Perhaps, but this means you can auto-attempt a lock as many times as you want without your pick breaking. You don’t even need to interact with the minigame if you don’t want to.

7 Days To Die has different attributes, but based on your playstyle, ... You will begin picking the lock, which will take 19.2 seconds without any investment in the Lock Picking skill.

Miss, and it will drop, break your lock pick, and any other tumblers you already managed to raise will also drop. It's quite harsh, no doubt about it. The trick, in a way, is to "juggle" the springs.