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Offline D. Taylor Sapergia

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #50 on: December 07, 2017, 11:19:37 PM »
Chris:  I really appreciate the photo sequence showing your work technique.
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #51 on: December 08, 2017, 05:29:18 PM »
Would a John Manton flint lock with the sliding safety be doable? Big enough for 1&1/8 across the flats barrel.

A Chambers Late Ketland with Manton Style internals would work for a John Manton Rifle.
Tom Dawson had a cased one at Friendship and I looked at it closely.The mechanism was
simple,all "business"with no fancy filigree work and very similar to my own version I used
in several of these locks which is the same as my Hawken cap locks used.The slip and slide
safety can be incorporated in this as well.

Bob Roller

Offline Chris Evrard

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #52 on: December 08, 2017, 06:18:00 PM »
Chris:  I really appreciate the photo sequence showing your work technique.

My pleasure! I know it is redundant to most of the folks here, but I was hoping some my find it interesting.

Best,

CE

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #53 on: December 08, 2017, 09:14:58 PM »
Chris, Thank you for the post, for a new guy like myself, it answers some questions that I've had!

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #54 on: December 08, 2017, 09:37:19 PM »
Would a John Manton flint lock with the sliding safety be doable? Big enough for 1&1/8 across the flats barrel.

A Chambers Late Ketland with Manton Style internals would work for a John Manton Rifle.
Tom Dawson had a cased one at Friendship and I looked at it closely.The mechanism was
simple,all "business"with no fancy filigree work and very similar to my own version I used
in several of these locks which is the same as my Hawken cap locks used.The slip and slide
safety can be incorporated in this as well.




Bob Roller

WHAT became of a fine lock from Canada by John Clark???I saw him about 8 years ago
at the CLA Show in Lexington.Nothing Germanic about it and it seems to me that the
L&R Durs Egg is similar to the Clark but didn't have any logo cast into it.The lock makers
name should be INSIDE the lock,not on the outside.

Bob Roller

Offline rich pierce

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #55 on: December 14, 2017, 03:54:58 PM »
Bob, I have a set of castings of the Clark English lock. It IS almost a dead ringer for the L&R Durs Egg.
Andover, Vermont

Offline Don Stith

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #56 on: December 14, 2017, 08:05:50 PM »
Chris
 Are you the guy that assembles the late Ketland locks for Chambers?

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Re: Any interest in this lock? RCA #138'ish
« Reply #57 on: December 14, 2017, 09:20:49 PM »
Chris
 Are you the guy that assembles the late Ketland locks for Chambers?

No, I do the Early Ketlands. A different builder (maybe builder(s)) does the late model.

Best,

C