I've recently come back into posession of a Lancaster flinter that was built ~30 years ago. The gun was the first build by the maker for "Bouncer" who just recently joined the forum. The gun changed hands a couple times, bouncer to me, me to a mutual friend, back to Bouncer, who retained it for the last ~26 yrs.
I'd forgotten that the trigger(s) had to be set prior to cocking.
Investigation of the lock, an R.E. Davis/Siler, revealed that the sear bar had been ground to almost half of it's thickness. I placed a Brass tube over the bar to replicate full thickness, but still couldn't get the bar to set the trigger(s) when cocking. I did discover that the differance in thickness changed the quick trip release by "touching" the front trigger to having to pull the the front trigger to push the rear trigger bar into the sear. I removed the Brass tube, sat down and stared at it for awhile.
I can't set the triggers by cocking the lock, and I can't replace the half ground sear without giving up the quick release. The rear trigger bar is only ~3/16" thick and I'm hesitant to grind it down to gain the distance to allow the "snap" to trip the sear.
All of the owners have shot this rifle well, so the option of learning to live with it is not that difficult of a choice.
Waddya' suggest....?
R
I'd forgotten that the trigger(s) had to be set prior to cocking.
Investigation of the lock, an R.E. Davis/Siler, revealed that the sear bar had been ground to almost half of it's thickness. I placed a Brass tube over the bar to replicate full thickness, but still couldn't get the bar to set the trigger(s) when cocking. I did discover that the differance in thickness changed the quick trip release by "touching" the front trigger to having to pull the the front trigger to push the rear trigger bar into the sear. I removed the Brass tube, sat down and stared at it for awhile.
I can't set the triggers by cocking the lock, and I can't replace the half ground sear without giving up the quick release. The rear trigger bar is only ~3/16" thick and I'm hesitant to grind it down to gain the distance to allow the "snap" to trip the sear.
All of the owners have shot this rifle well, so the option of learning to live with it is not that difficult of a choice.
Waddya' suggest....?
R