BEST Locks - not mine

[armedcanadian]

hello everyone, first time post here with another fiend entering the world of lock picking. Im having some trouble with the BEST brand locks. Any particular advise to help me get going? Is most of the brand safety pinned, have any kind of tricks to them? Anything at all to help a fellow out. Also Master key locks same deal as the BEST locks, any thing with them that could help?

Thanks from your canadian lockpickin chum

[Octillion]

There are a ton of threads on Best locks and master keying... Do a search, it's all there.

[SFGOON]

Armedcanadian, "another fiend"

Priceless

So why are you going straight for the institutional locks? That is BEST's market after all

[armedcanadian]

more of a challenge i suppose, i have these brink locks ive been opening and quite frankly their too easy. I mean i opened a 4 tumbler in 3 seconds and it was my first day. On a walk the other day i saw a BEST lock on some barrier for cars. The lock really had no purpose, i just wanna pick it cause it looks like a bad motha, with its shiny metal and BEST written on it. Also on a chain link fence theres a MASTER key lock. I suppose someone put it on their thinking it will never come off. I wonder what there reaction would be when i move it. "How the hell did that happen?" For them to think someone picked it and moved it would be ridiculous. Theyres tons of useless locks around my area that seem like theyre in a good pickin. Im not going to cause any damge or B & E just wanna pick locks.

[armedcanadian]

also this is off this topic, but im a bit confused about something when you single pick locks, EVERY lock has a certain order you have to pick certain pins?

[p1ckf1sh]

also this is off this topic, but im a bit confused about something when you single pick locks, EVERY lock has a certain order you have to pick certain pins?

Yes, every lock has that, and it is different for every lock, even if you get two locks from the manufacturer, they are the same model etc. you still have a different binding order. That is just the way it works. Reason for that (and the reason picking works at all) is the binding defect. The manufacturers can't produce shells/plugs that have all their bores perfectly in line. There will always be tolerances, and the position and the extent of these tolerances makes up the binding order.

This is extensively explained in the MIT Guide.

[armedcanadian]

MIT guide?

[zeke79]

more of a challenge i suppose, i have these brink locks ive been opening and quite frankly their too <censored> easy. I mean i opened a 4 tumbler in 3 seconds and it was my first day. On a walk the other day i saw a BEST lock on some barrier for cars. The lock really had no purpose, i just wanna pick it cause it looks like a bad motha, with its shiny metal and BEST written on it. Also on a chain link fence theres a MASTER key lock. I suppose someone put it on their thinking it will never come off. I wonder what there reaction would be when i move it. "How the <censored> did that happen?" For them to think someone picked it and moved it would be ridiculous. Theyres tons of useless locks around my area that seem like theyre in a good pickin. Im not going to cause any damge or B & E just wanna pick locks.

Please read the rules. Only pick locks that you own!!