Master lock anti-shim upgrade

[Squelchtone]

DayZiro: Look up the Dudley combination lock.

Squelchtone

[nothumbs]

Masterlock has long had a better and only slightly more expensive combination lock.

http://www.masterlock.com/product_details/CombinationPadlocks/2001

Discussion on this, and some issues with manufacturing tolerances in this thread.

http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=44380

All in all, once you sort out what the actual combination is, a good lock. It spins the gates when you close it, has a much more solid feel, not susceptible to shimming, and for an inexpensive combination lock, offers IMHO an appropriate balance between cost and function.

[DayZiro]

DayZiro: Look up the Dudley combination lock.

Squelchtone

Great. I found some good pictures of the internals here if anyone else is interested.

[coffeebadger]

I'm not sure how many other people than just myself who've successfully picked it, but it was simply far too easy to shim given the fact that my shimming technique has never failed even with my weak metal shims. Even some padlocks that have ball-bearing style mechanisms can be shimmed but i usually resort to a stronger metal for my shims other than what has been typically used

[nhoj_yelbom]

I have a bunch of the anti shim style and they can be shimmed but it is a pain and you will destroy shims in the process