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Why is there different milling for the same Everest B family key blanks?

The additional material (bump) on the tip of a newer Everest B family key was added as a blocking feature to reduce the chance of force-ably inserting a B key section into an R keyway cylinder. This design changed occurred in June 2013. 
 

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