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Offline hawkeye

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Lock question
« on: September 09, 2019, 08:37:20 PM »
Is the Davis Jaeger lock a good reliable lock

Offline rich pierce

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Re: Lock question
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2019, 08:53:55 PM »
Is the Davis Jaeger lock a good reliable lock

I don’t like it because few mainspring vises safely handle that long mainspring. Also realistically it’s about a 1720 design which could work on an early Hudson Valley fowler or New England fowler it a very early continental rifle. I don’t like to see it on early colonial rifles. Back in the 70s or 80s it was about all there was for real early and I used it then. It was reliable.
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Re: Lock question
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2019, 09:08:58 PM »
I've used it twice and am very satisfied with its reliability.
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Re: Lock question
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2019, 12:45:07 AM »
No, I saw a Jaeger to buy, and was curious about the lock performance

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Re: Lock question
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2019, 01:00:20 AM »
Is the Davis Jaeger lock a good reliable lock

I don’t like it because few mainspring vises safely handle that long mainspring. Also realistically it’s about a 1720 design which could work on an early Hudson Valley fowler or New England fowler it a very early continental rifle. I don’t like to see it on early colonial rifles. Back in the 70s or 80s it was about all there was for real early and I used it then. It was reliable.
Jim Chambers sells a mainspring vise that handles all sizes of mainsprings.  I think some guy named Tom Curran designed it.
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Re: Lock question
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2019, 01:07:27 AM »
I find they work well. I usually round them all up and make them look Dutchy for HV fowling guns.
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Re: Lock question
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2019, 01:57:25 AM »
Hi,
The mainspring is too weak for the mass of the flintcock and frizzen. 

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Re: Lock question
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2019, 04:10:53 AM »
Interesting comments.  I employed one in my flint Jaeger in '96 and it is still working perfectly.  But I did some tweeking to satisfy myself.

Mainspring:  lots of snap - nothing required there.  But the flint was a long way from the pan in the fired position, and so I heated the tumbler orange and rotated the cock forward about 1/8".  Now it's perfect.  I cannot remember when this lock failed to fire.




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