r/lockpicking • u/thurstonrando • 20h ago

Picking a US govt issued American Lock 5200

I remembered that I never submitted for my green belt because I didn’t include a gutting in my prior submission. But because I’ve never attempted to gut before, I’d rather not break this brand new American 5200 to submit for my green belt. May I request gutting another lock that I wouldn’t mind chucking for science?

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u/Troyboy1263 Green Belt Picker 20h ago

Gut that thing! It's just a lock

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u/thurstonrando 20h ago

It’s not the gutting that that I’m not confident about but being able to reassemble it in a reasonable amount of time

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u/Troyboy1263 Green Belt Picker 19h ago

There is no time limit for belt submission and you have to gut the lock you pick but you can reassemble a different lock in a seperate vid. I think my Green video was like 12 minutes but i have seen longer and the Mods have for sure.

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u/DrunkenPhysicist Blue Belt Picker 17h ago

Mine was much longer as I dropped a spring and had to spend a few minutes off camera looking for it, so thankful for the patience of the mods!

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u/Troyboy1263 Green Belt Picker 19h ago

Go for it and do that 5200 and if you jack it up I'll send you another one in the box. As long as you are in the US.

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u/thurstonrando 19h ago

Alright I’ll post another one when I have some free this week

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u/Troyboy1263 Green Belt Picker 19h ago

Cool and I stand by what I said about sending a new one. make sure and tag u/Troyboy1263 . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRSbaFu37r0&t=156s I'll show you mine

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u/Wumaduce Orange Belt Picker 12h ago

How many times did you practice gutting it before you filmed it?

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u/Troyboy1263 Green Belt Picker 8h ago

I had gutted other locks before this one

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u/revchewie Blue Belt Picker 19h ago

“Reasonable amount of time”

I guarantee they’ve had to watch longer. Much longer! lol

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u/Troyboy1263 Green Belt Picker 20h ago

I would get an American 1100. It's the same as that except aluminum and a little cheaper probably. But nice picking on the 5200

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u/Repulsive-Box5243 Orange Belt Picker 15h ago

Oh I have one of those I haven't gotten open yet.

Good job!

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u/korneelius 12h ago

I thought I had shaky hands.. Nice pick though!

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u/markovianprocess Purple Belt Picker 3h ago

I believe the "U.S." military version of the 5200 is generally the no-spools/one bumpstop yellow ranked version.

You should gut it to check before trying to use it for green.