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BKS 540 padlock question

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BKS 540 padlock question

Postby Peter Martin » 10 Nov 2006 18:50

I recently purchased a BKS padlock--without a key. The lock is silver in color--probably steel. It has the number "540" which I presume is the series or model number. According to www.g-u.de this padlock isn't made anymore.

It has a YA1/BKS10 keyway.

So far it has resisted SPP and raking. The keyway size/shape doesn't seem to be the problem, there is enough room to get smaller picks in and maneuver. However, since it's a euro lock, I presume it came from the factory with evil spool drivers. I don't see the cylinder turning slightly--which normally indicates spool drivers, but I'm sure they are there. So far it has resisted me!

Has anyone else seem a padlock from BWS with this keyway?
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Postby mh » 1 Jan 2007 17:06

http://cgi.ebay.de/altes-Vorhangeschlos ... 0049927735

This one was bought by arthurmeister... So I'm sure they have been picked :)
"The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
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