I remember seeing a month or so ago a CI/McNally style youtube short that involved ridiculously overlubricating a pick gun and then slowly inserting it into a lock. I found this hilarious for obvious reasons and want to send it to some friends but I can't for the life of me find it again.

I apologize if this is too meme/offtopic for this sub. Thank you for your time.

Hi fellow pickers, I started lock picking a few days ago and I don't get the strength you need to put on the tensor.

For example, when I'm picking one of my practice lock with 7 pins, I have to push much harder on the tensor than my other lock with only 4 pins. Same thing for my other locks, every time, I need a different tension and I go pretty blind into it.

Any advice? Sry for the mistakes, English isn't my main language

I'm trying to open with sparrows disc pick...top disc is spinner.i het tension if i grab the sacond one...i havent made any progress after that.

Hi, i have a quick question about the utility of gutting a lock. Im just wondering what is the utility to open a lock and gutting it ?

Btw sry for my bad english

I wanna get into lockpicking and to understand how locks and keys work in general. I have two keys, shown on the photo, but I don't understand why first one has bites on the outside and the second one on the inside. Can someone help me out? Couldn't find nothing on google.

https://preview.redd.it/37ooa8izx8cd1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01d07e509e45e8edc76f077e3168f718645f3fbc

This is the inside of my 334B45

I think I'm going to gradually pin it to get used to picking these Lockwood spools

I am trying to pick this, I'm using TOK and Miltipick .6mm picks.

Should I buy a tok tensioner that fits in tightly? I feel like a need to manually counter rotate it?

Been trying to pick this for the last 4 hours, seems easy to overset.

Is there a list beyond the “secret list” or not so secret bitting list for Paclock? I have two 90a-pros that are driving me crazy and I figured if I could figure out the pin high levels from the codes on the back of the key it could help immensely.

Example: A16977

I do not know about any good brands except sparrows and southord. Can somebody give me a good variety of websites to buy from?

Does anyone sell a set of locks for each belt? "1 of each color for instance, or a few of one color belt?" I would be interested in buying a full set of colors rather then looking through the post to see what i can find on amazon or online.

Can someone explain why my post was removed?

I was looking for a solution to not having picks with me. I need to release the cylinder.

A cheap solution would be to have the correct key made for the old cylinder at a kiosk. I have the bitting code for the old cylinder in my hand as I opened it up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/1e1wmcy/schlage_sc1_by_bitting_code_at_6pm_on_a_friday/

Thanks

New to lockpicking. Just single picked my first 3 locks masterlock no1, no3 and no5. Looking for recommendations for other "beginner friendly" locks to try next

Please dm me

I get the master lock 140 pretty consistently now (although I can't get on video lol) and I wondering what lock i should buy next, if I should buy a ABUS 54TI/50 Titalium (orange belt) or just jump straight to a ABUS 72/40 (green belt). What should I do?