Lock of the Cherry Stocked Muzzle Loader

Here's some pictures of the unfinished lock.

It needs the left side plate and hammer stop block.
Sear spring fits around the trigger but not touching significantly.

Lock shown at half-cock.

 There is no trigger spring, yet.




 Full-cock below.

Side Plate is 1/8 inch thick, rear spring block is 1/4 inch thick and the two are riveted together. 8-32 tap for the hammer spring mounting screw. Spring is cut and made from an old handsaw blade. Sear is made from an old pair of worn out slip joint pliers, probably older than me. Sear spring fits into a hole in the hammer spring block and is music wire 0.040 inch diameter. There is a slight notch across the top of the sear to help keep the spring centered.

Hammer at rest or "just touching the nipple".

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