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Scorpion Lock CX-5?

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Scorpion Lock CX-5?

Postby Noxious584 » 22 May 2008 13:35

http://www.farprosecuritysolutions.com/ ... o_main.htm

How much does this type of lock cost?

Thanks in advance,
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Postby freakparade3 » 22 May 2008 15:04

How much you got? If you are looking to pick it you are wasting your time. :wink:
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Postby Noxious584 » 22 May 2008 16:18

I just would like an approximate value for such a lock. And yes, I have done some research and it seems its not easily picked, if at all possible.
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Postby freakparade3 » 22 May 2008 17:01

For that cylinder, around $50
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Postby J-Hood » 22 May 2008 18:49

Best thing for me, as a guy working for a company that sells these, is the keys are tough!! Not one broken key so far with these and we have this system in hundreds of buildings. Medeco keys were a pain in the a$$. A Medeco rep claimed that this system had been picked already but he couldn't put up with a simple keyed cyl. Not saying it can't be done but it won't be easy!!

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Postby freakparade3 » 22 May 2008 19:12

The problem with picking one is the sidebar pins. When you have one set and try to set another the first one will drop.
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Postby JK_the_CJer » 23 May 2008 3:00

freakparade3 wrote:The problem with picking one is the sidebar pins. When you have one set and try to set another the first one will drop.


Just throwing it out there, but...sidebar pressure holding previously set pins up because of tolerance errors. I'll put it another way: is the sidebar outwardly sprung (Assa, Medeco, Primus, etc.. style) or inwardly sprung (GM-auto-style)? Even if inwardly sprung, there are no sidepin/sidewafer springs to overpower the sidebar springs (i.e: The GM Problem (tm) ).

I tried to Ebay a CX-5 cutaway the other day (outbid while at work) because I haven't played with them yet :-)
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