Typically how many anti-pick pins?

[spud_edwards]

Hi,

I've just bought a cut away lock on the net. It's come with some anti-pick pins which you can interchange to make it harder. On a normal 5-pin lock, how many of the pins would be anti-pick? Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris Edwards

[Olson Burry]

I'd say 3 but for a 5 pin the answer may well be 2, but it depends on the lock.

Either way, the first pin, closest to the front wont be a security pin in my experience.

[datagram]

Yeah, 2-3 spool/mushroom for most locks. If they are serrated they might be in all chambers, like the small American cylinders.

dg

[89ls1]

If you have the extra pins though after you get good at picking the lock with 2 or 3 security pins you should work your way up to having them all being security pins. You will probably never see this in the field but its dang good practice!

[Dean W]

Yep.

2-3 depending on the lock.