Why lock American locks before closing shackle?
Can anyone explain what exactly is going on when this happens? I just got a few Amercians off ebay and wanted to find out some more about this.
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j0siah7 wrote:When the keyway is turned and the lock is open after being picked and you slam the shackle shut the cam will contact the little triangle piece at the end of the plug spinning the plug to fast for the shear line to catch it, do a compleat 180 and have your top pins come threw the wrong side of the plug redering your lock unpickable and locked. So when you turn the plug back to the locked position you are avoiding the cam contacting the end of the plug. This has happend to me once, but my local locksmith was able to fix it, still not sure how thow.
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