GWiens2001 wrote:Serrated pins are difficult, especially for the beginning picker. Don't know if that model has serrated pins, but quite sure it has (at least) spool pins.
Gordon
Welcome to the group, Scroll427. I hope you enjoy it here. I'd like to second what Gordon has said. I don't mean to sound like a jerk here, I'm by no means an expert at this myself, but I would encourage you to start with an easier lock, especially if all four pins are serrated. It may frustrate you quite a bit and cause you to want to give up on this altogether. I would say that any of your basic locks (Master, Brinks, Fortress, etc.) you find at most stores like Home Depot, Target, or local hardware stores would be a good starting point. Most of the cheaper models (typically ones under $20) won't have any security pins, or if they do it might only be one and the rest are standard pins. These are good locks to start off with because you can still learn to feel the pins being manipulated with your pick, as well as learning how much force to apply to your tensor. With all this being said, if you still wish for this lock to be your first I might suggest you try using top of the keyway (TOK) tension. You can take that bit of advice with a grain of salt, though. As I said before, I am far from being an expert at this. Not only that, but you can see from another thread I just posted that TOK is something I am really struggling with now, so I am in no position to really explain this aspect of picking to you. I only suggest it because it seems to be a method preferred by many others far better than I am when they are dealing with a locks, especially ones with tight keyways and/or ones with a lot of security pins in them. Whatever you choose to do, I wish you luck and I hope you enjoy this hobby as much as the rest of us do.
- JW
