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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: hawkeye on September 09, 2019, 08:37:20 PM
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Is the Davis Jaeger lock a good reliable lock
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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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I've used it twice and am very satisfied with its reliability.
Robby
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No, I saw a Jaeger to buy, and was curious about the lock performance
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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.
David
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I find they work well. I usually round them all up and make them look Dutchy for HV fowling guns.
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Hi,
The mainspring is too weak for the mass of the flintcock and frizzen.
dave
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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.
(https://i.ibb.co/PzzXSHh/DSCN5931.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4ggvQrT)