Pick Guns: Lock Picking for Spies, Cops, and Locksmiths

✍ Scribed by John Minnery

• Publisher: Paladin Press
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 140
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book tells how pick guns work and how to use them and traces their development from their inception to the revolutionary devices of today. Included are the original patents by Epstein, Segal, Moore, Cooke and others, as well as info on pick guns used by the FBI and intelligence agencies. Photos depict improvised devices made out of coat hangers and clothespins. For academic study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One - Let’s Rap About Locks
Chapter Two - The Father of the Pick Gun
Chapter Three - Mr. Majestic
Chapter Four - The Segal Patent
Chapter Five - Genesis of a Pick Gun
Chapter Six - The Miskill Patent
Chapter Seven - The Moore Patent
Chapter Eight - The Crasnianski Patent
Chapter Nine - Agency Lock-Opening Device
General Description
Attachments
Operation
Battery Recharging
Battery Replacement
Chapter Ten - The Cooke Patent
Background of the Invention
Summary of the Invention
Brief Description of the Drawings
Description of the Preferred Embodiment

✦ Subjects

pick gun, lock, lockpicking, locksmith, police