I bought this antique rifle more than a decade ago. The hammer was missing from the rifle and I suspected the tumbler was damaged too. When I got it I saw the tumbler was broken off and that's when I put it I put it into a longrifle sock and into the corner it sat. This is what it looked like when I received it:
this is the inside view of the lock area:
You can see that this rifle was never a flintlock because there is no touch hole in the side of the barrel, but was made originally as a percussion gun. On converted guns there is a brass pan that is cut off and a brass insert put into the pan trough. This gun has no markings on the plate and there is no filled in brass pan on the lock plate. The barrel tang is stamped 1844.
About a month ago I decided to make a new tumbler for the lock and a new hammer for it too. I turned a new tumbler and over about 2 weeks made a suitable replacement. Then I printed out a lock on my printer and reduced it to size. I cut a piece of steel about 5" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" and transferred the design on to it. I've been cutting, shaping and welding on this piece and have wound up with this:
later, Mike
this is the inside view of the lock area:
You can see that this rifle was never a flintlock because there is no touch hole in the side of the barrel, but was made originally as a percussion gun. On converted guns there is a brass pan that is cut off and a brass insert put into the pan trough. This gun has no markings on the plate and there is no filled in brass pan on the lock plate. The barrel tang is stamped 1844.
About a month ago I decided to make a new tumbler for the lock and a new hammer for it too. I turned a new tumbler and over about 2 weeks made a suitable replacement. Then I printed out a lock on my printer and reduced it to size. I cut a piece of steel about 5" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" and transferred the design on to it. I've been cutting, shaping and welding on this piece and have wound up with this:
later, Mike
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