The new Model 700C says "The classic design is new and improved. Our most popular design now features an improved internal lock mechanism for increased tamper resistance." Does anyone know what they actually did and what real-world impact it has?
their statement ""The "C" series locks have a more robust spring in them, solves a problem where it was possible to over rotate the key and jam the lock, and make the cuff more difficult to pick. It's a subtle design change but improves the lock."
sounds like they have had a major design and manufacturing error in the first place, if the key could rotate too far and jam. I am guessing instead of making a new pawl to the correct required size, they have opted to use a spring with either a thicker wire or more helix's so when compressed becomes solid mass and stops the over lift problem.
This is a certainly a stuff up and the spin is to say ‘improvement’ instead of saying ‘changes to fix error’ At least they were honest enough to admit the problem in the same sentence.