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%% COMPLETE LOCKPICKING %%
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%% --==**>>THE REFLEX<<**==-- %%
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A working knowledge of locks and their inner most secrets is a necessity
for the active agent. Virtually all government agents are well versed in this
sort of thing, most army intelligence officers are equally able to deal with
most locks and even many private detectives could double as effective burglars
if business falls off.
In times past, it was standard procedure to turn CIA type agents loose
after training to break into government (and maybe private?) offices on their
own and bring back proof of the venture without getting caught or having the B
and E noticed the next day.
I cannot attest whether this sort of thing still goes on or not...
The advantages or picking or other skilled methods of entry are many:
less noise and hence less chance of discovery, no tell-take signs that a
violation has even occurred, fewer tools are necesary than with most break and
enter methods, and lastly, but not leastly, it has more class...
With any of the picking methods presented here it is necessary to
practice, practice, practice. Any picking takes some time and lots of skill.
Like most other things in life, it is seldom accomplished as easily as
presented on television.
A good methods for effective practice is to obtain a lock which lends
itself to dismantling and remove all but two pins (one long and one short).
Follow the techniques given until you have mastered the two pin lock and then
try three pins, then four, etc. Once you have this down pat, replace the two
pins with mushroom pins and start over...
Before picking any lcok, squirt a bit of graphite into the locks' innards
to help free it from the binding effects of dirts and other contamination.
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=PIN TUMBLER=
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The pin tumbler lock is the most widely used lock. It offers medium to
high security and is found in doors, cars, and a host of other applications.
The principle of the pin tumbler is a series of tumblers resembling small
pins (usually 5) held in place by other pins resting on top of them, called
drivers, which are in turn, held in place by springs.
The tumblers, drivers and springs are mounted in the shell of the lock and
the tumblers extend down into the core of the lock. When the proper key is
inserted the tumblers are raised to this shear line, or division between them
and the driver pins. This shear line is located at the top of the core. When
this transpires, the core may be turned freely with the key.
If a key is cut too low, the pins will extend down into the core; too high
and the tumblers will extend up into the shell of the lock. In either case,
the core is held stationary and the lock stays locked.
Pin tumblers require a high degree of tolerance in lock and key making.
About .002 of an inch is required for correct funtioning.
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=PICKING=
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Picking locks requires two intrinsic items: A pick and a tension tool.
The pick is a thin tool cut from spring steel which ends in a light upward
curve, or a number of other tip shapes ranging from diamonds to balls and
squares. The pick is used to raise each pin to its shear line. The most
popular pick is probabl
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