1777 Charleville: How to remove trigger?

[John Spartan]

How to remove a Pedersoli 1777 trigger?
Have the tools and experience with disassembling (and reassembling!) most muskets and modern firearms...when I have a bit of prior knowledge. Can disassemble my musket totally, including the lock, but cannot find anything on removing the trigger assembly itself. Before I go in blind I thought I would “Hail Mary” here in the knowledge pool. Tried a internet search and could not find a step-by-step on how its done - everything else but not the trigger.
Anyone have a link or something? TIA!

 

[Grenadier1758]

Looking at the Pedersoli exploded parts diagram (see below), the trigger and trigger guard are pinned to the stock.

S258.XLS (davide-pedersoli.com)

You will likely have to remove the lock to gain access to the pins holding the trigger in place. Take care on removing pins to prevent tear out of the wood around the pins. The drawing implies that the pins are installed from the side plate side and should be removed by being driven from the lock plate side.

 

[John Spartan]

Excellent. I had studied that diagram and had wondered about the direction of the pins as some more modern guns (not on any muzzleloaders that I am aware of) are tapered for install/removal in a certain direction.
Your logic sounds good and I will precede from there. Thanks!

 

[Grenadier1758]

@John Spartan, do read @dave_person's description on removing a barrel from a Brown Bess stock in the thread below. All those concerns about how to remove pins are applicable for any pinned barrel too stock.

Brown Bess Update/More Questions re cleaning | The Muzzleloading Forum

 

[John Spartan]

Perfect! I shall and bookmark it too. Can never know too much. Thanks again.