Any info on this Schlage padlock I found?

[Kefka]

I was walking home yesterday and came across this Schlage padlock lying on the sidewalk. Looks like it's pretty old, anybody know the workings of these things?

[Onz]

Firstly not sure how much I can speak since you have 1 posts. But its a standard pin tumbler lock with a interchangeable core and I'm nearly 100% sure it's a ball bearing actuator so shimming is a no go.

Man it looks like it had been hit by a train. So much damage to it.

[billdeserthills]

I don't believe it is an interchangeable core lock actually, I think if you open it there will be a screw that holds the key cylinder in the padlock body under the shackle. One thing I have noticed about Ingersoll Rand is they can't wait to stamp Schlage all over their large format interchangeable core products. Interesting key section tho and should be a little bit of a challenge to pick.

[Onz]

I don't believe it is an interchangeable core lock actually, I think if you open it there will be a screw that holds the key cylinder in the padlock body under the shackle. One thing I have noticed about Ingersoll Rand is they can't wait to stamp Schlage all over their large format interchangeable core products. Interesting key section tho and should be a little bit of a challenge to pick.

You could be right but I was under the impression that a IC was the core of the lock, where you can change the the core with another lock body.

An interchangeable core or IC is a compact keying mechanism in a specific "small format" figure-eight shape. Unlike a standard key cylinder, which is accessible for combinating only via locking device disassembly, an interchangeable mechanism relies upon a specialized "control" key for insertion and extraction of the essential (or "core") combinating components.

I just saw the 8 figure and thought to myself it's a IC. That is what wikipedia says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchangeable_core

Sorry if I was incorrect.

[billdeserthills]

Thing is it does look very much like a schlage large format IC Core, as you say.
However I have in my van both the schlage large format IC core & also a schlage padlock that is very much like this one. It is only my familiarity with both that allowed me to make my guess. I don't see why you should be sorry either way. Only way either of us will ever know for 100% is if the original poster does manage to pick this padlock open. I still believe if opened this lock will yield a phillips screw under the shackle hole which releases the standard-type lock cylinder

[2octops]

This is not an interchangeable core padlock. There is a screw under the shackle that allows you to remove the cylinder for service or rekeying.

That round part above the cylinder is just a cover that the bible sits in to hold the cylinder in place. It's what the screw under the shackle goes into.

[Onz]

Thank you 2octops for the closure.

[jeffmoss26]

Nice lock, I have a couple of those myself. Looks like one of the quad or numbered keyways, not really sure.