Help with consistancy

[bob sholtz]

Hello everyone, im new to this site, ive been reading it for a few days after i became intereested in lock picking.

After about two hours with hacksaw picks, i got my first lock open, and i can repeat this, but not consistantly.

Basically, it takes me anywhere from half a minute to twenty to get it open, and i was wondering if this is normal for new lock pickers. Also i was wondering if anyone could spare me some tips about upping my consistancy.

[barbarian]

Sounds pretty normal to me.

I would recommend maybe polishing your picks a bit, smooth like a mirror is good. Be sure they are the right size, not too big. Also try a couple of different locks if you can and try to pay more attention to feeling the pins move inside the lock, rather than just a rush to open it.

Practice, practice, practice..........

[Legacy712]

There is an excellent sticky above by Digital_Blue, which may help you a lot.

viewtopic.php?t=10677

There are also many threads on improving lock picks by tempering, polishing, etc.

Look around, as there is a wealth of info here.

[ToolyMcgee]

Let me put it this way. If you can sink a basket from the freethrow line you would expect to be able to do it again, but to think you could do it every time on the first day you ever play basketball is insane. You need practice to develop the coordination involved in making you more consistent. So, to answer your question, yes. It is very common. Tips? Just try to focus when you practice, and most of all have fun with it.

[AlexMHH]

I'm by no means a great lock picker, but have been practicing on and off for a while. It seems to me that consistency definitely comes with practice, and acts as something of an indicator that I have mastered a lock. When I approach a new lock, on occasion I can open it in 30 seconds or so by random chance, but when I can do it reliably so, I know that it is because I know how to pick it, and not because the shaft of the pick unintentionally set some of the pins.

[ToolyMcgee]

Practice leads to consistency? If so, then what kind of practice leads to consistency? What is the focus of the practice? Opening the lock, or learning to control locks you can open?....

Fresh muscle yields relaxed control, and so fresh muscles yield the best control. It is a part of the reason a new lock can fall so quickly.

-Mcgee

[bob sholtz]

thank you all for the advice, it has helped me much. I would like to say that this site has some of the most helpful members anywhere. Thank you again.