Assa door locks

[vector40]

Encountered an Assa lock installed in a door recently, looks like a deadbolt. I guess Assa is the company that makes the Abloy disk cylinders, but this is just a plain pin tumbler. Looks quite old, too -- this is an old building, and it's pretty weathered looking. No sidebar or anything wonky like that. Anyone know how pickable it should be? I gather that the newer Assas tend to be fairly high-security, but again, this is olde. I believe this building was built in 1938, and I can't promise that the locks haven't been changed since then, but it seems unlikely.

[Mr Ules]

well, as you mentioned, there's no sidebars, and it's a pin tumbler. The only level of security that could be added are security pins. And, you could have more than five, six pins.

[JoR]

I would think it would be of moderate difficulty, with about 5 pins.

[DeadlyHunter]

I'm not sure how old or weathered the lock is but I would guess that those two factors would determine how hard it is to pick more than anything, weathered old locks can be really difficult sometimes because the pins will not move because of build up in the lock. Be sure to carry some WD40 with you.

[vector40]

Bah!

Further examination shows not only six pins, but that there IS a sidebar, or at least some kind of side bitting. I don't know the details; I didn't realize that such funky stuff was being used on locks of this age.