"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:
"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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How...? the little extra pin still retracts when you push the latch
back. unless you can stop that from happening, you will always be able
to use the library card trick.

nate


Get a lockset. Push the deadlatch back to the point where it would be if
it
rests against the face of the strike (not down in the hole next to the
spring latch like it will be on a crappy install like Stormy does all
the
time because he doesn't know or care what it's for either) now, while
holding the deadlatch in that position try and push back the spring
latch.

I'll be damned, you're right.

That must mean that there's a whole lot of crappy installs out there,

There are a fair number. You will find fewer on commercial applications
where the door and frame are usually both steel and there is very little
give or flex.