erhunter
45 Cal.
I am thinking of upgrading my original Lyman Trade Rifle's coil spring lock with an L&R RPL Lock for flint, Model #05. Will this RPL fit my rifle and is the $190 for the L&R worth it?
Thank you Grimord for your reply! Do you think all of the wood removal makes the receiver to weak?They are not drop in fits. It will require some wood removal, and in your case considerable wood removal because the L&R locks have leaf springs, and the Lyman lock has a coil spring. I have done a few conversions and fount the locks to be of better quality, and better sparkers.
Thank you for your humble and honest reply!There was a time when I was blessed with more money than I needed. I went ahead and bought an RPL lock for my GPR flint kit even before starting assembly. It certainly locks nicer that the lock that came with the kit. However, though I still have a decent income im now making big house payments and other bills so many of us have to deal with, and I'd think twice about buying the RPL for an ordinary rifle. If you're feeling flush, go for it, but if you think for a minute it might be stretching the budget then hold off and put the money into a nicer rifle, maybe on you build from scratch.
Just installed one in a Lyman GPR. Anything but drop in. Don’t mind the wood removal required, but the wood replacement is a PIA. The RPL lock plate did not match the Lyman. Larger in some areas, smaller in others. Is that a gap between the back of the lock plate and the stock on your TC, or just a camera thing?Here is my Renegade RPL lock installation, I think it looks better than the original TC lock and...... that is a allen wrench hole in the liner, not a giant touchhole.
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Debating how to fill the similar small gaps in couple places between the lock and wood on the GPR I recently installed a RPL lock in. The RPLs are good locks, but the sloppy lock plate fit to the factory mortise with TC and Lyman stocks is irritating for a so called ‘drop in’.What looks like a gap in the back of the lock plate is, it is filled with walnut shims that are a little rougher than the surrounding wood and my extra clear camera caught them.
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