this is the lock-picking lawyer we are
coming to the end of my series on gun
locks just a couple more so I figured I
would take a break to answer a question
I receive several times throughout this
series and that is just how hard are
these gun cable locks to cut so I four
of them out here for different designs
and I've arranged them from thinnest to
thickest starting with the master 107
over here ranging to the lock
distributed with 6 hours which appears
to have the thickest of the flexible
shackles in between we have the Regal
lock distributed with Smith and Wesson
firearms and the lock from boomstick gun
accessories now each of them has the
same construction we have a braided or
twisted steel cable in the center
surrounded by some armored links these
armored links are held together by the
plastic sheathing on the outside and
they'll probably be the main obstacle
that we'll have to get through now as
far as tools go I'm going to go through
a progression starting with a little
pair of needlenose pliers then moving up
to a pair of side cutters a pair of
linesman's pliers a really big thick set
and then a dedicated cable cutter and
finally a mini bolt cutter so let's
start going through these and see just
how hard these locks are to cut we're
going to start with this master 107 let
me put my my little needle nose on here
squeezing as hard as I can and I've got
nothing not going to work moving up to
the side cutters
again probably not going to get through
here squeezing as hard as I can not
gettin anything now we've got the
linesman's pliers these are some pretty
beefy and serious cutters let's see I
feel like I'm smashing them I've got two
hands on it ah
and I did get through with a ton of
pressure let's see if the the cable
cutters are going to get through any
easier I'm assuming these will get
through with some ease and yeah I can
feel them cutting right through and just
for good measure
I'll try our mini bolt cutters and there
we go and they went through pretty
easily as well honestly the the cable
cutters were probably the easiest to get
through here but but the lines and
suppliers weren't so bad either
so let's move up slightly thicker one
this is the Regal lock that's
distributed with Smith and Wesson
products I am guessing we're we don't
stand a chance getting through here with
these little ones so I'm not even going
to try these again now this is the last
time you'll see these things let's move
up to our side cutters here get them
right in the back and squeeze with both
hands nothing okay that's the last time
you'll see them I'm thinking we don't
stand a chance on the thicker boomstick
and sig-sauer locks moving up to the the
large lines and suppliers and put it
right in the back of the jaws and
squeeze as hard as I can and just barely
got through that really required a lot
of force move up to our cable cutters
I'm guessing we'll get through here with
a relative ease
yeah I think these are probably going to
be the most effective these cable
cutters but let's go to the the mini
bolt cutters at last let's see it's get
these deep into here I'm a little bit of
problem with with them mmm
with the links sliding out there we go
got through it these will probably these
wouldn't be my first choice those cable
cutters are really working pretty well
getting through here the mini bolt
cutters not so much okay we're taking a
big jump up with these boomstick with
the boom stick gun accessories you can
see this is a fair bit thicker than the
last one we just tried so let's get
those linesman's pliers on here again
okay we got it in there and got both
hands on here ah and nothing I don't
think we're going to get through these
or I don't think these are going to get
through lines and suppliers aren't quite
doing the trick let's move to these
cable cutters and using both hands I
really have to squeeze pretty hard here
mm and I'll tell you it is not cutting
ah there we go I might have gotten a
little bit of movement ah finally Wow
okay we got through the boomstick one
but with a ton of force using the the
hand cutters and finally let's move up
to the mini bolt cutters and I hope
these don't just this just doesn't slide
out but
let's see I'll try to push it in and
squeeze at the same time oh we almost
lost our camera you know we got through
but it was only because the armored
piece pieces separated there okay
finally let's go with the Sig Sauer lock
and we'll try the linesman's cutters
again but I am NOT optimistic about
these getting through I've got two hands
on here and nothing I don't think
they're going to get through and I'll
try the Mini bolt cutters next since the
king of the hill appears to be those
cable cutters and I really just can't
get the mm the cable deep enough into
these cable cutters this is the largest
of the of the group and that's not going
to work okay this is our best bet for
getting through here
and I am squeezing or I'm going to
squeeze with both hands here hmm okay
the six-hour one is really putting up a
fight let's see what it looks like I'm
smashing it a little bit but not really
cutting Wow
I have to say this Sig Sauer one is
pretty impressive as far as standing up
to these hand cutters okay now I'm sure
I could get through this if I moved up
to two real bolt cutters but I have to
say this six-hour one with the with the
really thick shackle is is pretty
impressive as far as uh as with standing
these hand tool attacks now as you saw
in past videos it really sucks as far as
pick resistance goes but I think we've
got a king of the hill here all these
other locks seem to come apart pretty
darn easily especially the master lock
that one was was pretty pathetic the
boomstick wasn't too bad but we did
obviously cut through it with a few of
the tools but uh but hats off to this to
this lock that's distributed with Sig
Sauer products so that's all I have for
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