victorylocksmith wrote:been looking into getting the gms knockoff cylinders that have the same key profile milling but does not have a side bar. i figure if i just do a high low pin combination, the lock will be unpickable to most normal people. also, bumping will be rather hard because even though it doesnt have the side bar, you still need the proper key blank and a machine to cut it to the lowest depths.
american key supply used to have c123 kik cylinders for cheap but now they only stock the c145 cylinders which have made everything a pain now due to having already invested a good amount of money on c123 key blanks. i see some other suppliers that also carry them like clk but it's easily triple the price that american key supply was selling them at.
Unless you bought a 1000 blanks you should use C123 blanks up cutting keys for existing systems even if you are using C145. We seem to cut a box every week or two. We only keep 100 of each in stock at any one time so not much investment. BTW Abus padlocks are available with the Everest keyway too.
