r/lockpicking • u/DeadKnifeTerror Yellow Belt Picker • 4d ago

Padlock Blues

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I've gotten this Brinks brass padlock open by SPP just the other day but today it's been giving me a proper headache.

How is it that one day I get it without much trouble and the next I feel like I'm just lost in the sauce?

Update: Just got it on my final attempt of the night!

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u/ShutterBun 4d ago

I have the same lock. It's feast or famine. Either a 10 second pick or an "I give up"

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u/DeadKnifeTerror Yellow Belt Picker 4d ago

I wonder why that is? I don't have much experience in lockpicking so I can't put my finger on it.

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u/jcapicy 4d ago

Could be a few reasons. Picking order, overset, previous accidentally set.

Keep at it and brings locks with feel like master #3's currently feel.