PART IV

SAFE-LOCK MANIPULATION

You’ve likely seen movies where the heroic spy or the dastardly villain nonchalantly cracks a safe. They lean in, their ear close to the dial to listen to the tumblers moving, then give a few confident spins, and voilà: the safe opens. If only it were that simple. While dialing a safe open without knowing the combination, called manipulation, is possible for many locks, it’s usually not that easy for beginners and amateur hobbyists.

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This hasn’t stopped the locksport community from adding safe manipulation to the ever-growing list of events as more and more participants expand their skill sets. Plenty of folks are ...

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