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 by Fantajim » 14 Nov 2006 14:25
Heyho all
This is my first post 
I have a question about a Burg Waechter padlock. Is this padlock pickable? I recently bought it for practice purpose but I am not sure if its doable.
If anyone knows i would be happy to get an answer.
Heres a pic of the lock
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by Fantajim » 14 Nov 2006 15:03
It has a double steel ball security mechanism. Does this mean its pickproof?
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by UWSDWF » 14 Nov 2006 15:10
the doble ball mechanism makes it so you cannot shim it.
No mechanical lock is 'un-pickable' so yes a person can pick it.
I'm not familar with it so I'll go research it and come back to you on the dificulty level
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by Fantajim » 14 Nov 2006 15:13
Thanks for the fast answer UWSDWF
very appreciated!
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by UWSDWF » 14 Nov 2006 15:40
from what I have read the only thing that might be issue is the fact that I believe it has a restrictive keyway
... good luck
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by Fantajim » 14 Nov 2006 15:46
thx for the research!
Should only take me a century
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by raimundo » 15 Nov 2006 11:22
what does the key look like, that could give some indications of what the mechanism is.
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by Fantajim » 15 Nov 2006 14:54
Hello Raimundo
Heres the lock
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by mh » 15 Nov 2006 15:35
It has a keyway that makes it hard to move the pick properly, and it is manufactured using low tolerances.
Yes it can be picked, but it will probably be frustrating, and you might want to postpone the lock...
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mh
"The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
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by Fantajim » 15 Nov 2006 16:03
Hey mh
Thanks for the info!
I will give it a go after some more practice.
Gonna post it if I happen to pick it ;D
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by arris » 15 Nov 2006 18:00
yeh keyway is very restrictive,
really hard to move a pick around in it 
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by stilte » 15 Nov 2006 22:20
Hmm? That's considered restrictive? Most of my locks are like that, I thought it would be an average keyway. That looks similar to yale.
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by jordyh » 19 Dec 2006 5:43
Hey,
I may be a bit late on this one, but heck.
Burg Waechter locks have security pins.
The basic padlocks have around 3 spool pins or so.
Considering the one you have got....
I don't know, it could have anything.
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by jordyh » 19 Dec 2006 5:43
.... now I feel like a necrophiliac.
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by Fantajim » 19 Dec 2006 15:47
thanks for the info jordyh
I think u shouldn´t
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