At a recent gun show I bought a used DGW Tennessee Mountain Rifle in Left hand percussion. The rifle looked to be in good shape and the price was decent so I got it. Once a more thorough inspection was done I realized that the lock would not hold at half cock. this was due to the lock's tumbler being chipped where the sear should catch. DGW did have the replacement parts (surprising since the gun went out of production 20 years ago). Parts ordered and problem solved.....not so much. The tumbler and sear that I received were slightly different. So much so that the main spring would not stay on with the hammer forward ( flying mainsprings are a bad thing right? :wink: ) So now I am just going to replace the entire lock. It looks like poor quality locks were a regular problem with this gun.
So here is where I turn to you guys to see if anyone has replaced one of there locks and what model worked with the least amount of modification? I would like to salvage this rifle if at all possible.
So here is where I turn to you guys to see if anyone has replaced one of there locks and what model worked with the least amount of modification? I would like to salvage this rifle if at all possible.