With typically three shear lines pinned into an IC, Two at the plug
shear line and one at the control shear line, in a 6 pin core you end up
with 64 possibilities to pick the plug and one for the control sleeve.
Not impossible, just unlikely unless you stack the odds in your favor
with an IC wrench or another method. You should have bought a lottery
ticket that day.
BBE.
warbl>
> > > I am looking for I Core Pick. I've seen them on web site, but I don't know
> > > where. Anyone know where they are available? Any one know if they work?
> > > William
> >
> > You can buy it at Lockmasters,
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or you can buy it
> > from Peterson,
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They do work but you
> > have to be a skilled lock picker to pick something like a Best IC. >
> Funny that this came up recently. I had to pick a Schlage 6 pin small
> format IC. It was to a store-room that wasn't in the internal MK
> system, and nobody had a key. I am certainly not a very talented lock
> picker, but will put some time into it before just drilling,
> (generating a Purchase order costs the site more than the parts,
> unless I am destroying a number of locks).
>
> I used a common hook lifter and thought I only hooked six pins,
> (that's how untalented I am). The cylinder turned about 10 degrees
> with a lot of pressure on the lever, it dawned on me that I must have
> caught the release pin. I then used the hook and the core came right > out.
>
> Now on the Best IC system, I don't know of any way to pick out the
> core, without first generating a turning combination. They're hard
> enough, (time consuming), to pick for that even without spooled > drivers.