Bumping Vs. Picking
- Bumping is less popular than regular picking, and it is sometimes not seen as real lockpicking.
- Bumping is considered by many locksporters as a less effective (or fun) way to open a lock.
- The growing popularity (as far as the lock market concerns) of countermeasure locks against bumping.
- The damage that may incur on using bumping in your own locks, eventually wearing them down.
- Picking does not necessarily require a whole collection of tools to open a vast majority of the locks in the market.
- Bumping is certainly not the most silent way to open a lock.
Do you disagree or agree with any of these? Do you prefer one or the other? Do you think that both are intrinsical for a good lockpicker? Am I just making amateurish assumptions that will crack one or two veteran nerves?
Let me know what you think.