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I am attemting to make my Belgium made double barrel that I bought a couple of days ago, as a wallhanger, into a shooter. After a good inspection everything looked good but both locks are missing. I found a pair of locks on Ebay, also very reasonable (cheap) and have them on the way. The locks are complete, except no cocks/hammers, and probably no screws. A buddy that knows, and has actually built several guns, just told me that I can probably find, or make, the cocks/hammers but the screws that retain them onto the square shaft of the tumbler might be a problem. He says the thread pitch & size are often an odd, impossible size to find. How true is that? Am I worrying now about a non-issue?
 
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Sorry, I just realized that I asked this question last night in on of my earlier threads.
 
I am attemting to make my Belgium made double barrel that I bought a couple of days ago, as a wallhanger, into a shooter. After a good inspection everything looked good but both locks are missing. I found a pair of locks on Ebay, also very reasonable (cheap) and have them on the way. The locks are complete, except no cocks/hammers, and probably no screws. A buddy that knows, and has actually built several guns, just told me that I can probably find, or make, the cocks/hammers but the screws that retain them onto the square shaft ight be a problem. He says the thread pitch & size are often an odd, impossible size to find. How true is that? Am I worrying now about a non-issue?
It is what it is and nothing happens until it happens. The Belgians were pretty well known for making excellent shotguns, so it's likely they used some sort of standard pitch/threads. It might be European so metric, but it won't be custom to your gun only. You have a pretty good chance of eventually having a working SxS.

Of course, when finished ..., we need photos!

Signed,
Loyalist Dave,
President of The Living Vicariously Society, LTD
 
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