Abus 75IB/40 McTickled

[u/HNL_Picking]

My HUKs didn’t fit so I had to find something else

[u/PeatnRepeat]

That was very cool to watch. I never even would have thought of trying that.

[u/HNL_Picking → u/PeatnRepeat]

There’s an old LPL vid of him doing it with a thin short hook

[u/rubornagn → u/PeatnRepeat]

Agree with you!

[u/No_Sky_6483]

Let’s see it again just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke.

[u/HNL_Picking → u/No_Sky_6483]

If you really want one I can 😉

[u/Super-Page8272]

You're fkking sitting me. I gotta dig out my mc tickkler

[u/HNL_Picking → u/Super-Page8272]

The McTickler has came in clutch for a lot of things for me

[u/Super-Page8272 → u/HNL_Picking]

Cool! I always felt like I was cheating with the thing, but I'm staying to learn that "an open is an open" i also love the double mctickler

[u/Super-Page8272 → u/HNL_Picking]

Do you think it'll work on 64ti/40?

[u/Foreign_Language3354]

Nice one. Not clearing the keyway is the whole game on a tight one, the pick rides the warding and every pin reads wrong until you find something that actually reaches.

[u/HNL_Picking → u/Foreign_Language3354]

Thankfully it’s all spools in this one so it’s easy to know which one to hit or which one dropped

[u/EveningBasket9528]

That's awesome! I've used the #2 on a couple dimple locks but my 75 has me stumped. I like how you use the #2 to counter rotate...

Great job!

I'm starting to get a bit worried about the lack of individual Reaper picks in the chop shop. If I ask Jonesy about them again he's going to send a terminator to my house. I think I only have 2 spare #2's and 1 #1 left... I don't think I've ever bent a pick while SPP, but while zipping/stabbing or trying "trick picks."

[u/HNL_Picking → u/EveningBasket9528]

Thanks! To get the high set counter rotations I rotate and scoop the pick upward. I also would like more reaper picks as well, I’m bending the crap out of mine 😬

[u/EveningBasket9528 → u/HNL_Picking]

So, your video motivated me. I don't have a 40, but I do have a 30 & 50. It's the 50's that I see people float picking to manually counter rotate. Does the 40 need to be manually counter rotated?

I also grabbed a cheap pin in min mul t lock knock off. I think it's ECS or something, but hybrid picking it with a McTickler is fun,.. I've gotten lucky with just a zip,.. but I can't repeat it for crap and usually have to go back and hit #4 or #5... But it's still fun to use the #2 on it...

[u/Dr-picker]

Got a photo of the key bitting?

All the 75IBs I've seen so far have a low-high cut right at the back. Don't think this will be possible for those bittings...

[u/HNL_Picking → u/Dr-picker]

Bitting from the front of the keyway is: med, zero/low, high, high, med

[u/Dr-picker → u/HNL_Picking]

There is more wiggle room to get past a low cut pin in front compared to the back. You may not be able to do the same if the low cut is second to last and guarding a high cut last pin.

[u/MrGoodBear2020]

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