Kwikset KWI-83796 Radius Corner Full Lip Strike

The Kwikset 83796 is a deadbolt strike plate, and it also serves plainlatch and deadlatch applications. Handle Type is listed as Deadbolt and the function is a deadbolt strike plate, so it is the box-side plate the bolt throws into, not the lock itself.

Radius corner is exactly what the 83796 is. If your existing jamb mortise was cut by a router or a factory prep, the corners are rounded and this plate seats in it directly. If the old plate had square corners, the pocket was chiseled square and a radius plate will leave a small gap at each corner unless you square the plate or fill the corners. For a square-corner prep, the Emtek 83223 Standard Deadbolt Strike Plate is a square-corner plate instead.

The 83796 is a residential-rated part. For a multi-family unit entry, a rental house, or a single-family door it is the right class of hardware. If you are specifying for a commercial opening under a hardware schedule, or a fire-rated door assembly, this is not the plate for that job and you should be looking at commercial strike hardware instead.

No. An ASA prep in a hollow metal frame is a taller cutout than a residential strike covers, and the 83796 is a residential plate. For an ASA prepped frame, the Codelocks ASA Strike Plate in stainless steel is the part cut for that opening.

The Deltana SP2753 is a steel deadbolt strike plate measuring 2-3/4 inches by 1-1/4 inches, so you can lay out the jamb from the stated face dimensions before cutting. The Kwikset 83796 covers the same deadbolt strike function in a radius corner full lip form. If your layout is driven by the plate footprint, order to the Deltana dimensions; if it is driven by matching an existing rounded mortise, the Kwikset radius corner is the one that seats.

No. The Codelocks ASA strike plate is an ASA-series strike in stainless steel, an ASA-format prep that is a different jamb cutout from a residential deadbolt strike. The Kwikset 83796 is a radius corner full lip strike for residential deadbolt applications. They look similar as flat steel plates but they are not interchangeable in the same jamb prep - order the ASA plate only when the opening was prepped for ASA.

The lip on the 83796 is the tab that wraps out of the mortise and over the jamb face toward the stop. It gives the latch a ramp to ride up on as the door closes, and it protects the wood edge of the jamb from being chewed by the latch over thousands of closings. A flat plate with no lip has no ramp, which is fine for a deadbolt that only throws with the door already shut but rough on a spring latch.

Four finishes: Satin Chrome, Satin Nickel, Bright Brass, and Matte Black. Match the plate to the deadbolt and knob you already have on the door rather than to the door itself, since the strike sits inches from the lock trim and a mismatch reads immediately. Satin Nickel is the usual pair for a Kwikset satin nickel deadbolt, Bright Brass for a polished brass one.

For a fleet of residential unit doors, the 83796 radius corner strike works as a standard part as long as your jambs are radius prepped. Buying it in a single finish across the building means one part number for maintenance carts and no guessing at a callout. The four finishes let you split by building or by trim package if your units are not all the same.

The Kwikset 83796 radius corner full lip strike comes in Satin Chrome, Matte Black, Bright Brass, and Satin Nickel, so a property manager standardizing deadbolt hardware across a set of doors can match most common residential trim finishes from one part number. The Codelocks ASA strike plate is offered in stainless steel, and the Deltana SP2753 is a steel deadbolt strike - both are single-finish choices where the Kwikset carries a four-finish range.

Both are deadbolt strike plates and both mount to the jamb behind the deadbolt bolt. The Emtek 83223 is a standard strike with square corners. The Kwikset 83796 is a radius corner full lip strike, so the corners are rounded and the plate carries a full lip that wraps the jamb edge. Choose by what the door frame is already routed for and whether the opening needs a lipped plate.

The 83796 is sold as the strike plate itself. On an exterior door, standard short strike screws only bite the jamb, so most installers swap in 3 inch screws that reach past the jamb into the framing stud behind it. That is what actually resists a kick, not the plate alone. Pick those up separately with the plate.