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Old 07-25-2010, 10:40 PM   #43
Crakkerjakk
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Default Re: REALLY Difficult Locks

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Originally Posted by Ze'Manel Cunha View Post
That was jimmying.

It's generally the difference between making the tumblers move to the unlock position in a lock and using a credit card to push back the latch, or other brute force method to pry open a lock...
I used to be able to pick a lock (it's been years since I stopped practicing), but anytime I actually needed one open I just used a sledgehammer or mallet.

Often you can spring a cheap padlock open with no harm to the door/latch/etc by just whacking the lock a couple times.
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