Talk:Master Lock
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this is not an easy article to write, so it might look like an advertisment,
changed it around
no physicologiacl effects? 64.83.156.90 21:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
...The comment about the Master lock surviving being "Shot by a rifle" on Myth Busters is not true.
In the Myth Busters episode in question, the team shot at padlocks and deadbolts from "Master Lock" as well as several other manufacturers. The locks were mounted on a variety of different doors, and the team used at least five different weapons ranging from a 9mm pistol to a very powerful rifle. The "Master Lock" brand locks, both padlocks and deadbolts, survived (defined as remained locked) impacts from bullets fired in all of the pistol tests. However, when hit by rifle fire, all of the "Master Brand" padlocks were so severely damaged they could either be pulled off the door by hand or were blown clear off the door by the impact of the bullet.
It is important to note that, despite the numerous examples of locks defeated by gunfire in cinema and television; it is completely impractical to shoot a lock off a door. All of the tests on the Myth Busters show were done at very close range. Under these conditions, the shooter would be risking serious injury by ricochets and shrapnel from the defeated lock.
