Help with a BEST lock

[ady1989]

Ok my friend's dad gave me a padlock to play around with after I showed him how easy it is to pick a house lock. Please let me know what the heck this is! I have a feeling this is way beyond my skill level, I cant get it open for the life of me.

[freakparade3]

This will give you an idea of what is going on inside that lock. Good luck.

http://www.crypto.com/photos/misc/sfic/

[jpb06080]

That thing is awesome. I've never seen that model SFIC padlock.

[guest5999]

that lock may weigh as much as my car

[ady1989]

Thanks for the info. Hmm ok so it probably has no security pins (thankfully, it's a really stiff lock and maintaining light pressure is hard). I just need to make sure I set the pins to the operating line not the control line...I'm gonna WD40 this baby and I'll mess with it till I open it. Wish me luck!

[ady1989]

I did it! I owned that friggin lock! I got the hang of it and I can open it in a few minutes but it's not very consistent. I gotta say this thing was quite tricky.

[straightpick]

It's a Best shrouded shackle padlock. Have 2 of them. Don't want to drop it on your foot! Made to prevent the use of bolt cutters(like your gonna cut a 1/2" thick shackle with one). See you got it open. Good job!

[MacGnG1]

man thats a massive lock

[VashTSPD]

It's what's called a "dual-purpose" padlock.

It's main use is to secure things, the shrouds stop bolt cutters (as said above) and also slow someone trying to cut the lock with a rotary tool like a dremel.

The second use for this lock is as a weapon. If you want to take a more 'hands on' approach to defending your property, you can use it like a weighted blunt weapon to defend against any would-be robbers.

Of course, if you take out the core it goes from dual-purpose to only duel-purpose.

[ToolyMcgee]

So, it says Best A1, but this doesn't look like any A keyway to me. Do you know if they changed the inner core and left the original sleeve on it?

Also, great job! It took me a few weeks to pick my first Best with standard tools. You got it in a day... thanks for making me feel like a total jerk.

[ady1989]

Haha I bet you could bust someone's head clean open with this thing! A pack of smokes later and an almost sleepless night, I have a feeling I got lucky when I opened it. I can't seem to get it right again. Maybe if I recreate the setting when it happened, which would be my morning dump...

[Eyes_Only]

I don't know about any one else but usually if I apply heavy tension on SFIC locks I can pick it at the control shearline maybe 50% to 60% of the time which is what I prefer to have happen cos then you can also remove the core and service or decode the lock if the need be.

[Gordon Airporte]

[quote="ToolyMcgee"]So, it says Best A1, but this doesn't look like any A keyway to me. Do you know if they changed the inner core and left the original sleeve on it?/quote]

My guess is the markings have something to do with which keys in a mastering system will open it.

[ToolyMcgee]

My guess is the markings have something to do with which keys in a mastering system will open it.

That sounds reasonable, and it explains why the keyway is a restricted type key profile.

If that's true then it is wierd how I have A1 and a B2 marked locks that are A and B keyways. This could be explained away by which key is the operating key for a certain lock, and it's number in the system. I guess...

[le.nutzman]

So, it says Best A1, but this doesn't look like any A keyway to me. Do you know if they changed the inner core and left the original sleeve on it?

Also, great job! It took me a few weeks to pick my first Best with standard tools. You got it in a day... thanks for making me feel like a total jerk.

Ya'll suck, I have YET to open a Best SFIC lock.