Greetings. I'm trying to pair up a Davis "Trade Gun" lock with a pretty wide barrel...1 1/4" at the breech, if I recall (shame on me for sending this from work, where I can't re-measure the barrel!). However, the lock's mainspring hits the lower side flat of the barrel when I try to place the lock in the correct position beside the barrel...which tells me that this barrel is probably too big for the lock. Of course, I can move the lock down, but this would place my touchhole in the lower half of the barrel flat.
I seem to recall that grinding the width of the mainspring is a bad thing to do. How do y'all handle this problem...lower the position of the lock, narrow the mainspring, or get a bigger lock?
Fortunately, this project is in the planning stages. I've cut no wood, and I already had the Davis lock on hand.
I seem to recall that grinding the width of the mainspring is a bad thing to do. How do y'all handle this problem...lower the position of the lock, narrow the mainspring, or get a bigger lock?
Fortunately, this project is in the planning stages. I've cut no wood, and I already had the Davis lock on hand.