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I am wanting to upgrade the lock on my lyman trade rifle flintlock. Something smoother and faster, It must be a drop in as I am not good at inletting. Any suggestion as to brand?
Wayne
 
I put one (L&R) on my TC and I would say it is much more than a little inletting. It goes completly through to the barrel channel in places. L&R says that is OK but I don't think I will put any more on a TC. Your Lyman may be different, however.
 
Wayf,
I know it seems like a much less expensive way to have a gonne with a better lock on it. But IMHO a production gun is a production gun is a... Think about saving for a nice semi custom gun that comes with a nice slick lock to begin with. Even if it takes you a while it will be worth it. you will be glad you did it in the end. Just my thoughts.
volatpluvia
 
wayf said:
I am wanting to upgrade the lock on my lyman trade rifle flintlock. Something smoother and faster, It must be a drop in as I am not good at inletting. Any suggestion as to brand?
Wayne
Ya know, I used to think that all the time too. But you'll be throwing a hunderd bucks at the same gun. Them coil spring locks work just fine.
What ya can do for free (cost free) is take your current lock apart, polish the barring surfaces, clean and lube everything , tighten the screws proper,maybe do the same thing to the trigger,,and ya know what? the lock ya got will likley work just as fast as any after market drop in that can be bought :wink:
 
Thanks guys! I will most likely rework my lock on the lymans. Sure glad I found this site a few years ago as I have learned so much.
Wayne
 
necchi-

i agree wholeheartedly... one of the problems of a factory made anything is that there are inevitable compromises in internal finish, unless you're in the very upper end of the price range (say, Steyer SSG). so, if you have a production lock, you can't go wrong with a little judicious cleaning and polishing - i say judicious because you don't want to polish out the hardened part of the sear or make changes to angles or anything like that. same for the trigger.

that way, you've invested nothing but some of your time and a small bit of materials, rather than going out and buying a whole new lock.

just one guy's opinion.
 
MSW said:
necchi-i agree wholeheartedly...
that way, you've invested nothing but some of your time and a small bit of materials, rather than going out and buying a whole new lock


Thank you,,it kinda like old school race motors, you could take a stock motor and have it ported, polished and printed. "Printed" ment bringing it to blue print specs',,standard production parts had looser tolerances and stamping marks or lacked the finish work.
All I use is a fine india stone with oil or spit fer lube to do the finish work. I try to keep the proper angle,(aka:flat) so parts still ride without binding or tipping. Just rub slowly whilst yer watchin TV till the parts shine, then warsh'm real good,dry'm dry,,put some oil on'm, an TA'DA'', VIOLA',, you have just done more to "tune" a lock than 90% of those that say their "lock-n-trigger don't work very well"'"what should I do?" :hatsoff:
But here's my secret, that's OK, "cause I like shooting better than 90% of'm" :haha: :thumbsup:
 
I really have no idea what your talking about.
But i'll not take the bait..
Sorry if you find offence, or mis-understood.
:v friend
I didn't infer that aynone has too like anything.
Perhaps more of your posts should be about topics instead of personal issues. I thank you for your opinion though. I'll save this thread for future refrance. We can all learn here, even guy's with thousands of post's, if they have an open mind. :v
 
Read your own post. It is obvious you like shooting muzzle loaders--that's good. Your last line is the problem. How can you know how much 90% of the shooters like muzzleloaders? Maybe you don't like it better than they do. Maybe that's a load of nonsense. Maybe someone once insulted your rifle, and since it is a commonly available production gun you felt diminished and are trying to make yourself feel better by bragging that you like shooting better than 90% of the rest of us. Or perhaps you are just easy to please. Don't know. Maybe in the throes of your orgasmic joy over your superior love of muzzleloading you simply forgot to finish your post? Sort of "writus interruptus?" Keep smilin' and keep on enjoyin' that rifle. :v
 
trucker said:
:v: :rotf: :surrender:

Trucker! Ol' Dude! :thumbsup: Good to hear from you!!! :snore: Wassup? :grin: Good thing they have all these Smilies and such, huh? :) Otherwise you'd have to learn to spell words and use punctuation and form coherent sentences instead of just picking out symbols. Ain't modern life great? :rotf: I'll bet you like muzzleloading better than 90% of the rest of us too, right? Too bad they don't have a Smilie for that, huh good buddy? :blah:
 
It sure does, if that's what he meant. Although, how he could possibly know how well 90% of us shoot is still beyond me and it does make him out to be something of a braggart. A huge one. I believe I liked it better the other way, now that I think of it! :rotf:
 
Russ T Frizzen said:
trucker said:
:v: :rotf: :surrender:

Trucker! Ol' Dude! :thumbsup: Good to hear from you!!! :snore: Wassup? :grin: Good thing they have all these Smilies and such, huh? :) Otherwise you'd have to learn to spell words and use punctuation and form coherent sentences instead of just picking out symbols. Ain't modern life great? :rotf: I'll bet you like muzzleloading better than 90% of the rest of us too, right? Too bad they don't have a Smilie for that, huh good buddy? :blah:
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you attitude is unnecessary, i really feel pity for people like you ,
 
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