[deep synthetic rumble]
[electrical pop] [gentle vinyl static]
[rising chime]
>> JASON: All right, we're back with the LockPickingLawyer,
and it looks like you >> LPL: Hey there!
>> saved the best for last.
What is this?
>> LPL: This is my favorite.
This is a Ramset.
It's a tool you can buy at Home Depot,
that uses blank cartridges to drive nails
into steel or concrete.
We're going to use it to open locks.
>> BRIAN: This is amazing!
>> LPL: Here's what's inside.
We put these cartridges in through here,
and when you pull the trigger,
it'll set it off.
And then there's a piston.
That piston moves forward,
and normally would drive a nail in,
that you put in the front. >> BRIAN: Right.
>> LPL: We're not going to put a nail in there.
We're going to let that piston
go all the way forward,
and strike the lock,
and it should hit it with enough force
to break it open.
>> BRIAN: This is like a Bruce Lee
one inch punch thing,
where it just gets right there,
and it just goes pop!
>> LPL: Except way more fun.
>> JASON: I was thinking more like No Country For Old Men.
[Jason shudders]
>> BRIAN: Oh dear. [Brian laughs]
Okay, from a safety standpoint,
I assume that we would be worried
about shrapnel that this could
theoretically break apart.
>> LPL: Absolutely,
we got to protect our eyes for this,
and we got to make sure that we are
pushing that lock in a safe direction.
>> BRIAN: Okay, should I go ahead and
lock this on?
>> LPL: Absolutely. >> BRIAN: Okay.
>> LPL: This is unloaded right now.
We'll load it up,
and what we're going to need to do is
push it right against here.
Now this will not fire
unless you put a lot of force on it.
So once you've pushed it forward,
then you can pull the trigger. [Ramset clicks]
>> BRIAN: And then it just pops it.
And then the idea is,
much like we did before,
we want it to sheer off the clasp inside.
>> LPL: Absolutely.
All those forces will be pushing
the lock body downward,
and that directs all the force
of this cartridge
to the absolute weakest
part of the shackle.
>> JASON: So you couldn't just
hit it here, or here, or here.
You've got to get it at
just the right spot.
>> LPL: Absolutely.
The angle at which we use this
onto the lock,
that makes all the difference.
>> BRIAN: Oh I can't wait. >> LPL: Okay, let's load this up.
Real easy, just slide that in the bottom.
And, I think we're ready to go.
>> BRIAN: That's so wild, it looks like the
old style cap guns.
>> LPL: Nothing's in that direction,
but marshmallows, cotton candy,
expensive camera equipment.
[laughter]
So I'm going to place it right here on the lock.
>> BRIAN: Yep.
>> LPL: Press down and then
three, two, one.
[soft click]
♪ ♪
>> BRIAN: Got'em.
>> LPL: [surprised] It's a... dud. >> BRIAN: Whoa.
>> LPL: Three, two, one.
[soft click]
>> BRIAN: Our show is haunted!
>> LPL: Let's try that one more time
with a different cartridge.
Three, two, one.
[loud bang]
>> BRIAN: Whoa! Wow!
That was very percussive!
That was...
Wow!
>> LPL: Look at that,
we did some damage to that lock.
[deep blast with a gradual taper, metallic shards ring out after the initial burst]
>> JASON: I love the smell of Ramset in the morning. [Brian laughs]
>> BRIAN: So this divot here
is much smaller.
I thought this was punching forward,
but there's something else in there. >> LPL: No, there's a small piston
inside of here that travels forward,
and that's what hit the top of the lock.
>> JASON: I actually expected it
to obliterate the lock.
But it really just kind of damaged it
just enough to ruin it,
and open it.
>> LPL: No, one of the good things about
laminated locks is they deform easily,
and they absorb a lot of energy
when you're attacking them.
But, it clearly can't absorb
enough energy to withstand this.
>> BRIAN: I got to be honest,
I would not have felt
comfortable doing this
until I saw the results.
Can I give it a try?
>> LPL: Absolutely.
Let's put another lock on here.
[music comes to a natural conclusion]
Then what we need to do is just pull this out one notch...
>> BRIAN: Got it. >> LPL: --and you're ready to go.
>> BRIAN: All right,
so I'm going to push down,
I'm going to lean in nice and hard.
>> LPL: Yep, you're ready to go. >> JASON: Count down.
>> BRIAN: Three, two, one.
[moderately loud snap]
[confused] Did I do it‽
[slowed burst, nothing rings out beyond the initial percussive blast]
[high-pitched] What did I miss‽
It fired.
>> LPL: I think we're having some issues.
>> BRIAN: Could it be that we broke it by
using it inappropriately?
[laughing] Because I'm pretty sure this is an
off label use.
>> LPL: Let me try the next one down.
Okay, three, two, one.
[loud bang]
[slowed blast with tiny swirling metallic resonance ringing out]
>> BRIAN: [stammers] He's got the magic touch!
>> JASON: That's what it is.
>> BRIAN: He's got the touch, he's got the power!
>> LPL: You know, we had a problem before.
I think maybe there's some dud rounds in here.
>> BRIAN: All the way down.
Three, two, one.
[moderately loud snap]
♪ ♪
It did another dud!
>> JASON: Maybe it's you.
>> BRIAN: Maybe I'm not leaning in hard enough.
>> LPL: I think that might be the case.
>> BRIAN: All right, all the way down,
all the way down.
Three, two, one.
[click]
[in disbelief] What‽
[high-pitched] What am I doing wrong?
[perplexed] >> LPL: I have absolutely no idea.
[Brian and Jason laugh] I've never had this happen before.
>> BRIAN: We have the gift!
We can fail at anything! >> LPL: I'm going to try for me...
Three, two, one.
[click]
[Brian gasps]
>> BRIAN: Now you have the gift, too,
you're welcome!
>> JASON: We cursed you.
>> LPL: These are blanks!
[laughter]
I'm dead serious.
You can look inside,
there's no powder burns.
>> BRIAN: This is amazing. >> LPL: There was just primers only.
[Brian laughs]
Okay, pass me that other strip.
>> BRIAN: Maybe the secret is
we have to have Jason do it.
>> JASON: I've got this. >> LPL: I think you need to give it a try.
We've got a new strip of rounds here.
♪ [light, care-free music]
Let's load that in.
You're ready to go.
>> JASON: Okay.
Everyone ready?
Let's see.
Get it placed.
Three, two, one.
[loud bang]
[shouting] >> BRIAN: What the hell‽
Oh my god!
>> LPL: The master!
>> BRIAN: ♪ Because I'm a Modern Rogue! ♪ >> LPL: The master!
>> BRIAN: That's amazing.
Oh, that just destroyed it.
>> LPL: There were some issues with those loads.
That's what it should be able to do.
That said...
that was awesome, Jason.
[laughter]
-- CC BY BIZARRE MAGIC -- >> BRIAN: Oh my god.
-- CC BY BIZARRE MAGIC --
-- CC BY BIZARRE MAGIC -- [gasp]
Roll it back. >> JASON: Roll it back!
>> LPL: Wait, what happened? >> BRIAN: Mother[bleep].
It's a little shaving [metal flaps rolling over]
of one of the brass whatevers
that I just pinched between my fingers.
It's a metal splinter.
I can feel it.
All right, it's out now.
Aw, damn it, son of a biscuit.