tuneing the lock?
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Doc Arroyo
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Since I am not a professional writer, I would bow to the efforts of The Gunsmith of Grenville County . But in a nutshell, a lock with a one position sear, that is smoothed and polished to reduce friction is a well tuned lock. :imo:
Some folks would say that Jim Chamber's locks meet this criteria off the shelf, and from the last two that I got, I can't argue. Much much better than the L&R and Cochran locks that I bought 15 years ago! :thumbsup:
Some folks would say that Jim Chamber's locks meet this criteria off the shelf, and from the last two that I got, I can't argue. Much much better than the L&R and Cochran locks that I bought 15 years ago! :thumbsup:
Those are rare who understand the full geometry of a flintlock. To supposedly match the balance of the mainspring to the frizzen spring. However, One can look inside the lock plate and detect where the s moving parts are rubbing on it, then remove material (from spring, tumbler, sear)until there is no friction there, and darn little elsewhere. I polish the mainspring where it contacts the tumbler, the tumbler where it contacts the mainspring, tumbler axels, hole in the plate. don't know how much that helps, but that's about all I can do. Don :winking:
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If you remove a properly tuned lock from the gun, and trip the sear with the lock in your hand, the lock should not "jump" when the hammer falls. There should be no preceptable jar of the action.
The single position trigger is "out of fashion" at this point of time. It is almost impossible to get all of the parts lined up to accomplish single positioning and allow all of the set trigger components, springs and lockwork to actually be balanced. Most builders have decided they would rather have a good trigger than a mediocre one that returns to the same spot at half and full cock.
The single position trigger is a "modern innovation", almost unheard of on origional guns. They just wern't that picky.
Other opinions may vary, to each his own.
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The single position trigger is "out of fashion" at this point of time. It is almost impossible to get all of the parts lined up to accomplish single positioning and allow all of the set trigger components, springs and lockwork to actually be balanced. Most builders have decided they would rather have a good trigger than a mediocre one that returns to the same spot at half and full cock.
The single position trigger is a "modern innovation", almost unheard of on origional guns. They just wern't that picky.
Other opinions may vary, to each his own.
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That is one of the things I love about this sport. The idea of "out of fashion" and the differing opinions of what the old timers did.
My expeience on original is rather limited. I have only diassembled, restored or shot and clean about 15 original guns. Of them, about 10 had one position sears! But they were the higher quality guns of the bunch. I don't know if they worked hard at getting the single position sear, or if their patterns just happened to get them there, but the single position sear is not a "modern innovation".
That is one of the things I love about this sport. The idea of "out of fashion" and the differing opinions of what the old timers did.
My expeience on original is rather limited. I have only diassembled, restored or shot and clean about 15 original guns. Of them, about 10 had one position sears! But they were the higher quality guns of the bunch. I don't know if they worked hard at getting the single position sear, or if their patterns just happened to get them there, but the single position sear is not a "modern innovation".
