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Griz44Mag

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Can anyone identify the manufacturer of this lock?
I have scoured all the pics on the net that I can find and there are a few that have a close resemblance to the shape, but not the decoration or hammer.
This is an auction rifle and I would love to add it to my growing collection.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/znUquqoixhGrmdTG2
 
Bingo! Thank you..
The story behind this is that it was a kit gun, and the assembler polished off everything that identified it, numbers, brand, caliber, everything. The assembler is now deceased, and nobody has (had) a clue as to what it really is. A specific search for Spanish guns has turned up very few, the lock is made the same, but without the embossing and only one I find has the fancy hammer. Any idea of a worth, is $200 or $250 too much to offer? Overall, the rifle and stock is is very good condition.
 
Must be a very early Spanish import. The later ones had powder drums instead. If he did a real good job putting the kit together I would say $200 tops but probably less. Hard to tell from the one photo.
 
I'd actually pass,
The internals of those locks where/are of a "stirrup" design,, there's an extra little linkage between the tumbler and a "hooked" main leaf spring.
I had one in a H&A pistol years back and the leaf spring was darn near too weak to set off a cap.
Spare parts are impossible to find so fabricating or customizing random parts is the only way to make any repairs.
That breech design had some problems too but only in rifles that where grossly overloaded and poorly cared for,
(they can all fail when that happens)

Yep, I'd save my money for something different,,
I'd even get an olde Jukar Kentucky again before I'd get that lock and breech set-up in a rifle.
(at least you can still get parts)
 
I have that exact same lock and hammer on an old CVA/ Jukar pistol. The bolster breach is the same also. I think I would pass on the rifle, if that is what you’re looking at. :idunno:
 
This is why I come here. I appreciate the feedback and the valuable information. I will pass on this and keep looking. This may also be why "the price is right" on this rifle.
I am looking to add a smaller "varmint" long barrel to my fledgling collection. So far I have a .50, .54 and .58. Thus far I have not shot the .58, but next weekend I will have the time to put it through the paces and get some load data.
Once more, thank you to the enlightenment. This is getting to be way too much fun...
Griz
 
leaf spring was darn near too weak to set off a cap.

I've seen that many times with the imports. I had a 'fix' that makes real gunsmiths cringe. :doh: I would wedge a hunk of leather into the 'v' end of the mainspring. This added some power but stressed the leaf. However, I never had a mainspring break after doing this and one lasted me several years until I sold the rifle.
 
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