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i have this master lock it was 14 bucks and i lost the dam key so i thought i could practice on it well i got out my stuff and i tryed... the pins had so much spring i couldnt lift them all the way and it didnt seem like i got more than one pin to fall in place some help plz (im not using a real rake its a thin peice of mettal 3 times the hight of a pin same with as a pin and about 3 inch long)
ive noticed im missing some stuff its about 1.5 inch tall and .6 inch thick it is very well disined it canot be shimmed there is no space to fit in a shim those smart devils and it has those layers of metal and its locked from both sides of the loop
Your pick is not right at all. Do a search on this site for some images of picks along side a scale to get an idea of just how big the picks need to be .
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Turn the pick over (flat side up) and insert the pick all the way into the keyway and lift all the pins. Slowly, withdraw the pick listening, feeling and counting the clicks. Ths will tell you how many pins the lock has.
Some things may be pick proof, but everything can be bypassed....
If you can't hear the clicks buy/make a pick that looks like ------1\
put it all the way to the end of the lock and pull outwards from there. The flat end of the pick(opposite the arrow side) will stop at each of the pins. When you reach a pin skip over it and keep going to the next one.
This is one of the most foolproof way of determining the number of pins in a lock if you don't have perfect hearing. It can also be good if you are missing one last pin in a lock you hae to pick, but you can't find it.
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