Trigger plates

[mountainman]

Is there a subject on here about trigger plates?
My question is what would an early Reading rifle trigger plate look like with a single trigger?
Most pictures of Reading rifles don't show that aspect of it..
Didn't know if there was pictures or drawings?
Triangler, or with a spur?? rectangle??

[flinchrocket]

081228-5 Haga attributed in the ALR library. Have to zoom in a little but shows the triggerplate.

[mountainman]

Thanks Flinchrocket,
I looked at the picture, it appears that it has a sharp tail, plus the front part tapers inward slightly on both sides..

[rich pierce]

I’m not sure I’d expect a school-specific style of trigger plates.

[mountainman]

Rich, are  you saying that there is no set rule on trigger plates?

[rich pierce]

Rich, are  you saying that there is no set rule on trigger plates?

I’m thinking that more creativity goes into the simple trigger itself rather than the plate.  Bucks County triggers have the decorative curl for example. 

The plates on most simple triggers on most early guns are pointed at the rear.  Many have the slot offset to the right a bit from centerline.  The body of the plate may vary from boat shaped to what I call keyhole at the front for lack of a better term.  That is there might be a slight lollipop rounded front centered around the tang bolt.  The great Verner rifle has such a trigger plate, where the lollipop is exaggerated.

What I have not observed is that the simple trigger plates differ by school- Lancaster different from Reading or even that rifles in one “school” nearly universally have type X.

[rich pierce]

Ok dug a little.  If you have Rifles of Colonial America volume 1 look at #30, plate 30f.

also, do you realize this topic is locked?  You may have locked it inadvertently

PM me if you want it unlocked.

[mountainman]

Sorry Rich, I didn't realize I had it locked, must have done it accidentally.
I certainly appreciate your input on this subject, as it was interesting on the differences of the different styles of trigger plates, and I will check the page reference that you gave.. Thanks so much

[Turtle]

 On this subject; I have a double set trigger that was given to me that has a lollypop at the front of the plate. What school is that?
                                      Thanks