.45 Lancaster

[Eric Krewson]

Could be several things but I am not a good source of info.

You should post your question over at the ALR or ML Forum site, those guys will know the answer right off.

[Parnell]

Ok, thanks Eric.  Will do.

[Eric Krewson]

Have you blacked your sear and seen if it makes any contact with the hole in your lock mortise to accommodate it? I ran into this one time, I though I had everything fitted just right but my lock wouldn't trip, a little black oil lamp soot on the sear showed a surprising amount of wood contact that I needed to remove. Another time I found I didn't drill my sear hole deep enough and my sear was bottoming out in the hole.

[Parnell]

Yes, I had, Eric.  It did turn out to be the trigger levers just needing more filing.  I took it slow and kept checking it and it finally fit properly with being set while also minimizing creep.  It seems real solid now so I am pleased.  Time to pin the trigger guard and then on to the patch box, which is another new thing for me so I am excited to progress in that.

[boxerboxer]

I should know better at this point than to look at this kind of post, now I'm subscribed, and likely to end up doing this myself at some point. Looks great so far!

[Eric Krewson]

Good deal, I filed on a trigger bar or two and later found out I went too far on one and had to add metal back to it. I have done this twice for various reasons but it worked out just fine, I hardened and polished the added metal before I soldered it on the trigger bar the brought it to a mirror finish after I soldered it.

This is a TC trigger I added to;



This is my latest Haines build with the wonky precarve stock. The web under the breech is 3/8", with the trigger installed as high as I could get it and still stay out of the ramrod hole, the trigger bar didn't come close to tripping the sear. I had to add this much metal just to make the trigger work.

[Parnell]

I should know better at this point than to look at this kind of post, now I'm subscribed, and likely to end up doing this myself at some point. Looks great so far!

I hope you do Boxer, I am spectacularly slow but I approach all this as learning, one step at a time, no deadline, etc.  It is a pursuit for enjoyment and to relax.

Thanks for showing me the pictures, Eric.  I like that…work the problem and find a solution.