U.S. Locks deadbolt

[Taurus420]

I recently came across a tough security deadbolt which has "U.S. Lock" stamped across the front. The deadbolt shaft has a bunch of layered steel plates fuzed together for strength which hookes out when the deadbolt is turned to lock the door. It is the toughest lock I have tried to pick thus far. I'm curious if anyone has encountered a lock like this & can tell me about it a little & maybe some strategies I can take to pick it.

[ToolyMcgee]

It's 100% unpickable, as are all locks that do not belong to you. Leave it alone.

[-Diesel-]

How do you know it isn't his?

[LocksmithArmy]

The mechanism sounds like a swing bolt, which is a type of mortise locking mechanism... that really has nothing to do with picking it except you may have to pick it twice to swing the bolt... I have a few U.S. locks that I practice on and they are good locks...

It appears to be in use by someone and we do not condone picking locks that are acctually in use wheather they are yours or someone elses, we deffinatly do not condone picking someone elses locks.

[ToolyMcgee]

How do you know it isn't his?

I don't. I know that it's on an exterior door he "came across", it's his first post, and it reeks like monkey business.

[lock2006]

I agree with you ToolyMcgee Leave it alone.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I recently came across a tough security deadbolt which has "U.S. Lock" stamped across the front. The deadbolt shaft has a bunch of layered steel plates fuzed together for strength which hookes out when the deadbolt is turned to lock the door. It is the toughest lock I have tried to pick thus far. I'm curious if anyone has encountered a lock like this & can tell me about it a little & maybe some strategies I can take to pick it.

That's a distributor's (US Lock) generic mortise cylinder (SC1/1145/35-100C keyway) with a security collar mounted on an aluminum storefront door more than likely utilizing an Adam's Rite MS series lock (probably the MS+1890 from the "hook" description).

Considering that you only find aluminum storefront doors in commercial environments, it's safe to assume you're trying to gain entry where you shouldn't be. Fail.

[rrkss]

Its really easy to pick open. You use this really nifty lockpicking tool that looks a bit like this:



The trick is to put it in the lock the entire way before you turn it. If you use the right one, the lock will easily open and you will have access. What is nice, is that you get this tool with every lock that you own and purchase yourself.

[Taurus420]

Sheesh you all are paranoid! This is a lock I recieved with the partially destroyed door. It has been laying in a dump pile in my backyard for 3 years. I recently started picking locks again for fun & noticed the lock on the door about a week ago and then cut the door apart with a cutting torch so that all i had was a 2x2 piece of the door so I can put it in my garage and play with it. I doubt it is unpickable! I wouldn't post on this site if I was trying to break into something so you guys can forget about that. Just wanted some advice if you feel scared or something don't reply i really don't care I was just asking for friendly advice.

[Taurus420]

Haha I can see why you guys are all so paranoid, but I don't need your help anymore anyway. I picked it with a light light tension and a raking motion after trying to single pin pick it for hours. I will try and dismantle it now that I have opened it and post some more pictures for you guys so maybe you will shut up with this " aww he's doing nasty" BS everyone keeps spamming

[rrkss]

We get a lot of people with 1 post entering our site asking for advice that could end up in criminal activity. That is not what our community is about so naturally we are cautious. Its nothing personal against you.

Show us a photo of your 2x2 piece with maybe a sign saying lp101 handwritten in paper and I'm sure you will get more usable advice from us since that clearly shows us that your intentions are in line with the intentions of this community.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

then cut the door apart with a cutting torch so that all i had was a 2x2 piece of the door so I can put it in my garage and play with it.

Why can I see the door's frame in the picture then?

Post a picture of your piece and I'll gladly tell you how to pick it.

[Taurus420]

only reason it's just the lock is cause this site only allows for 250kb picture so i had to crop it down as small as i could for the site to allow it. I will gladly take some more pictures, as a matter of fact I was planning on gutting the lock and taking some pictures for everyone on the site to see the pin types etc..

[Tyler J. Thomas]

only reason it's just the lock is cause this site only allows for 250kb picture so i had to crop it down as small as i could for the site to allow it.

Never heard of re-sizing?

That still doesn't explain why I can clearly see the door's aluminum frame, but come on, lets see a picture of the door. No one really wants to see the guts of that lock - it's a generic pin tumbler - nothing fancy or out of the ordinary or anything we haven't all seen a hundred times.