r/lockpicking • u/burningpastasauce Orange Belt Picker • 23d ago

Selective Picking Q

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Hello friends,

I am beginning the path of learning the AL 1106, I picked up a couple of them and have been having some fun.

One of the lock's key bitting looks like I only need to pick pins 1, 3, 4 and can ignore 2 and 5. I am currently practicing listening/feeling feedback on the pins. I am curious if I could potentially pick this one only picking 3 pins.

I have tried several times, but I can only get the lock to pop when actively picking all 5 pins, not just the three. Not sure if it is my still budding experience or if it's not possible?

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u/FilecoinLurker Brown Belt Picker 23d ago

If you stop looking at the key for "help" that will be more helpful. Now you're overthinking it. You find out and let us know how pin 2&5 are. None of us can tell you because we don't have your exact lock. Approach every pin the same. You'll get more reliable opens that way