can this lock be bumped?

[pepper]

hay guys, lockpicking is my real main passion, but bumpbing is a bit of fun (my padlocks got boring pritty fast tho). this is my front door lock and my locksmith cut my a proper bump key, which is alot better then my own attemps. the problem is i can not bump this lock, i have 4 padlocks all diffrent sizes and a key i made can bump them, but for some reason i just cant bump this lock. here is the lock, the key, and my hitting device (soup spoon lol). please help thanks nick.
sorry the pics arnt working, i dont know how to post them. the lock is a 5 pin but pritty old like 50 years, came with the house. im pritty shore the key is right. are there any common causes for bumping not working? or any in my case u could think off?

thanks nick

[Shrub]

Put the key down and step away from the door,

Bumping can damage the locks and playing with locks in use and that are relied on is not only a bad thing to do but somthing that we do not condone,

We cant possably help you with no pics in any case as your question is so wide, you havent told us where you live nor what lock it is,

The lock being so old is even more supceptable to damage if you continue to mess around with it,

Please please go and buy a simular lock to play with,

[Squelchtone]

hay guys, lockpicking is my real main passion, but bumpbing is a bit of fun (my padlocks got boring pritty fast tho). this is my front door lock and my locksmith cut my a proper bump key, which is alot better then my own attemps. the problem is i can not bump this lock, i have 4 padlocks all diffrent sizes and a key i made can bump them, but for some reason i just cant bump this lock. here is the lock, the key, and my hitting device (soup spoon lol). please help thanks nick.
sorry the pics arnt working, i dont know how to post them. the lock is a 5 pin but pritty old like 50 years, came with the house. im pritty shore the key is right. are there any common causes for bumping not working? or any in my case u could think off?

thanks nick

hey nick, that's pretty cool your locksmith made you a bump key, I'll have to ask mine, he knows I'm into lock sport. He told me last week that he's going to clean out the shop soon and put a bunch of locks and parts in a bucket and drop it off to me. As for your door lock there could be a bunch of reasons why you cannot bump this old lock. Even if you are pretty sure that you are using the correct key blank.

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One word of caution, which I'm sure you've read about already.. Take it easy on your home door locks when it comes to picking and bumping, especially if you're just learning the feel of bumping a lock mounted in a door. There's a chance you could thwap the lock too hard, and next thing you know, that nice locksmith who cut you the key, will be selling you a new lock to replace the one you were learning to bump with.

You could of course remove the 50 year old lock and upgrade your home security to a new deadbolt with all new hardware and 3 inch screws, then you can take that old lock apart and maybe it will reveal to you why it is so hard to bump. a good cleaning maybe?

ok, that was not one word... lol good luck nick

Squelchtone

[raimundo]

I tried bumping with large spoons and butterknife handles, and the bump keys I was using got spalled like a used cold chisel, with not much success, so bumping while it sometimes would work, did not impress me, until someone sent me a bumping hammer, it made all the difference, thats when I could see the use of bump keys,
apparently the recent popularity of the bumpkey started when someone invented the tomahawk, not that the method was new, just that it wasn't working well enough for people to believe in it, except for a few who used it with plastic screwdriver handles.
I can state with experience that spoons and butterknives are not good bumping tools although they would seem like a good idea before you try it.

[Paul AAA]

If ur bump key fits the lock nicely, i bet ur problem is that the spacings (cuts in the key) between ur bump key and the key that fits the lock are different. Easy to see by simply comparing the two keys next to each other. If they are different, some pins will be seated in the bottom of the cut, and some already riding up the cut, possible already pass the shear line, before you have bumped the key. Also use lube.

[Johnny P]

Without pics or a name, a 50 year old lock could possible be an old Schlage wafer lock. Easy to pick, but because it used wafers, probably impossible to bump.

No way to tell if this is a Schlage wafers lock with no pics, though, but they were popular house locks years ago. Still see soome old houses with them once in a great while in Dallas.

[JackNco]

JUST DONT.

When i first played with bumping i was using one of my yales that i repin to practice on. its the key a bit hard took the shoulder off it and really messed up the lock. sped $5 on a lock thats the same on ebay and practice on that!