Author Topic: SINGLE SET TRIGGERS;help  (Read 4687 times)

greybeard

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SINGLE SET TRIGGERS;help
« on: January 14, 2011, 09:30:50 PM »



I would like to make a set of these triggers but I don't quite have the internals figured out as of yet. Is there any chance that someone has pics of them disasembled?
Would really be a big help to me. Thanks   Cheers   Bob

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Re: SINGLE SET TRIGGERS;help
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 10:06:35 PM »
...or you could just buy the best available from Stan Hollenbaugh. See his here:

http://www.stanhollenbaughgunsmith.com/page4.html

Contact info: Ph. 717 259 9271, Email: hollenbaughgunsmith@yahoo.com
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 02:31:55 AM »
I bought a book on triggers, by a guy named Bill Newton if my memory is still OK. There were alot of drawings of different triggers in the book. I'm sorry but I cant locate it right now but someone else might be able to.  Gary

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Re: SINGLE SET TRIGGERS;help
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 01:20:15 PM »
Kermit,

It's more fun to build 'em!

Sorta like the locks we were talking about a couple of days ago.

The book's name is Triggers, and it is by Bill Newton. It is available from Track of the Wolf: Triggers for $5.95

I just ordered it...

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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 06:38:27 PM »
Bob, I'll attempt to describe how these are made.
The second photo shows the trigger itself.  It will fire the lock whether the trigger is set or unset.  The first photo shows the "kicker", upon which the mainspring presses on the foot on its forward extension, and which is about half the thickness of the trigger's total thickness.  The main trigger is filed away except for a bar running horizontally along the top edge.  The kicker rests in this vacant area so that when the trigger is unset, it just floats and does not come into play.  But when the trigger proper is pushed forward, that top bar on the main trigger presses the kicker down until it is caught by that little catch at the rear.  That little catch or sear is tripped by an extension that you cannot see in the photos that runs back underneath the sear.  The engagement of the sear is adjusted by the screw you see behind the trigger.
The mainspring on this trigger set has a hole through it so that the tang bolt can go into the trigger plate.  Underneath the mainspring is a leaf spring going aft that presses up on the back end of the sear.
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2011, 08:34:00 PM »
Thanks for the responses ;  Thanks Taylor . I have 4 pics and after reading your info it confirms my conclusions. Yesterday I finally figured out that the kicker bar had to be free floating . Now that it's confirmrd I think my next step should be to start drawing some plans . I can assume that the extention on the main trigger that trips the sear will be the trickey bit to get right.  Lots of fit and try for that one.
    Yesterday I took the double lever triggers out if my little half stock and thought "Holey $#@*" Did I make that set but I must have because they are signed by me and they work a treat and are really crisp. Next time I have them out I well post some pics of them. Thanks again for the info.  Bob

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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2011, 11:12:45 PM »
Here is a single set trigger that was described in an old Muzzle Blasts (article about a flintlock Hawken, I believe). While I cannot comment on the complexity of its parts, the number of parts in the trigger is small.




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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2011, 11:35:45 PM »
The rifle is a percussion Hawken. Made for a steam ship Magnat and is the fanciest Of the Hawken rifles I have ever seen. It was at the Cody museum when I saw it for the first time.
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