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Hello all,
determined to get going for next fall, I took my Pedersoli Bess out today for a few shots. I installed a fresh flint, loaded, primed, and made ready for the shot. The Cock seemed to stop as the flint hit the frizzen, and then went on down, setting of the priming and main charge. A serious "hang fire", and my shot went way low. This kept happening, but it seemed fine during dry firing, until it finally caught on the half cock notch one time when i tried to fire it again.
The trigger pull now seems lighter, and the half cock notch has suffered a bit of a burr on the edge. The nose of the sear is somewhat rounded and shiny.
I've had this gun for about a year or so. The previous owner had done several modifications. I have already straightened the barrel that was bent, and removed the brazed on rear sight. Now, it appears that the lock has some significant issues. he had told me that the trigger had been worked on.
I haven't really looked at it too closely,'til now, as the lock seemed to be working fine. Now, it is not! The lock plate has a bend in it. The bridle for the tumbler has a badly over sized hole, when the bridle screw is tightened down it binds the tumbler. I'll check the lock plate holes this weekend after disassembling the lock fully. I'm guessing there will be issues there also.
The tumbler looks OK, other than the burr from the sear nose hitting the half cock notch. The full cock notch appears to have the correct angle, but maybe is too shallow now. perhaps the sear nose is at fault.
Where to begin?
Dis assemble, straighten lockplate?
Clean up sear nose, re harden?
Could I buy a tumbler casting from Track and make that work as a replacement?
If the lockplate has an over sized tumbler hole, should I try and make a new tumbler? A new plate?
I'm guessing a Chambers lock with the over sized plate would not work,as i suppose the geometry of my Bess's trigger and touch hole would not make that feasible.
I could buy a tumbler and sear from Dixie. I wonder if their bridle would be a precision fit though. I'm guessing it would be better than what I have now.
I also doubt that there are any drop in locks that would fit, other than a Pedersoli? I don't want to spring for $200 for one of those. Unless that is my only option.
Thanks for wading through this. Any help would be appreciated. I do have access to a lathe, and heat treating options at work.
BTW, I have decided to try bending the stock at some point, as opposed to buying a replacement stock.
take care,
Tom
determined to get going for next fall, I took my Pedersoli Bess out today for a few shots. I installed a fresh flint, loaded, primed, and made ready for the shot. The Cock seemed to stop as the flint hit the frizzen, and then went on down, setting of the priming and main charge. A serious "hang fire", and my shot went way low. This kept happening, but it seemed fine during dry firing, until it finally caught on the half cock notch one time when i tried to fire it again.
The trigger pull now seems lighter, and the half cock notch has suffered a bit of a burr on the edge. The nose of the sear is somewhat rounded and shiny.
I've had this gun for about a year or so. The previous owner had done several modifications. I have already straightened the barrel that was bent, and removed the brazed on rear sight. Now, it appears that the lock has some significant issues. he had told me that the trigger had been worked on.
I haven't really looked at it too closely,'til now, as the lock seemed to be working fine. Now, it is not! The lock plate has a bend in it. The bridle for the tumbler has a badly over sized hole, when the bridle screw is tightened down it binds the tumbler. I'll check the lock plate holes this weekend after disassembling the lock fully. I'm guessing there will be issues there also.
The tumbler looks OK, other than the burr from the sear nose hitting the half cock notch. The full cock notch appears to have the correct angle, but maybe is too shallow now. perhaps the sear nose is at fault.
Where to begin?
Dis assemble, straighten lockplate?
Clean up sear nose, re harden?
Could I buy a tumbler casting from Track and make that work as a replacement?
If the lockplate has an over sized tumbler hole, should I try and make a new tumbler? A new plate?
I'm guessing a Chambers lock with the over sized plate would not work,as i suppose the geometry of my Bess's trigger and touch hole would not make that feasible.
I could buy a tumbler and sear from Dixie. I wonder if their bridle would be a precision fit though. I'm guessing it would be better than what I have now.
I also doubt that there are any drop in locks that would fit, other than a Pedersoli? I don't want to spring for $200 for one of those. Unless that is my only option.
Thanks for wading through this. Any help would be appreciated. I do have access to a lathe, and heat treating options at work.
BTW, I have decided to try bending the stock at some point, as opposed to buying a replacement stock.
take care,
Tom