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by lastXhourXstand » 25 Mar 2006 16:17
Hey everyone!
I'm having some trouble with a couple locks and was wondering if anyone here could help me identify it. It's a Russwin lock, but I'm not sure what kind. Can anyone identify it by the keyway? Thanks.

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by What » 25 Mar 2006 16:32
it is the russwin RA keyway, and that is all ican tell you about the lock....
sorry.
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by pip » 25 Mar 2006 16:33
no offense but,
are these your locks ?
and/or do you have permission to open/pick these locks ?
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by Shrub » 25 Mar 2006 16:36
I also want to ask a question,
Did you use a ruler to mark the line before you cut the wood around the door
The top one looks like a mirror of the yales over here.
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by lastXhourXstand » 25 Mar 2006 16:53
pip wrote:no offense but, are these your locks ? and/or do you have permission to open/pick these locks ?
They're locks on my Dad's property. He lost the keys to em and I've been experiment with key bumping, told him I could give it a try. Just trying to find out what kind of key blank I should buy.
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by Shrub » 25 Mar 2006 17:41
Well why dont you just undo the screws in the pics and put your hand through and unlock them?
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by Gordon Airporte » 25 Mar 2006 22:28
Chances are that a lock that's been out in the elements is going to be challenging for all the wrong reasons. Go ahead and mess with it if you want (you did say it was legit) but if it's all crusty it won't teach you much about picking, or bumping for that matter.
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by Shrub » 26 Mar 2006 6:08
Oh now come on, that has to be the best watermarking of a picture ive ever seen 
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by Gordon Airporte » 26 Mar 2006 23:19
 I was going to actually write on my hands with sharpie, but then I got lazy and decided to fake it. Oh well.
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by fjardeson » 2 Apr 2006 16:59
The bottom one looks defintely like a Sargent odd-ball (old) commercial keyway. Heck, it even says "SARGENT" if you look closely. And the plate behind it looks like part of an exit device. Does you dad's property have doors with panic bars? 
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by Shrub » 2 Apr 2006 19:27
Well now i ;look at it i can see its been shoped but at the time i thought you had written on your fingers lol
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by maxxed » 2 Apr 2006 20:50
The Russwin lock most likley uses an ILCO A1011P keyblank, the Sargent looks like a restricted keyway as the bottom grooving is the opposite of the standard keyways.
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by Chucklz » 2 Apr 2006 22:38
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I thought that keyway was the reverse of the common L keyways, and thus would be an R ?
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by maxxed » 2 Apr 2006 23:07
Chucklz wrote:maxxed- I thought that keyway was the reverse of the common L keyways, and thus would be an R ?
When I view the keyway I can not get the second groove fron the bottom to line up with any of the R keyways, also the top section of the lock photo has the ridges on the opposite side of the R keyways I have listed.
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