shear lineto be, and then use a small shim to open the lock (as you would from the back when taking the cylinder out). This seems a lot better than destroying the lock.

Would there be big problems I am not considering with this ?

If people don't want to get a new lock and want a quick open, they could be given this option by the locksmith, and then the hole could be covered by some epoxy (and could be painted over to blend and look nice).

Hope I'm not saying something that's is obvious and is already commonly used, but neither previous reading nor a search showed me anything relating to this kind of drilling with pin tumbler locks.

[Deathadder]

I'd say its a bit too much of a hassle, and the drill point might not be clean enough to insert a shim (ie: the drilling would f*ck up the shear line and possibly melt the metal, making it impossible to insert something so thin.)
It's a lot easier for an unexperienced locksmith to say it's unpickable and just drill the whole thing in a quarter of the time , then just make the owner pay for new locks

[Chucklz]

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