OK onto the good stuff. After learning about and playing with many pin and tumblers I picked up a 7 pin tubular pick from Southord to change things up a bit. I read all the directions, watched many videos, and have been practicing a while now. I only have one 7 pin tubular lock to practice on so I'm not sure if its user error or just a difficult lock to open. I know these picks won't work on every tubular lock out there. From what I've learned these picks work by making an impression of the key pins to create a makeshift key. I have the key to the lock. By measuring the cuts on the key and setting the pick the same way the lock opens flawlessly. I'm struggling When I use the pick as if I didn't have the key. I set the pick pins flush, push the pick into the lock enough for the pins to make that impression on the pick, then let a little pressure off and turn back and forth. No dice. I noticed after doing this that the impression is very off on 3 of the pick pins. All the other pins impression correctly. One of the key cuts is a 5 and the pick impressions a 1. Another 2 key cuts are 3 and impression as a 5. If i manually correct these three pins it will then open. No mater how many times I try to pick it those pick pins are always off by far and no matter how much wiggling is done the lock is not going to open. Am I doing something wrong or could this lock possibly have different security springs or pins that are throwing off the pick? Any advice of things I should do different?
I realize this isn't the advanced section and some tubular locks are only discussed there. Without breaking any rules can anyone shed some light? Here is a picture of the lock (sorry about the quality, it's the best I could do). Thank you very much!
