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So I finally got my hands on the oval Assas that have been circulating from ebay. I had a bit of play with it free hand then realized this Assa just like my other needs to clamped in a vise because unlike 90% of locks where letting off a bit on the tension will allow you to set the spools, for this lock you actually need to actually turn the plug to the closed position a few hairs to set these pins because of the counter milling. Over all I was very surprised at how easy this thing took. I wont lie it took about an hour but with ever minute I was getting closer and closer so I took my time before picking on a pin just to avoid starting all over again.

Also interesting to note, the body has a side bar groove cut in, if only I had a box of spare Assa Twin parts lol

BTW for all you guy who have these locks BUT have no key, get a Russwin RU45 blank, it fits almost perfectly. You have to shave off a few hairs on the bottom and its a few hairs short but all of these locks are KA and inspecting the pins that shortness wont effect it at all.

Gleb, if you need a longer blank, RU46 is the same keyway.

You read my mind, I wanted to advise that the RU45 isnt long enough. Im good cause I have the original Assa blanks but I remember someone made a thread about ordering blanks. Think it was DTW.

After picking that Assa above, I learned a great deal about their workings more specifically their feedback which is hardly there lol. This Assa (compliments of Wayne Winton) was a bit harder as the feedback was even less noticeable. Sorry not gut shots yet as I had a bit of a hard time figuring out how to remove those brass c clips.

Also forgot to mention I used my home brew Prince and Princess picks and they worked like magic to get these Assas to false set. 2 strokes and its in false set each and every time. I was even able to actually set pins with them. So they have slowly becoming my go-to rakes.

Gut shots as promised. This cylinder has counter milling on all 6 chambers as opposed to the Oval.

GUT-SHOTS?!

Nice pickin' there Gleb.

Posted the gut shots specifically for you Mike.

Great picking PG!

picked these on my lunch break at work today

Nice tray.

Wonder where Papa got that from…

(:

Haha Had some dirt on a gent so he traded it for my silence which btw is having a hard time being silent. Maybe I should see what else he has . Love my tray. thx

A four pin driverless cam lock.

That's impressive right there.

A bunch of easy pickin's just arrived from ebay. My first experience with SFIC's and I was shocked when they all raked instantaneously to control.