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Newguy

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Hello all have a friend that got a 50 Lancaster with a chambers large siler lock single set trigger. Issue is lack of consistent fire. You can hear hammer click but doesn’t fire the cock. But if you reset trigger it will fire on second pull. It did work 4-5 times correctly after issue was found,but then returned back to original problem. I do not know the maker but it is a very nice rifle. And I’m a double trigger man myself so I have zero knowledge on the subject. Thanks everyone for any information.
 
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If you could get us a pic of that trigger someone here will know what it is. I think that'd be the first step in getting some insight on the problem.
 
A single set trigger may work best if set before taking to half-cock. They generally only fire when set (unlike the 2 trigger set where it fires set or unset) so the trigger unset may be putting slight pressure on the arm of the sear.
 
A single set trigger may work best if set before taking to half-cock. They generally only fire when set (unlike the 2 trigger set where it fires set or unset) so the trigger unset may be putting slight pressure on the arm of the sear.
So I thought the same thing when it first happened, that there had to be a little “trick” to it. But we tried before after and at half-cock. It really blew me away.
 
A single set trigger may work best if set before taking to half-cock. They generally only fire when set (unlike the 2 trigger set where it fires set or unset) so the trigger unset may be putting slight pressure on the arm of the sear.
Thank you sir
 
You may have a wood clearance problem. If the cock does not go back far enough to let the fly slide in front of the sear you will get a half cock hang up, which will break something.
 
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