"Spinning lock"????
So I just moved into my dorms for college. On the first night, we had a meeting with the RA for my building. He of course has master keys for all of the rooms... except one. He said that one suite that nobody is in (suite e) has a special type of lock that even he wasn't given keys for. He called it a spinning lock.
So the two of us (the RA and I) were talking and the fact that I pick locks came up. He is a cool guy and he challenged me to pick the "spinning lock".
I agreed.
The lock looks just like any other lock. It is a doorhandle lock (not a deadbolt). It isn't a removable core lock. It picks just like any other lock. I was able to get the plug to turn in a matter of seconds. The reason I say "get the plug to turn" is because that is ALL that happened. The handle was still locked and the latch didn't retract. I have tried picking it in the opposite direction to no avail. I even tried the rubberband trick on the tention wrench to jump the shearline on a lock picked in the wrong direction...
What am I missing guys? Does anyone have any clue what a spinning lock is? I thought it was BS but now I'm stumped...
~Aaron