Most difficult lock to pick

[Slim-pickins]

Here's a question for everyone out there. In "your" opinion, which lock seems to give you the most trouble while picking? In other words, which lock is the hardest and most difficult lock out there to pick? Also, is there any padlock that is said to be "immune" to lock picks...or specially designed to thwart the efforts of picking??

[datagram]

Abloy Protec.

dg

[apb]

Well lock names and brands aside, I will say that when locks are pinned with security pins that would be enough to say they are at least designed with the idea to thwart picking efforts, even if they can be picked. That being said, IMHO locks that used serrated pins seem to be much harder than spool pins.

[VashTSPD]

I'm not into the advanced stuff, but I have an American clone from Ace hardware that is a pig to pick. Also, my 5 pin dimple Yale shrouded is tough to get a pick under the pins (but I got it down to a science now). And of course, the medeco cam locks I can't pick. And a Kaba Gemini with roughly 74 pins. Just doesn't want to give....

[n2oah]

Rosengrens RKL-10.

[Major Boothroyd]

Depends on where you're picking it?

[tacedeous]

Depends on where you're picking it?

very true LOL!

Im stuck on on my american 5200, still!!! arggghhh.... any one have any tips

[freakparade3]

i would have to say lever locks. I can pick just about everything else, medecos, abloys, anything, but those old darn lever locks man....

*shakes head*

[cppdungeon]

This stupid brass brinks. cannot pick it for the life of me. I think it might be a mental thing, im going to the store tomorrow to get a different one.

oh and my medeco and emhart locks. cannot pick those.

--Cpp

[n2oah]

abloys,

Video of you picking a Protec, plz?

[Jaakko]

abloys,

Video of you picking a Protec, plz?

Or even a video of the Classic would be nice, just to prove your words

Lever locks are almost childs play compared to Abloys.

[Dak]

i lied *runs away* and ive only picked one medeco *runs faster*

but those old lever locks do piss me off *dodges thrown bricks*

[Legion303]

The hardest locks in my collection are the ASSA Twin 6000s. I can pick a Medeco Biaxial with 4 stacks and sidebar (and working on 5 stacks) consistently, but I can barely open the Twin with TWO stacks, no sidebar. I've only opened it with 3 stacks once after about an hour. And it has 6 stacks total.

And after I master just lifting all 6 stacks to shear, I get to start putting in the 4 sidebar pins. If you've never seen them before, they have so many false gates that they look like these bolts:



-steve

[What]

Abloy Protec, Western Electric payphone locks, Maxi-Mogul(?).

[n2oah]

The hardest locks in my collection are the ASSA Twin 6000s. I can pick a Medeco Biaxial with 4 stacks and sidebar (and working on 5 stacks) consistently, but I can barely open the Twin with TWO stacks, no sidebar.

It's all about the technique, my friend.