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Hello All. This Thread may get moved, but I thought I would first ask those who build/restore guns.
Here is a photo of the typical mainspring and frizzen spring vises offered today that you are all familiar with. The mainspring vise works well for typical French style flintlocks. Also works for snaphaunce, doglocks, etc.
However, the current mainspring vises offered do not work with miquelet style locks with their external mainsprings and extra long end.
So my question is: Has anyone ever seen an original mainspring vise for miquelet style locks ?
I have never even seen a photo of one. There is really nothing about them discussed in either Neil's or Levin's books on Spanish arms. There was only mention in an American Rifleman magazine from a long time ago that Spanish gunsmiths from the period kept a large range of vise sizes for everything from pocket pistols to wall guns. But I've never even seen a photo of one. Wonder where they all went. LOL
I guess you could have one (or more) vises made (?)
But you would at least need a photo of what one looked like. LOL
The Rifle Shoppe offers miquelet locks for sale. So I sent them an email asking them what they use. They would have to use something. LOL But you probably know what the chances are of me getting a response. :haha:
Any help in this regard is most appreciated.
Rick
Here is a photo of the typical mainspring and frizzen spring vises offered today that you are all familiar with. The mainspring vise works well for typical French style flintlocks. Also works for snaphaunce, doglocks, etc.
However, the current mainspring vises offered do not work with miquelet style locks with their external mainsprings and extra long end.
So my question is: Has anyone ever seen an original mainspring vise for miquelet style locks ?
I have never even seen a photo of one. There is really nothing about them discussed in either Neil's or Levin's books on Spanish arms. There was only mention in an American Rifleman magazine from a long time ago that Spanish gunsmiths from the period kept a large range of vise sizes for everything from pocket pistols to wall guns. But I've never even seen a photo of one. Wonder where they all went. LOL
I guess you could have one (or more) vises made (?)
But you would at least need a photo of what one looked like. LOL
The Rifle Shoppe offers miquelet locks for sale. So I sent them an email asking them what they use. They would have to use something. LOL But you probably know what the chances are of me getting a response. :haha:
Any help in this regard is most appreciated.
Rick