Hammer gets stuck on the half ****: diagnosis?

[ChuckJonesWagon]

I would "score" the trigger plate where the tip of the fullcock notch tip rest when at full ****. (See the arrow in your pic below). Then as you pull the hammer back from the resting position, see if the halfcock notch tip "covers up" that score. If so, some filing of the halfcock notch tip would be in order.

This may take a few "file the tip", reassemble, try, file the tip, etc, etc.

 

[duca]

Ckock

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Half Coke. Not quite thirsty...

 

[Harry Marinakis]

Wow! Stops at half **** from full ****. I've never seen a lock without a fly. Wondered how to **** and fire a rifle without a fly.
Must be frustrating to pull a hammer from un **** through half **** to full **** only to have the hammer fall to half **** when you pull the trigger.
That's a big problem with all those **** positions.

 

[waksupi]

That lock is so crudely made, I would start by just smoothing up the parts and see what that does. It looks like a lot of slop between the tumbler and bridle. When things aren't properly fit in the first place, it is a crap shoot.

 

[sturmkatze]

They have the profanity filter on. Someone went a bit overboard on the words it changes.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Cockaroony.

 

[Rudyard]

REALLY !! ?! Very interesting ! Could you tell me more ? Much more ! I dont know anything about Muzzleloaders but they look SO neato ! An offending fly ! Thank you so much for telling me all this great information ...Accident causing flies !! Sounds horrible ! WOW ! ... Plz tell me more ! Thank you !

I could be wrong but I sense your takeing the Micheal ?. The fly or 'detent ' was a contrivence to prevent the scear nose catching the half 'bent' ( There got round the auto sencers **** )
Rudyard

 

[Rudyard]

Just as a n aside. an Australian f0rum that I used to visit before being banned, would automatically change ‘weapons’ to ‘rifles.
The joke was to type something along the lines of
“The Roman legions which invaded Britain had very practical weapons . . .’’ which got changed to ‘’, , ,very practical rifles . . .’’

Clearly they don't call you the' Wild Colonial Boy 'for nothing .My ineptitude with tying knots got me Cashiered from the Boy Scouts .
Stretching the elastic in the truth department . Rudyard

 

[Rudyard]

I would "score" the trigger plate where the tip of the fullcock notch tip rest when at full ****. (See the arrow in your pic below). Then as you pull the hammer back from the resting position, see if the halfcock notch tip "covers up" that score. If so, some filing of the halfcock notch tip would be in order.

This may take a few "file the tip", reassemble, try, file the tip, etc, etc.


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Flintlocks don't have' hammers' there called 'cocks ' if some call them xxxx.s which happens when machines take over from common sense .
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