Lock-Picker Device Resembles Revolver (Jun, 1939)
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
| Buy on Ebay
Lock-Picker Device Resembles Revolver
SHAPED in the form of a revolver, the automatic device shown at left is said to be so efficient in picking locks that a famous lock inventor has requested the police commissioners of many cities to regulate their sale and use. In place of a barrel, the revolver-type device has a steel needle which is inserted in the keyway of a lock. A pull of the trigger actuates the needle, manipulating the pins in the lock and causing it to open as easily as though a key has been used.
This one exists today – it’s called the Lockaid gun.
http://www.lockpicks.com/brows.....k-Gun.html
Comment by airmon — February 14, 2008 @ 9:21 pm