Easy Pickings - A Self Teaching Manual in the Technique of Lockpicking

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5,AS1F TEACHING ,MANUAL '" THE' TeCHIIIlau

OF LDCKPlC"'N'U

FUL''''I..I..US'TR,AlE'D .. SIItP,E TO UNDERS7A.NIJP'RfNTEO' lNrME us. A.


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"Easy Pi,ckings"A sel f te,aching m sltll'a l [111the techniqiue of ~IOkp'icidng.,For trade purposes ,only.Published by

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Written byICha,r l,es Edward RemingtDnm

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IJ nde rs1 anding 'Ih s P in 'tum ble r .... , . . . . .. .,......... .4 ,let's Pi,ck Some locks , , . , , . . . . , . . . . - ,..... ..... - _ aRaklngl . . . . . .......,........ _ . . . . . . . . , . . . . 1~Shortcomings . . . . .. . ..... , , .. , .. , 12l .ock Pick Gou:ns "How lo Pick and .Ace lock ..' .. , .. , .A i L ' u O m o b U e Locks. . . . - . . . ___. _ ~ , = - ~ ~ g ~ ' 1Tricks o r the' wade , _ ___ . " . - .. - - ...... 20


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ocs P~CK GUN$,:Lock Im;k ~IHI . (Um. : [II~ marry dinc'r,ellu l o r m : s . M.uh ~uPC ~ ' i I 1 ; ' 1YIlUpurchuse one- rhnr has an Ildjusw~d..:: Hlg_gcr pull anJ ,III tI"'l~hz,r:dIr.H'n': (n .ul)uslah'lc rnjger fllll:1 IS ~'ery imponanl so~'ha~au can~'h{lngl: rh,C's IU ..~d unci r~nqLI~"'1'Ien you srnke th!: l'I'in ~ upwmJ \11r~iI:,JIZtJ [rurne ;Jlhnn ... lung lasting Iff!;l' ! } .n , .d ~ ~


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Basic Lockpick ,SetHOOK , .......DIAMOND ........

BROKEN KEY EXTAC TOFI ,~BASIC RAKIE '.......OoualJE BAll RAK!E." .'SAll RA,KE.~

ACE PICK ACE TYfI E lOCK


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" ' ! " o u t:l.Ui UOW hcgllll I n l a k ~ y o u r ( , ; } Ii! " I J ~ r < L 1 1 ! o 1 J r '~i " 1 y ! l i r ~ 1 r c n 1 U \ ! i n g : l h L : [W ( ~I~H1iniug ..~r~w!o lo~lm7l t!MtL T l n J ~ t n i nl! I1~!! ydUf piM m Ih~i r sh ea r Iine !t: l< shown inFigurt.: :! . The rl~u~ III ,1y nm 'i, hI,.'"n::rnn ~d arul pu~ led uyl lrnm its shell, A5vou P \l ~~ .your plug I rorn Ih l.:' ~roru, i r : t S C " r I you rrlu~.lclluwer lrom the rear~!..Ish~"!? yOUFp~UgUU t i . . I 1 ~ ~hU~\'I1]H F~gu R' )_llis \'':[lo IInrUrl[;UU lh;Jl thisprocedure h dnn~ wl)! eu reful ~~M" Hm! the ,'ill riu,!?,!>il,ud Ilu-plfl'S Lin 1101f l y IHIt

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You w~~1nnw ~j,(,;t:' Ih ;u the bonom pins h1l'lil:rcmorncd 1 n rh e plug while the~hd~ SLi~I C :C inll1in~ your IJPPC f ]lim und 5Pm1!}" rel;urH~,d by the plugi : C " l I J r r w e rNnw v e r y , , ;o J r ~ r u l l , ~ i . ! V ld hhn',:ly f . : m n l l " C ' Ih~ 1 1 ' 1LIg.I"~llnwe~ . n u l ) 0 1u,,,,'II, removeeueh rinand l o o f 1 d n g nnt;' < 1 . ' 1 ,lllm~UymJ.r key was, mastered H I'lnhcr shurr p~n "'i I,~fn!Juv , lO ur h) 'ji r i1' l The..~p~nf.c.iJl1 b e lIi~!Io:'1n h : : ~ ~ ftwrlPW ,ir~ou r ( ; j ' ; 1 u l ne r dL .:H ;:>11111 h,l\'C iL k t : ' y . you ca nJisa~:l;~mi~l~i~h : , . - ~hjrnrniug u np~fl a : < . ~hUWll ~t1 'igu r~4 ~ h u will Il~'t:"li, I:!th in rjl;'~c'1 " 1 1 ' ~ h i m ).hH.:k I~ lr 1hi~ pw ("~ll~1 re, ~r ymIC;~'ln~I t lind i fly ,,;him..tuck. ~I,UI ~ratk r h J e g I~Ir.:lL;dn g~tugC 'will Vtnnk Ii nr. Yt~lI wl U ;d)o.n need Hrt'C'I,cll !lid .ib shown

/HOOK FEElEIFI PICK


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AFl1 i :r rC T l lP ! fing lilt: rCHI 'Ln i fig ),,~n:wund r l t . ! ! ! : Inserrrhe sh iII I j I1I11crear net-ween the plug and the xhel] Nn~~ i n scrt the rt:'d~r pick!!! Ihe back of Iheplug, ~Imlld)' U I'H ng. u r ~h l! re a r l:'Iifl...)TH;~ !h i~b .IC'coFm,rl iNlwd ) 'l) 1.! h otv ~1[ound the '~I1l'Jr line R'~rl!lH11m. rWI.1!tlurl!' reur In Iliul1I untll the h i r n T~Ihmugh 111('entire vhear , I inc:wu m


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LET~S P1CK SOME LOCKS'! I'm lcan oow set yO yr cyltnder I'b.r some sU'I lplc p.idU'lg: pracnce,F ina rernnve ym u plug lrum irs "hell ~ nd rernnve . d . i o r the p ins i:Hldsprings except t i l e two rear sets as shown !H figure ~,


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N uw placi.": yourcvli odel i.n i l l ! sma l l V I C ! . ' : leav ing 1h (: locatum 0 .1 the.k~ 'YWilY accessible l nsen your tension w rench 1 1:1 10 I he houurn 01 thekcywa'1Jrunung In d dm;kwise or ~OlJn ter-clockwuc l'1l~Itlon. 1"Iu: plugwi]] nrrn in ~ith Cl d irl.;'Cl l u Jl in ihb . l Y I ' ~ j Ir P B.lCI:J lw ..' . [] 1~~1M;:l1lmChUW~'id'I'Jhal. \i\ hen 11kking .J h~~i. ~11l~l~ fiehl YUli will rind th;l[ .1 pl,ugwill onl~ usrn in nile din:,t::l iun.An ~j.i:'lV " f a r toillJd \'U! 1hi: prnpcr lIi reel iun i~to lnsl'n Ii! I~' 1!.:~r1~if1nWrL!nch an d .~ pB .:~ u ..ln~ !he pii.k til r m " C t ' I 1 U 'IJb~J1i-n~wp. NUVlr ,u.rpl}1\:n"'l'~ln in d tha I~ ~I(}dwis~ nr !,;'tilHllt'K~n,k""lis, morlnn IJnldl ht'tension wrench nlni and [,Ike our ~O!HI"I]d LIndpulyourt.n,riAg.iuml the~o{'l . \ 'Oll m a y now I~I~u cf'rhe l.c"l1sion wrench. ~ r y n 1 J l bt,


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I c ~X TENSiON '~ !q ; leN .0\-


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n.A UlrN.' 0 ' c1:'!U"U'\.JIl.R s l u g ; .A:-.~dDre. insert ~'uur tensicn w rench in [he ImVer'llm1infl of the kt !) 'wayiH1J insert YULIT r.rk,(" (Jl!ntly glide the rake hack lind forth w ith slag httorque on the rcnsrun wrench. AJways mekc sure Ihat the fOp knots Onthe rake nrc hardy touchi IIlg 'h e h~JUOIDI pin assemblies On th e lo ck . Aseach p i L I ) . hits the shear Ilne, ,the tensieu wrench " , , 1 m mov,,",'CVI! . r soJ o i ~ ' i g h l l y When Y O l i hHVC 'I~lithe pins, Jineti up on the shear line, the(cn"ion wrench aml plug win swing UroUfHJ 1 1 1 [(1 app] y a rm h ,a H flg tu rq U l"on t he te I i I . -"ll)n WF'Cnch.1l1~: ' i wiU !:IU[!IWull I he Ir~n~I'U 'line up at er ree Thus creatingthe plug In ru rn and the :~ud;.ru upen.] Liemnreeorn mend this precedureu m il you have m ure proficiency in the 0 0 1 hers T r y ' variety of d i f T C ' I 1 = f 1 1rake .. until you I 1 n J one nr twothai are s u itable rn you r lucking style,

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TOP PIN S TH FlOW N U PW AR D

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SHORTCOMJNGA~yuu U~ Tlid:]u~.you winnc~'Ii.~,wh a t iscom rnrm ly i..:l1 lle d II:l Th e lock ,IShort Com ing ' .W ~ ".!ttim [l,1Cam is that due Inthe to le n~nee inherited i~ ntheir manufacturing h would be dimLlJl ,1 ",ttl! expensive , IUt t i l ! ! 'ma nufacturer ru u_rilL,~Uthe holEs in a pcrfcei Iine iu th c s . .me thamel.cJ.\VhIH ~!,'lhmeans i~that ONE. OF THE PJNS 'W IL lf', \:rC !rI, O N THESH EAR L [N JE . B ..E fORE THE OTtIERS . U .'i~ til i5 10 yuu r ,aLlv,u..ntme trh err d~si~mm::" l s he ar I I ! ne. nUJ,S the lock wil I open NO{CYOli mus inever IC~th e rcnsurn ufil.hco plu~ or fh~ pins w~lr Iln,ll ~.'HC'klk)\"'11 to theiru!ig:LIlO;lI pcsitlun am l you IlU1S~ s.mrl ~W!.:r.[ recommend ~hal you purchase a v


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o .K PICK GUThrough tta~~'cup,I hdV~ ~ 'illllu J h)l.;kpil'king:gum luheun~ nfthe tIll I~ -~C~I .i1l~1flhLC t ~,V


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HOW TO PICK ,ANACE LOeXAnorher 1)'PCof pmtumbler lS th e tubular lock, T hey are Iourul on m en ..vending machines . pa hili nlll} ' m achine, aru l alarm s.:y!i.tcm=-UQ no] he' tooled by the ir unusua lappee rance , These locks are v ery ea.~ } 'H! psck once }'UU know h~)w.Or:! < J tuhula r lock 01 .11oilh~ prns are lo ca ted r adia lly a ro und the axis o rthe pl Ll~.To rick. these locks I win muke :i'l i-!~,C~H,yas l know hnVl ' , ~~LrI )'m,lwin need ..nAce pick. El is about three inches I,"fig and tubular with1>c\IL::L1l'cch~rpicks aruund its ",Xi,~arul a ha ndle en u s reverse erul, N o[t~ ify(m have difficulty finding an A~e 'pkk nc csn be purchased frnrn theha~k If)1 Ib '1 0 hn[)klei us hC'gin-~,I~ Muk~ : - > l ~rc the Im~k i 1 ' o elca 1 1 nrul a]] tumblers, a'rl' free,21 I id t" th e jjn l! lcr l!. h ack .1nd tbrl:h 1'or .3 t imes ., 1 ~ Uu not 1 ' I 1 I . 1 l nng!; 'r~ Wit from under retainer,4 ) W HIa lin~~ flush w ith end or nick. 'insert rick I1J'hJ lock as far as IIwill go. do JIIul upply any torquing pressure m thrs ume . dm , acuon

ra iscs a II the pi ns in IIh e lo ck 10 their extreme hd.~ht. 10 pickthe lockI]IJ 1h c rm~ II I L1S l noYo ' l ' I I : : r r : lUV'L:~! down :10 , reach their inllhlidlml,~hC'H line.

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AU lUM O B ILE . LO CK Sfin] het me sum off by s.ay~ng that the U nited S t.ates automob UepInru m blers are proha.bly some of the hardest p in 'nImh Iers 1.0 pick.MamJ'y b ecau se or themi mons upen mil li nns of elj ne]l~lncon tlg u ra -Iions w hen ~,hey key the lock. U nj[ed Sta[e&3IutorrJobHe rnanufactu ra rsgo down [0 [h e ren.'li,o f .tlIou.sand.m~ o f an tnch in ~h .eir upper and l owe r1l:l ' in,a.' i i~~I:Il.blie!i.and thenincorpomu::'ltIl:'Il InlJo a sh ea f line tha t i , i j , a e e u rhalf the thickness uf ahair,If t : i m e i s . you r main ce ne ern.y ou ca ifllXlprh e pi ug o ut with a :!j,HdcbIllIhammer and 'then use ~ screwdriver to [urn the cylinder:A .g oo d tip when U~ing a sHdehar hammer hi,.~nl!.[eadof using a screwIU (be [~ptry shaving down one of themanefarnrrer's ~eys. Example,if) 'C u are tryi ng (0 ope 11GM car use a 8hiJived down OM key.European and Japanese lmpons on the other hand are a whole di f~Ierem ballgame, The ]113Ul reason for tills 15 because imponed auto]ocks. are twtlIUy ~5 behind the times" T hey are m aeutacrurered "'c rychei l lp[y andheve c ommon ~nll::raoce5 i n . their keying. Fro rn R .D.l~. ! iRoycerighl dnwn I:n "[~>y{UtL These lockscan he' picked very easil~ .~ndVier)!qul.ckly.T here ~son] y one prohlem w~lefl picking these '~ocks. You wj] I needa . 'SC[ ol'Try O ut Key~ more t."omm"m ly know n as 'JIGOl.ER S. T hesepicks are 'Yl;:r), difficult [fJ ge[ your hands on and cn:o.(amuucl.FlfryDollars, Bul ifycau 'nnobmin e set H'S Hke huv ing '[h i! keys to almostevery j m~nteu car on th e mad. -J [OGLERS u1'iuaUy come in !jets of eight to ten 'p icks and look: lIked ou boles ided keys. T hey an: very simpte to usc and. regu Ire Iitrle SkI lla n d p r a c n c e a n d d o I leOl req1l l r re any s e p i a r a te H~maon 1 0 < ' ) 1 1 _T b use these tools siJuply selec L the j~g g ler that 1110~' l :1 resem bles them anufacturer's key. Nl)W you may begin by Insertiag :lhc j iggler intoth e key 'W"'d)' and . a p p l . y a lit!IJe m mi.ng pressure in either c i clockwiseo r cou rue r-clockw i se m ntion, Once th e pres sure : Isappl ied pu ~h i:!m Jpull Lhc j :~ggh~rout ina rakin aetlon, To 5pC t;d up the open ing timer ry comb in ing the [""'0 a,cll.i{)nswith a Iinl.e rocking m o tio n. Th is , wil It ncrease you r cha nee ~ ,o f fmSIopen ing s uecess.

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COUNTER C LOCK'W IS IE

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TRlCKS OF THE TRADEln the proceeding text yU'U w ill learn ab ou .t different t rick, ...Cu help you~1 lvance iiii t i l e p ro tic ie ncy of bypa!is j ng Ioc k m eeh a ni SJU ' U:t." first : o w n om ~'Iili [he t.eru.iun wrench. Y ou will most cemmonlynotice dm r w henever m speak of th is dev ice thaf 11I!lUst be used w iththe t . ~ i , g h L C ' s ' l amount ~ 1 r force. If you have truuble declphenng th eam ount of force used lFy th is .. " "'rbu w ill need a rubber band and a push pin along Wid t 'our !en~ iunw rench . F irst find me proper d lrecuoarn which your p lug tu rn s. N c 1 Wappr-oxJn1l:llw ly three Inches frnm !.he key \\I,Il,Yand in Iht:'direction tnatthetens ian w rench w in ~w tng pre s a push pin irun the dnuf" Now 'tw j , & ta rubber band ..pp:rox~mat.C!!y lwenty "lime. or befcre it starts COknmW rap une end amund m e pushpin and the other end around the ten-sio n w rench . Thus creating a, cl.ln.sjSb.!nlt Iigh ' l amoum rdpressureun the plug T his will enable you to pick or r ake the , I o \ : k in il l morepm fic iern m anner.

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RAP 'PLNG: AJ i'l11oughpad~ocb make fDrimerest ing p icking p ra cticethere are other alternativesamund bypaning m emorfyoIJ do not have picks ,at your disposal there are otheT \Ii,.'3 IY s.My alldme r a , , ' o , r i 1 e IS cailed "RAPP[NQ. Youwin need a tension wrenchand a one pound hammer will ~Jor lt fine ..T he theory I S 'to m ake a11the pins v ibrate upw ard ~y app~ying ,II pounding blow to the body of!!he le e k w h h the hamme r, A .p p l y in,g i i i , tilroj r i g , force with thetensionw rench at 'L hesam e tim e.,

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I --l~.A PPLY FO ~C EA LO NG tHIS A );:lS

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G'RA,'PHITE ~Although I do not recommend spraying or ,injecti "!im)itype o f lu br ic an t in,t(l th e p]ug lo f 3 luck. you m ily m r v ~ 1 1 0 i . f th e lo ckis old aad \Veam.ered.Th e re a son I do m m recommend lu br ie a fa ls i iii thai crea te s to o m ochfr ict~o nbe tw le e n th e pm s , p~ uga nd o u~.s h e ! I . "!:llu .s in t ime d,am~gingand i.~evi tabl'y destroyi.ng thel nck, H ow ever if ~)U feel. a. lubrican t 1 :5n e c e s s a r y ,I:sugges t t h a t : )'QU u s e a n d u s e only a dry I u l b < r k a n . t . , Suchas powdered graphi te, Powdered graphrte can be pu rehased over th ecounter at any hard waR or lock and k e ' - y shop and shou.ld you no morethan two dollars or so.It comes s n :II three' ]nch C 'Y Und rica I rube w ithappmx ~.mate 1 . 1 I a .005 ned..-T tl i s wH] enable you I t t o place the neck i nside the keyway of (he lockand squeeze the body oflhe tube thus bh.m'ing th e graphite [n rough~h e entire p lug and it s body .In .a p~nc.h . if y u u do nau h ave :pMVderedgraphi le all your c I i , s ; p o s . a l h e r eis what you ean do .. fol.da simp]e piece of'paperin ha~fv,~rn.ieaUJandwi th a sharp numbe r two pend l start grating m e ~eado ff U 1e tip andimo ihe told uf the puper. Now place the fold up .against 'lbe keyv.rayand bh)v;' the grn .phU.e i.mo the . I O C K . N o v . ' you may begin to sct ) lcurlnck [0be picked. .Anotherreason why I do notrecommend powdered g-raphim isif youa re t he begirunl[1g s la ,g e s o f le a r niug how to ruck locks i t w iU throwyour fe e~off. Because the lock can 'b e rnanipulared [00easily.


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DOOR JAM S : T hough this has norning ru do with pick ing lucks th itri c k will enab Ie you to gain entry and ope n most doc rs thact d:IJ notbmre a lever Latch type lock (i .e , Dead B olt) by using;.a common bumperjack and I[S 'flo or sta nd .P lace the ' n oor s rand Ilusb agaj l : lut the door j am on the side wi th thehinges. Now place the sh a ft Of the bum per j,3 ,C ,kinto the floor stand,Stretch the jacking mechanism out to ' the opposite side door jamm aki ngsure th at, th e shaft isre st~ng outtle doo r km nb. YOu may nowbegin 1 . 0 stan jacking find s,tn ::reh l[}Ie door jam s apart .. T he moo r y isthat me locking boltwill now be sepatattd fTom lbejim l of the door.I~ IIO 'W ing the. dDQiI:' to be ,opened. or ~luw ing enough room betw eenthe door.and the door j.am ~ ' num ip~blre a, scre\W l\I7 E ' lhm ugh to pulltne'locking boh back ln to 1m re oomng pila te or the body of ihe lock.Just t.ltink. b~ u s i n g a bu mpe r jack th e p o s s ibm~ies , 3 1 r eendless. Itacommon bumper] ack can m t a ttli rty f ve hundred pound c a r JUS! ihinkwhat i t can do to gaJlage doors, door knobs, window. etc. A J t : h o 1 ! J g hIb is creates dam ag ing resu lts, J only recommend th is technique in anemergency situation.

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