What did you pick today?

[GWiens2001]

Congratulations! You will find them to be a fun challenge. You will get to be pretty good and fast with serrated pins with some practice.

Notice your 5260 was pinned with five pin stacks out of six pin channels. That is standard for the 5260. But you can get a longer key blank and add a pin stack.

Keep it up!

Gordon

[Hachronn]

GOT ONE !!!!
So happy I pick this thing

Grats C-Horse! That's a hell of a fun lock to pick.

[Robotnik]

Certainly no American 5260 (congrats, btw), but decided I'd introduce myself to dimple lock picking with an AutoLock Pro (sort of like a Club for the brake/clutch pedal). Turned out that I pitched myself a major softball; lock itself is six pins, but in the twenty minutes between when I got home from work and my wife got home, I'd already picked it nine times. Just...don't buy one of these. Ever.

Any suggestions for a better intro to dimple lock picking?

[GWiens2001]

Certainly no American 5260 (congrats, btw), but decided I'd introduce myself to dimple lock picking with an AutoLock Pro (sort of like a Club for the brake/clutch pedal). Turned out that I pitched myself a major softball; lock itself is six pins, but in the twenty minutes between when I got home from work and my wife got home, I'd already picked it nine times. Just...don't buy one of these. Ever.

Any suggestions for a better intro to dimple lock picking?

Actually think it is 10 pins - four to a side and two on the edge. And easy as can be to pick. Got one a while back for five bucks at a thrift store...



Same key (just shine from the light reflecting on the key). The key I think is faster is below the red key.



Picks in 5-10 seconds with a Bogota. And no, I don't use it. Thought it would be a better pick than it was.

Gordon

[C-Horse]

Thanks guys I am working on a 6 pin US Lock also, I am getting close I think I am oversetting or not setting one pin. Getting some deep false sets on it.

[Robotnik]

Actually think it is 10 pins - four to a side and two on the edge. And easy as can be to pick. Got one a while back for five bucks at a thrift store...



Same key (just shine from the light reflecting on the key). The key I think is faster is below the red key.



Picks in 5-10 seconds with a Bogota. And no, I don't use it. Thought it would be a better pick than it was.

Gordon

This one was definitely six; there were twelve dimples on the key (five bits on each side, with two on opposing edges), but in examining the keyway, only one half was pinned. The other was blank space. The manufacturer must have started some ill-advised cost cutting between our respective thrift store pickups (though I paid six bucks for mine, so I think you got the better deal) .

SPP'd it a few times with a Peterson #1 hook, then tried the butt end of a SouthOrd tension wrench. That worked too. Almost too easy to keep around as a confidence booster, even .

[C-Horse]

After weeks of playing with this lock I got her beat just now! It would appear that I may have picked this several times without knowing it but I got the feel for these serrated pins now. This US Lock has been a beauty to pick and must have been the most rewarding locks to pick thus far. Well here she is!

[GWiens2001]

C-Horse - the serrated pins do have a distinct feel to them. Once you get the feel, they are pretty fun to pick.

Gordon

[C-Horse]

C-Horse - the serrated pins do have a distinct feel to them. Once you get the feel, they are pretty fun to pick.

Gordon

Oh yeah, I find it quite enjoyable

[C-Horse]

So this came in the mail today new and I picked it in like 3 min. I am most certainly getting used to picking these locks
American Lock 1100 Series ( Red )

[phrygianradar]

So this came in the mail today new and I picked it in like 3 min. I am most certainly getting used to picking these locks
American Lock 1100 Series ( Red )

Sweet! I love picking American Locks, too! Well done, those can be tricky.

[C-Horse]

So this came in the mail today new and I picked it in like 3 min. I am most certainly getting used to picking these locks
American Lock 1100 Series ( Red )

Sweet! I love picking American Locks, too! Well done, those can be tricky.

I have picked this now 20 - 30 times tonight. Is there anyone out there with American or US lock willing to swap locks for a bit of a change up?

[Divinorum]

Picked my first SFIC lock tonight. I got lucky and picked it to control. It is a Best that I recently purchased from averagejoe.

[C-Horse]

Picked my first SFIC lock tonight. I got lucky and picked it to control. It is a Best that I recently purchased from averagejoe.

I bought one from him too came in yesterday, I have not played with it much yet. But it is my to do list !

[phrygianradar]

Picked my first SFIC lock tonight. I got lucky and picked it to control. It is a Best that I recently purchased from averagejoe.

Well done, that is a great mile stone! It is one of my favorite feelings to pull a core out of one of those locks! Straight up addictive!