Excellent explanation. Will measure my barrel tomorrow.
Its basically a toss up between the Astral S and ABS locks.I think i may as well go for the Hoppe handles as well whilst im at it!
thanks for the the link Steve. its a real eye opener.i saw this one yesterday.. emphasizes why the lock must be flush with the handle:ThanksRich
Quote from: richtung on March 27, 2012, 09:27:48 pmIts basically a toss up between the Astral S and ABS locks.I think i may as well go for the Hoppe handles as well whilst im at it!Yeah those 2 locks are imo the best realistically priced ones out there, Hoppe handles are definitely worth it too! This helped to convince me i needed to upgrade both the locks and handles asap...
Something tells me that that little scrote has done that a few times before.
For night time security (i.e. while you are sleeping etc) the Sash jammers are worth their weight in gold. When I lived in Bradford I woke up to find the old door barrel in pieces on the kitchen floor. However flipping 2 jammers down before going to bed stopped the scumbags gaining entry. At a couple of quid each, they are well worth it.
Got ABS avocet locks, with sash levers aswell.I can't for the life of me remember why, but the ABS avocet were the lock of choice with my local plod over the astral S.
Quote from: QD on March 28, 2012, 08:07:01 pmGot ABS avocet locks, with sash levers aswell.I can't for the life of me remember why, but the ABS avocet were the lock of choice with my local plod over the astral S.The only difference with the ABS is you can register your keys so only you can order them, however the chances of someone being able to guess your key dimple combination on an Astral s is a as near as impossible as you can get.