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Yesterday I purchased a very old and very used 32-cal muzzleloader with a 39-inch barrel measured from the muzzle to the beginning of the tang.
The only name on it is on the lock.
C. Bird Co
Philada
Warranted
The cock is sheared off of the tumbler.
The main spring is very weak.
Will silver brazing be strong enough for the repair?
Can the main spring be brought back to life?
The tumbler looks like someone tried to repair it with a torch and ??
That's probably why the main spring is weak.
Any help will be appreciated.
I have no clue how to post a picture.
 
After researching C Bird Co, It was a lock making Co in Philadelphia from 1812 to 1820
and their locks were used on the Kentucky rifle.
The lock looks similar to the one found on the CVA Mountain rifle.
 
[Okawbow.
Can you post a few pictures of the lock?
Thanks

OkawbowQUOTE="okawbow, post: 2202489, member: 22944"]
Your best bet would be to try and find a replacement spring and tumbler. I have an old lock which might possibly work. Many of the hardware store locks were made in England for American companies, and were similar.
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Is this anything like yours?
 

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Back to the unknown percussion rifle.
After a very long session of brushing the bore and swabbing. The bore was slugged
the measurements are, the land is .285 and the groove is .300, which is very close to 7mm
What dates did the first rifles, designed for percussion caps, appear?
The lock was made between 1812 /1820 and could have been a flintlock converted to percussion.
Any ideas?
In the meantime, I have to figure out how to post pictures of this rifle.
 
Percussion locks started to make their way onto new rifles in the early 1830's, with makers in NY state among the first to use them.

If your lock needs repair you can send it to the gunsmith at The Log Cabin in Lodi OH, where they can repair/rebuild your lock at reasonable cost. I have had them rebuild a few locks for me over the years and was always happy with their work.
 
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I'd be careful with this one... it IS going to be a project! If somebody took a torch to it.... well, let's just say that is not a good thing. Springs can be hardened and re-tempered, but getting a replacement spring that can be re-shaped is probably going to be easier and cheaper. No, silver soldering is NOT going to be strong enough for that type of repair. New parts are probably in order... if you can find 'em.

Personally, bearing in mind that I have not even seen a picture yet, I would clean it, glue the broken cock on with hot glue, oil it up and hang it on a wall somewhere. Any kind of effective repair is likely to cost you more than the rifle is worth, even if you do most of the work yourself.

Then there is the possibility of a catastrophic breech failure. The use of a torch on rifles makes me very nervous.
 

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