Doug's lock
This afternoon was spent doing some repair work on a few locks and a pistol.
Of particular note was Doug H's lock. It is off of one of the early 3rd models, back when they were 2-2 1/2 lbs heavier with a bunch of extra wood on the forend. The lock needed the frizzen rehardened (back then they were using a lower carbon steel) and some general tuning. It was acting weird, the frizzen was hanging up even after I reshaped the bearing surface (where it rides against the spring). My next thought was that perhaps the frizzen screw was too tight because there was a Ted Cash type flashguard mounted on it. I loosened it to no avail.
Hmmmm....what could it be? I looked closer as i snapped the lock and found the problem. There was a burr raised up on the end of the mainspring screw that the frizzen spring was hanging up on partway through it's arc. Just that little bit of hesitation was all that was needed to make the frizzen slow down enough to "stall" if you will. Odd, first time I've seen that one.
I polished off the burr and it was fine. Now when you snap the lock, it not only snaps sharply, it creates such a shower of sparks that it's like the 4th of July! The sparks actually make a sizzling sound for a second as they burn out.
Sometimes it's the littlest thing that can cause a problem, and you gotta look at it from another angle. That's the fun of this.
On another note, Valentina had a total of four babies. One was apparantly stillborn because she tossed it out of the cage. The other three are thriving and will look like her: white with brown ears. The dead one had plugged nostrils, so it was either stillborn or she didn't know you are supposed to clean them up when they are born. It was probably the first one. On the other hand, she had cleaned it up, but may not have done it right the first time. Practice makes perfect, and I'm sure Lightning (the male) will oblige.
Of particular note was Doug H's lock. It is off of one of the early 3rd models, back when they were 2-2 1/2 lbs heavier with a bunch of extra wood on the forend. The lock needed the frizzen rehardened (back then they were using a lower carbon steel) and some general tuning. It was acting weird, the frizzen was hanging up even after I reshaped the bearing surface (where it rides against the spring). My next thought was that perhaps the frizzen screw was too tight because there was a Ted Cash type flashguard mounted on it. I loosened it to no avail.
Hmmmm....what could it be? I looked closer as i snapped the lock and found the problem. There was a burr raised up on the end of the mainspring screw that the frizzen spring was hanging up on partway through it's arc. Just that little bit of hesitation was all that was needed to make the frizzen slow down enough to "stall" if you will. Odd, first time I've seen that one.
I polished off the burr and it was fine. Now when you snap the lock, it not only snaps sharply, it creates such a shower of sparks that it's like the 4th of July! The sparks actually make a sizzling sound for a second as they burn out.
Sometimes it's the littlest thing that can cause a problem, and you gotta look at it from another angle. That's the fun of this.
On another note, Valentina had a total of four babies. One was apparantly stillborn because she tossed it out of the cage. The other three are thriving and will look like her: white with brown ears. The dead one had plugged nostrils, so it was either stillborn or she didn't know you are supposed to clean them up when they are born. It was probably the first one. On the other hand, she had cleaned it up, but may not have done it right the first time. Practice makes perfect, and I'm sure Lightning (the male) will oblige.
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