Schlage PC53 Series Grade 1 Entrance Cylindrical Lock with Rose

Yes. The PC53 uses the 2-3/4 inch backset and the common cylindrical ANSI 161 door prep, with a no-adjustment chassis that covers a door thickness range of 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches. On a new or existing ANSI 161 prep at 2-3/4 backset, it drops in without chassis adjustment.

The standard strike is the 10-072, a 1-1/4 by 4-7/8 inch square corner ANSI strike with a 1-3/16 inch lip length and a box. If your frame is already prepped for a 4-7/8 inch ANSI strike, the PC53 lands in the same cutout. Frames cut for a smaller T-strike or a round corner strike will need new prep or a different strike.

Yes. The PC Series is fire rated and UL listed for 3-hour fire doors, and it is certified to ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 for both operational and security standards. That combination covers stairwell, corridor, and tenant entry openings in commercial and multifamily buildings.

It is the ANSI F82 Entrance/Office function. The outside lever can be locked or unlocked by key, and turning the inside thumbturn or button locks the outside lever so the door stays secure until someone deliberately unlocks it. The inside lever always retracts the latch for free egress. This is the function property managers use on office suites and tenant doors where staff want to lock up from inside without a key.

Order the B option, SFIC prep less core, and install your own cores. If the building is not keyed yet and the trades need temporary access, the H option ships SFIC prep with a construction core. Full size interchangeable core buildings take J (FSIC less core) or T (FSIC with construction core). P is a conventional cylinder and L is less cylinder if you are supplying your own. Six prep choices in all, so match the one your existing key system already uses.

It is built to suite with the PM Series, PT Series, and ALX Series Grade 2 cylindrical locks, and all PC Series levers suite with Von Duprin exit devices. Six finishes run across every lever and trim: 613 Oil Rubbed Bronze, 619 Satin Nickel, 622 Matte Black, 625 Bright Chrome, 626 Satin Chrome, and 643E Aged Bronze. So you can hold one finish across locks and exit devices on the same floor.

Standard is the patented Everest 29 S123 keyway, which blocks unauthorized key duplication, and Primus is available as a restricted, geographically exclusive upgrade for higher key control. The PC Series is also compatible with over seven non-Schlage key systems, so a building already keyed to another manufacturer can usually stay on its existing system.

The Cal-Royal NM8050 is the nearest match. It is a heavy duty Grade 1 office/entrance mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, and like the PC53 it is a Grade 1 lock with the Entrance/Office function. The PC53 is offered with a 2-3/4 inch backset, eight lever styles including Athens, Rhodes and Sparta, and six finishes from Satin Chrome to Matte Black, while the NM8050 is listed for 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Hager 3850E is a Grade 1 office mortise lock with a lever and escutcheon, non-keyed, on a 2-3/4 inch backset, fitting doors 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inches thick. The Schlage PC53 uses a snap-on wrought brass rose, so the Hager 3850E is the choice when the door prep or the design calls for an escutcheon plate. Both share the 2-3/4 inch backset.

For a storeroom opening, the Accentra 8805FL is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lock with an Arcadia lever from the 8800 Series, and the Cal-Royal NM8080 is a heavy duty Grade 1 storeroom mortise lockset offered with an interchangeable core option for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Schlage PC53 carries the Entrance/Office function, where the latchbolt is retracted by the lever from either side at all times.

The Schlage PC53 is a mechanical lock with no electronic operation. For credential access, the Schlage CO-100 is a standalone electronic mortise lock with a keypad reader, Grade 1 heavy duty, for 1-3/4 inch doors; the Schlage Electronics LEMD-GRW is a Grade 1 ENGAGE Series wireless mortise lock with a 125kHz proximity reader and a 3 hour fire rating; and the TownSteel FME-2000 is a Grade 1 heavy duty mortise lockset with RFID technology for 1-3/4 inch doors.

They are not interchangeable in the same prep. The Baldwin 6301 entry/apartment and 6310 entry/storeroom mortise lock bodies both use a 2-1/2 inch backset, while the Schlage PC53 is built on a 2-3/4 inch backset with the 10-072 1-1/4 inch by 4-7/8 inch square corner ANSI strike. The Baldwin 6301 is listed for doors 1-3/4 inches and over and the 6310 for 1-3/8 inches and over.

No handing to specify. The PC53 is non-handed and field reversible, so one part number covers left and right hand openings. That matters if you are stocking spares for a building with doors swinging both ways.

Eight solid zinc lever designs: Athens (ATH), Boardwalk (BRK), Broadway (BRW), Latitude (LAT), Longitude (LON), Rhodes (RHO), Sparta (SPA), and Tubular (TLR). Style is cosmetic here, the Grade 1 certification and the chassis are the same across all of them, and all six finishes are available across the levers and trims. The rose is a snap-on wrought brass design at 3-11/25 inch diameter, so there are no exposed screws on the face of the door.

Lock monitoring is available, but the mechanical Request to Exit (RX) kits are sold separately, so budget them as a line item alongside the lock. The PC53 itself is a mechanical lock with no electronics built in. If you want the access control in the lock rather than wired back to a panel, look at the Schlage CO-100 standalone electronic mortise lock or the ENGAGE Series LEMD wireless mortise lock instead.

The closest like-for-like is the Cal-Royal NM8050, a heavy duty Grade 1 office/entrance lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, listed for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Hager 3850E is a Grade 1 office function with lever and escutcheon on a 2-3/4 inch backset, but it is non-keyed, so it does not give you the key control the PC53 does. Baldwin's 6301LS is an entry/apartment lever-by-lever lock body but on a 2-1/2 inch backset, which will not land in a 2-3/4 backset prep.

Yes. The PC Series offers eight mechanical functions: four keyed (Entrance, Entrance/Office, Storeroom, Classroom Lock Exterior Lockdown), two non-keyed (Passage latch and Bed/Bath Privacy), and single and double dummy. They share the same chassis, prep, lever styles, and finishes, so you can mix functions across a floor and keep one look. If you need classroom function from another brand, the Cal-Royal NM8070 and the Corbin Russwin ML2003 are both Grade 1 classroom mortise locksets for 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Corbin Russwin ML2003 is a Grade 1 mortise classroom lockset in the ML2000 Series for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Cal-Royal NM8070 is a heavy duty Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, also listed for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Schlage PC53 is an Entrance/Office function lock, so classroom control is a different lock rather than a trim change.

No. The Sargent 4874 is a double cylinder mortise deadbolt in the 4870 Series with a 2-3/4 inch backset - it is a bolt only, with no lever and no latching function. The Schlage PC53 is a lever lock whose latchbolt is retracted by the lever from either side at all times. The two share the 2-3/4 inch backset but serve different roles; a deadbolt would be added alongside a latching lock, not in place of one.

For a passage opening, the Falcon MA101 is a Grade 1 heavy-duty mortise passage lock with field reversible operation and a fire rating, and the Hager 3810S is a Grade 1 passage mortise lock with a rose on a 2-3/4 inch backset for 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inch doors. The Schlage PC53 is field reversible as well and is offered in six cylinder preps including Less Cylinder if you want to add the core later.

For ligature-resistant openings, the TownSteel MRX-L-01 is a Grade 1 heavy duty anti-ligature lever mortise lockset in stainless steel with a passage function for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the MRX-A-01 is the same passage function with satin stainless ligature resistant arch trim. The Schlage PC53 uses standard curved levers in solid zinc across eight styles, which is a conventional lever profile rather than a ligature-resistant one.

Yes. The Sargent 7925 is a Grade 1 heavy duty dormitory exit function mortise lock in the 7900 Series with rose trim and a single cylinder deadbolt, which adds a deadbolt to the opening. The Schlage PC53 is an Entrance/Office function with a latchbolt only, retracted by the lever from either side at all times. If the corridor or dorm spec calls for a deadbolt, the PC53 will not satisfy it.

The Schlage Electronics LEBMB-ADD is a mobile-enabled mortise lock with a push button and LED covering privacy, office and apartment functions, rated Grade 2 with a 3 hour fire rating for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Schlage PC53 is a mechanical Grade 1 Entrance/Office lock with no electronic operation, offered in six cylinder preps from SFIC and FSIC to conventional cylinder and less cylinder.

It is a commercial-rated lock, built for commercial real estate, retail, multifamily, and hospitality. Multifamily apartment entry doors are squarely in its intended use. The Grade 1 rating comes out of cycle, resistance, door impact, warped door, and bolt strength testing, so it holds up under the traffic a leased building sees, which is well beyond what a residential-grade lock is built for.

No, a dummy trim is the right part there. Emtek offers mortise entrance dummy sets including the 3019 Brisbane in brass, the 3102 Memphis, the 3104 Hamilton and the 3106 Manhattan, all dummy function. The Schlage PC53 is an operating Entrance/Office lever lock; its own series also includes single and double dummy functions if you want the PC lever appearance on the inactive leaf.

The Marks USA 5PDN is a Grade 1 hospital passage mortise push/pull paddleset in satin stainless steel, ligature resistant and ADA compliant, from the 195 Series. It replaces lever operation with a paddle. The Schlage PC53 is a lever lock offered in eight lever styles across six finishes, so it suits openings where a standard lever throw is acceptable.