This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Describe Shoot Out The Lock Discussion here.
Duh, you're not supposed to shoot the pad lock itself, you're supposed to shoot the hoop (the metal U that pops up to unlock)
Your Obedient Serpent: No, no. "Shooting Hoops" is BASKETBALL.
Cassius335: Guess nobody on Mythbusters was that good a shot... :p
Zeke: You're right about the U thing. When I was in high school, we had a couple of locker-theft scares where the thieves were apparently cutting the U (or "shackle") of locks with a special tool. People started getting these new Dudley locks where the shackle was almost completely hidden
. Of course, then the thieves switched to cutting off the part of the locker that the lock attaches to...
