(1003) Review: Sparrows Double-Tap Lock Pick (Snap) Gun 

Came across your videos a month or so ago. Since I have been watching everything that interests me, hundreds of videos. Years ago I bought a 29 or something piece lock pick set, really got into it and then lost interest slowly, very glad I found your videos as it has piqued my interest again, I purchased a better pick set, and have not been able to set them down. Thanks for the informative videos. I really enjoy them.

One word I never expected to hear from BossBill... "Pimp-gun"... =D

Thank you for your honest reviews and insight into everything lock related.

JUST PICKED MY FIRST LOCK THANK YOU FOR THE HELP

Found this channel recently. Just by watching you pick all different types of locks, I have learned a lot. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of lock picking.

Thanks for your generosity, Bill!

I literally was looking at sparrow hand cuff keys cuz I jus ordered one... Saw this. Liked the gun so wanted to check it out..... I subscribed almost immediately bcuz of your generosity, and giving back to a community you're a part of, while not really having anything to gain. Awesome work man. World needs more ppl like you.

Bill wanted a challenge. So, to make it more difficult he tried to open the locks with this pick gun instead of his picks.

Thx for all the videos bosnianbill. been binge watching them for a few days now and ordered my first picks and practice locks.

OMG i was waiting for this video since the beginning , thanks bill

Thanks for the review on this. I have been looking into buying one but wanted an honest review from someone beforehand

Great video as usual, I love watching and learning from your channel.

I love your videos! You have moved me to become a lockpicker! I got some locks in the mail today from ebay, and some good picks will arrive soon! Thanks for inspiring me, my friend. Great show you have!

Thank you for reviews, picked up the sparrows snap gun. Still trying to get a lock open. Love the case.

fantastic give aways! My wife got me an MDC lock for Valentine's day. Turns out, it functions exactly like a training lock!

love the banjo music u threw in the middle

That looks like the very best of its ilk that I have seen. Thanks for the review.

Love your work.

Always enjoy the review vids.

This is pretty great. The ability to open it up and maintain the guts is a huge plus.

I just bought one. Thanks Bill

been waiting to see this, good video bill

I have one of these Sparrows' guns and I like it as my last resort after spp. I just got some bump keys so we'll see if that replaces the gun. Love your videos, Bill. I've learned a ton!

As a previous owner of a pick gun that didn't keep the tip parallel to the pins, and the double tap feature, makes this look like a good tool. I also like the finger tightening feature.

You're so awesome. Very instructive videos ! greetings from Belgium

I’m FF and I’ve got my crew using this all the time now for non destructive entry. Old people fall and use their LifeAlerts to call us but their house is sealed? This works great. Before this, we either pulled a screen and hoped a window was unlocked, try to engage the garage door arm, or flat out force whatever door looks cheapest to repair or replace. We also use this to get into locked riser rooms, it works especially great for apartment riser rooms cause they have crappy locks. I bet we have a 90 percent success rate with these in getting the door open in less than 30 seconds. The real cool thing was how much of a flex it was when I busted this out for the first time and got us right in through someone’s front door.

I just found this channel, and it's very interesting! Keep up the awesome work!

Man I stopped practicing picking once I went to college but I gotta get back at it seeing these vids makes me wanna get way better again

I used to replace factory screws with screws that have a nylon ball in the threaded area to fight vibration. Also replaced nuts with aa lock nut that had nylon in it. Helped a great deal, and no locktite to try to over come and none that ran down on the inside to cause problems. - DClaus

Great video as always!

NIce sleek design. Definitely better quality the chinese made ones I've looked at.

Thanks Bill. I think I will try one of those.

Blue locktite I imagine. Oh wow. I like the doubletap idea. Twice per pull of the trigger. Certainly is illegal in Commiefornia. Only ONE shot per pull of the trigger... :D

Great review. Just ordered one

Love your videos! Always wanted a pick gun.

congrats to the winners! *wipes away tears*

Great review as usual thanks

nice review , I've been wondering abou one of these , going to pull the trigger now .

Awesome review. Thanks

I'm a professional firefighter and can honestly say I'd never use one of these tools. If there's a life safety issue that's behind a locked door, either the door or the frame will need to be replaced! 😂 I've recently started picking as a hobby (love puzzles) and I'm already a big fan of yours! keep up the good work!

Ive had the same gun just a different brand for about half a year now. Took quite a while to get used to but now i can usually open a masterlock in 2 or 3 clicks.

very informative videos keep up the good work

one my fav. lock pick for key locks is the little swiss army knife with two blades.

Great review Bill, I won't mind owning this tool. Pick me, pick me 👍😉

I love these guns!

Awesome Video Bill. Very Cool Pick Gun. I own the "Original Sparrows" one and it has been Amazing and very surprising what you can get into even Locks with Security Pins...! Keep up the great work. Nick.

Great review!

I'm an absolute beginner and have been using a DI-NO strong pick gun. I find that massively uneven bitting can deny access even in poorly made locks with no security pins. And for locks with more even bitting I find a snake rake or city rake is quicker and less likely to give you a headache from the noise. The pick gun is cool but at my level I'd struggle to absolutely recommend it above SPP and raking.

Great videos, thank you.

I bought this same/similar "double tap" set, Sparrow brand my case was black & my snap gun was a reddish colour. I'll be honest it has been the best pick-gun I have ever purchased. Living in Canada Lock-Picking can be a grey area. So I have limited choice on where to order from, luckily my supplier sold this particular kit, I was impressed by its packing alone, the picks it came with were of decent quality. It's by far the best pick-gun I've owned, little different then your in colour. The quality can be felt when compared with them aluminum tap welded jobs. I think my kit was 39$ plus the 6$ shipping _2 days) great video

REALLY NICE LOOKING GUN

Thank for your videos...

Good review mate just subscribed!

Sparrows makes some pretty good tools

Nice Package and nice Pick round ;) Grettings from South Germany :D

what is it about his videos im completely enthralled at every video i cant stop watching

Exceptionally nice tool for a Lock Smith!

Nice snap gun, I will have to get one of those sometime.

For Kwikset and regular Schlage keyways, I have had a LOT of success using a gun similar to this.

I also have come across your videos I really enjoy them

Just ordered the night school kit from sparrows on the recommendation from your videos.

The Dino snap gun at Multipick in Germany also has screws for assembly instead of rivets. So can also be opened.

hi bosnianbill ! try it like a bumpkey put tention on the wrench when you snap it, no tention before !!! the snap gun use the same principle as a bump key they hit the tumbler pin and make bounce the top pin pass the shear line .BTW tnx for your show , love it !

Nice review

Love the snap gun Bill, pick me, pick me!!!

I do watch all ur videos!

Thanks I almost bought it

Congrats to the winners.

Lol I saw this dould tap and I was thinking of purchase this but I was looking for more Infor thanks love your clips

You can mod an electric toothbrush and it works amazingly well! Had the idea 2 days ago and it's vibrated open every lock I can find at my house! Works as well as the 380 dollar pro vibratory tool and it was a 20 dollar toothbrush haha

I love watching your video Nice

That worked better then I thought it would

I've got to get that snap gun !

That’s really nice

nice to win

this looks pretty neat and bill always says what the pricw is its great

The intro game is never weak.

that looks cool

i don't make comments often but i would love to see a bumb or snap gun comparison to single pin picking on how long it takes to open a random lock that you don't know.

Gracias, importante herramienta

that is a cool way to open a lock

that's very nice, !!

Hi is good for us hear in belgium 👍

nice gun

you're awesome bro

I never thought of the cheap Brinks locks were harder than the master. Crazy.

Miss yah Bill

Cool Videos

Snap guns work on security pins but this does make more sense than the Brockage we own off of Amazon

i am saving up to buy a sparrows kit great video bill

yup the snap gun you are seeing in the review is the double tap snap gun. i own one of these and i own the flash snap gun wich is just a regular snap gun. not sure wich one i like better but both seem to work good.

84th try to get it on 1st attempt..... Now thats funny!

I can confirm the lock pick gun works. Opens any lock in seconds. Mine has GLOCK written on the side though.......

Hi Bill, thanks again for another good honest review. I have a little problem you might be able to help me with. As you may have read in my previous comments, I have started my locksmithing course. It's great. We're covering a lot in such a short time. I still have those PDFs if you'd like them, they cover everything you probably already know and maybe a few things you dont. Anyhow. There are very strict regulations here on purchasing locksmithing tools. The tech college I'm training at has an arrangement with the Locksmith Supply Company here in Sydney, only problem is, we have to purchase the lot in one go. I exhausted all my options for funding and resorted to setting up a gofundme. Would you mind if I dropped the link here and would you also mind sharing in within your locklab community? If not, I completely understand. What you'll get out of it though is a great challenge lock in a few weeks time and a skilled locksmith entering the trade in about 6 months time and from there I'll be sending you more locks as time becomes available. I would not have got into it if not for your channel so you've already done a lot for me in that regard. I just need a little help as I'm starting to fall behind in the course as I've not yet been able to purchase my tool kit. The kit has a heap of locks in it that will be ours to keep so as I mentioned, you'll get most of them as challenge locks eventually.

"You lucky devil..."

Can you test some of the electric guns too? I wonder how they perform against mechanic ones.

The one from lockpicks.com is identical besides the color and it's called the double tap machine gun by brockhage

It's funny how these things seem to show up in a lot of spy thrillers and caper movies

Hi Bill.... Like most others, I was cruising RU-vid and became hopelessly addicted to your videos. Could you recommend a good pick set for a beginner like myself? Thanks.

Muscle memory is a good thing!