Finally got my friends american military lock picked!!!

[wolfie]

im so happeh ! this thing is a beast >>; three top pins are serrated and there counter part bottoms have one at the top of the driver pin, but i finally got it to pop! now to practice it more n get the feel for serrated pins. i've found that counting the "pops" as the pin passes the shearline helps a bit in figureing out where the top in sits.

does anyone know the average number of serrations a top pin has? the ones in this lock seem to have 3-4

[dmux]

the classic 5200 lock

i have seen 5200's have all security pins and have no security pins, I guess they are just random or something but it seems to be about an all or nothing

[BraveHeart.]

good job with the picking

[wolfie]

the classic 5200 lock

i have seen 5200's have all security pins and have no security pins, I guess they are just random or something but it seems to be about an all or nothing

is it a 5200? O.o heres a link to it on my photobucket

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/s ... 530310.jpg

[wolfie]

good job with the picking

thanks =D i've been fiddling with it for a week or so now, took a lot of cleaning and it found out it's got a bad spring on the second pin so it doesn't always push all the way back into the keyway like it's sposed to =(

[MacGnG1]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/s ... 530310.jpg

dude that key looks SICK!

[wolfie]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/s ... 530310.jpg

dude that key looks SICK!

that good or bad? o.o;

[criminalhate]

that good or bad? o.o;

I think he was referring to the bitting of the key. But looking at the picture again maybe the key is turning a little green......

[wolfie]

yeh the biting is a lil extreme o.o;

[MacGnG1]

yeh the biting is a lil extreme o.o;

yea thats what i was talkin about

[Eyes_Only]

Great job man. I have a hard time with American Padlocks myself. Thats why I bought drill jigs to use at work.

[dmux]

ahh, not a 5200 but it has the same cylinder as one, i have that exact same lock on a footlocker and I have not picked it.

[Schuyler]

holy crap, wolfie.

That bitting is vicious. I think you're going to be a hell of a picker if you keep at it. You're relatively new to this, aren't you? I'm blown away. Nice work1

[wolfie]

holy crap, wolfie.

That bitting is vicious. I think you're going to be a hell of a picker if you keep at it. You're relatively new to this, aren't you? I'm blown away. Nice work1

yeh, i started like 3days before my first post here on a brinks solid brass padlock with spools in it, and now im able to pick that american lock with a bad spring on the no2 pin and apparrently to you guys some vicious biting o.o; i thank you all for so much luv n support =3

[Schuyler]

apparrently to you guys some vicious biting o.o; i thank you all for so much luv n support =3

It's the high-low combos. Especially that really shallow last pin with the really deep pin in front of it. It's good work. You should be proud.