Lockpick guns damaging your locks

[TheSkyer]

I just got a EAGLE Manual Pick Gun and I heard somewhere that pickguns can damage your locks. How real is this treat and can something be done to prevent it?

[5thcorps]

Never had a gun damage any of my locks but I won't say that it can't happen. A cheaper one maybe but good quality locks can take quite a beating. But I also don't use the gun repeatedly on the same stuff.

[datagram]

They slightly deform the pins and cause scrapes along the plug walls, but I wouldn't say that they damage them. Certainly no more so than lockpicking, bumping, impressioning, etc would.

dg

[globallockytoo]

I just got a EAGLE Manual Pick Gun and I heard somewhere that pickguns can damage your locks. How real is this treat and can something be done to prevent it?

It is a load of rubbish! The tool cant damage the cylinder, improper use of the tool could possibly (but most unlikely) cause some harm. Learn how to use it correctly and you will understand how and why they work and are used.

A pick gun, simply speeds up the picking exercise but usually requires significantly less skills. SPP is still much more exciting.

[TheSkyer]

I'm with you on the SPP being allot more fun. However the pickgun will be used as a proffesional tool and I don't want to mess up peoples locks XD That's why I thought it would be good to check

[locfoc]

It doesn't damage the lock. It does mark up the pins, it can put little tiny dents in them.
As a rule of thumb, if I ever use a pickgun to open a customers lock, I ask them to go inside and get their key
and i test the key in their lock.

I have only once stopped a lock from working by using a pick gun, and that is why I almost always refer to my
peterson G4 elite manual set. Some idiot put a .024T to master key a lock and when I hit the pins with the pickgun and turned the cylinder the master pin slid out of the chamber and jammed up the cylinder. so when I went to put the key in, it was very difficult to turn the cylinder. (it was either a weiser with a flat top plug, or some body filed down the old plug to make the pins work with the key when they rekeyed the lock, I can't remember) Either way the master pin got out. That is the only complication I've seen from a pick gun.

[TheSkyer]

It doesn't damage the lock. It does mark up the pins, it can put little tiny dents in them.
As a rule of thumb, if I ever use a pickgun to open a customers lock, I ask them to go inside and get their key
and i test the key in their lock.

I have only once stopped a lock from working by using a pick gun, and that is why I almost always refer to my
peterson G4 elite manual set. Some idiot put a .024T to master key a lock and when I hit the pins with the pickgun and turned the cylinder the master pin slid out of the chamber and jammed up the cylinder. so when I went to put the key in, it was very difficult to turn the cylinder. (it was either a weiser with a flat top plug, or some body filed down the old plug to make the pins work with the key when they rekeyed the lock, I can't remember) Either way the master pin got out. That is the only complication I've seen from a pick gun.

That's a great reasurance, I'm glad you have such good experiences. Thanks a million for the information!