by phoenixr6 » 19 Oct 2005 12:45
Ok, here's the story, I was practicing on the lock into my room with a snake pick and I was raking the lock. I was able to feel/hear when pins started to settle (or maybe I was hearing things). Eitherway, I don't know if I fully picked the lock, because I didn't realize if I was able to turn the key hole. If I did it might've been only a very small turn that I must've reseted when I popped the door open. I was in complete shock, it was like the door magically opened. I was picking a deadbolt, not a very good one at that. I know that if you don't fully lock the deadbolt you're able to push the deadbolt in. However, I didn't do that at all. I'm just very confused as to how I was able to open the door without having to turn the key hole very much if at all. Any one have any idea as to how this could've happened.
Once you pick the lock and start to turn the plug, the bolt wont retract until you've applied a great deal of rotation to the plug. Any chance it wasn't actually locked in the first place? I could imagine a situation where you thougth the lock was locked, but actually picked it in an unlocked state and then convinced yourself it was locked to start with. 
