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I have recently taken up the hobby of lock picking and have been practicing on a 6 pin Schlage lock in my apartment, which I do not have a key for. When the landlord came and tried to open the lock, the key would not work and so the lock needed to be re-keyed. This same thing also happened to someone else I know. Because of this, I no longer practice on locks that I rely on or aren’t mine but how can lock picking alter a lock so much?
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I do not think it would be possible to bend a pin with a pick by hand and not wreck the pick as well. If you can open the lock with the pick the Bores are not fouled either.You are wearing down the ends of the bottom pins. these are tapered to a rounded point and it takes only a few thousandths of an inch to prevent a cylinder from turning. back off on the pressure you use on the spring so you don’t have to rake the pins with so much force. Often a master key in a system will cease to work properly because they are not as worn where the pin contacts it conversely if the pin is worn the key will not raise the pin in the bore to the break point and the lock will fail.
Since you are not proficient at lock picking, you are probably bending pins or fouling the tumblers. Your "hobby" will send you to a jail cell if you get caught away from home with the tools.
yes i believe it does, ive always been a lock picker & remember once we went to a holiday house, i must of been around 7 and there was a locked cabinet in my room, i spent most of my time picking that lock & finally got it, but when i tried to lock it back up the lock wouldn’t work.. so mum had to tell the owners i picked it.lol so yes, probably
The only methods I am aware of that regularly disable locks is bumping and impact guns. Wearing the pins down to the point of malfunction is unlikely. Newer Schlage locks come with pick resistant modifications, they could cause jams I suppose.
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