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Offline Dr. Tim-Boone

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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #25 on: September 23, 2009, 05:36:39 PM »
The way the nosecap is folded back under itself on the side flats of the barrel.....isn't that more typical of one school/location than others??
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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #26 on: September 23, 2009, 06:21:14 PM »
Tim, Lehigh style caps are often open ended, with the material wrapping around the wood, into the bbl channel overlapped and riveted, or paratially wrapped into the channel. I have also seen Lehighs with a two piece nosecap, end soldered closed with the second piece of metal.

I don't know this kind of cap, one piece, partially closing the end, the tails, wrapping into the bbl channel, wrapping only the two upright flats.

German caps are often cast, screwed to the barrel. Wood floats back and forth inside the cap.

This cap has NO rivets, relying on the crimp of the sides of the cap. Unusual. Again.


Thinking about barrel channels, this gun has a round channel, only octagon at the muzzle. Note the thimble tab, which is the middle one, is marked with two notches, and those are toward the muzzle. Same way I do it, Taylor, too. This only means that there are certain natural ways of working for the human being. Thimble is sheet made, not cast, and not soldered together. Also note no finish or stain in the barrel channel.



Note also the crooked drilling of the tenon pin. It does the job, tho'. That's what this whole gun is about......getting the job done. If a Rupp, Kuntz or Schuler is a Mercedes, this gun is a pickup truck.

Note just one more thing, the inlet for the barrel at the breech. Round. Staining from contact with the corners of the barrel evident. OOPS! the mainspring inlet broke into the bbl channel. Ramrod hole invades mainspring pocket.

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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2009, 06:22:59 PM »
I guess I have more pictures than I remembered.
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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2009, 07:25:20 PM »
Hmmm, dig deep into your subconscious and remember all of them.  ;)

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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2009, 07:48:18 PM »
Barrel surfaces, hidden in the channel, shows original grind marks. They didn't drawfile to clean it up or anything. Some spots are filed on the underside, I assume to work a high spot down.

Looking at it now, the tenon is broken on the corner. This means it is not malleable material. Could it be cast iron?

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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #30 on: September 23, 2009, 07:49:05 PM »
Note the round barrel channel
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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #31 on: September 23, 2009, 08:35:31 PM »
Sights, rear. Note the upset metal ahead of the sight.




Front sight. Around the sight, you can se the original drawfile marks. This was never finished up to a high shine. A filed finish was A-OK.


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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #32 on: September 24, 2009, 04:58:03 AM »
Tom,

That is a super cool gun with a heck of a lot of character.  Thanks for showing this to us.

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Re: Date my lock?
« Reply #33 on: September 24, 2009, 05:32:59 PM »
Acer,
On that picture of the front sight, I would be concerned that the draw filing interupts the slight rust pitting on the surrounding barrel. Looks to me that the sight was added or reworked recently compared to the barrel surface.
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