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You can buy one Paclock 90a pro and then a handful of pined cores to swap in. They aren’t listed on their Amazon store publicly for some reason. While ago someone shared the link and I saved it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVVK94YK $50 for 5 cores. Pricier, but also more of a challenge.
Yup. The things that can trip you up on a lock are many and varied. As you can see, I've got a few of these in the same color, and another five cores that I ordered this way: https://a.co/d/0blUlB1d By swapping out the cores, I can basically have 7 90A-PROs, which means I have enough to rotate through and never really know any meaningful information about the key/bitting. Definitely cheaper than my American Lock collection: https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/11m8ult/9_identical_looking_but_kd_american_lock_1165s/ Admittedly, I pick through those 9 pretty regularly, so that wasn't a bad idea in the long run. Anyway, just throwing out the idea that now that you can get that lock open knowing the bitting, you might really enjoy tackling another 90A-PRO, and ideally get to a point that you can tackle any 90A-PRO. (Although I'm living proof that maybe it's more reasonable to settle for just tackling 83% of 90A-PROs unless you have months to throw at the tougher ones.)
I haven't picked either yet but there's also a third option. You can order a pack of just the cores. Five of them for fifty bucks.
Here is the link (not affiliated): https://a.co/d/02QDUgXo
TeamBluePaclock ftw Here's the link for the 5 pack. They are sold directly from Paclock. This link will take you to the page with all their extra cylinders. Once you have the body for the lock type, you can swap them out. I bought my 90a pro and then bought a 5 pack to swap around. If you get lucky with your first one and have nice bitting, that's great. I wanted to have some options.
https://a.co/d/3GbadUP