Yes sir I would agree with that, but looking for who built the lock? A siler to my understanding (perhaps I’m wrong??) is a style not who made it seems most everyone makes a siler lock Davis,L&R, etc but not sure who made this one. That’s why I posted pics of the “makers mark” on the inside of the lock. Looks to be a fish. Also the small letters. Just seeing if anyone has seen a lock marked in such a way before?
Siler was the company that made the lock Chambers bought them out in the 90's. From the beginning you could buy the lock finished or as a kit of rough castings. They sold a lot of kits so the quality of the finished locks varies depending on who put it together. From the pictures you posted I would say this was a kit and whoever put it together didn't do much of anything cleaning up the rough casting that come in the kit. Definitely not anything that Bud Siler or Jim Chambers would have sold as a finished lock. You might want to check the Tumbler and the Sear to make sure they have been Hardened. I bought one years ago from a guy at Friendship that was supposed to have been a finished lock but turned out nothing had been hardened.
