Set Triggers

[greybeard]

I am seeking a little advice please. Just got these triggers fitted and working . I have case hardened them and in the past have used them as is. Would there be any improvement if I bake them in sand at say 300 F or use them as is. they are made from mild steel ??




As is they have a glass hard surface,   Thanks   Bob

[Dphariss]

Mild steel case hardened should be fine as is.

But have to tried a scrap to be SURE it does not through harden?
If it passes this test I would caseharden and use as is.
Dan

[chuck c.]

That's a really nice looking set of triggers. I'd really like to know more about how you went about laying them out. It would also be nice to see the rifle they're going in!

[A.Merrill]

     Yeah Greybeard, don't tease us, bring on the pic's     AL

[Blacksmoke]

Bob:  You can test them with a file to see if they are hard.  If not, they can be case hardened ,as Dan suggested.  If you are going to use them "as is" you might want to Polish the front trigger bar where it rubs against the sear bar - this will give you a smooth lift on the sear when the rear trigger is not set.
Hope that helps,      Hugh Toenjes

[greybeard]

Thanks Hugh . They are already case hardened . Still need some polishing with hard stones.  I gather drawing them a wee bit in a tin of sand at 300 is not necessary.? Do you ever hear from Tim Salo ? Haven't seen him for years/.

[greybeard]

Thanks for the encouragement Folks. The triggers will be going into a Reedy style rifle gun if my back will allow it to happen. I like his stock profile and carving. Pic is a Gun that I finished last fall with carving very similar to Reedy It's .54  + 15/16 + 36..
Rough layout for the triggers can be found in Buchelle's? book on building the long rifle

[A.Merrill]

    Very nice. Thanks for the pic's.    Good Luck    AL

[Al Lapp]

Bob;
  Nice looking gun. It would be nice to get a chance to see it when I come down in March. Also I could bring my flinter down and you could maybe tell me how PC it is. Thanks for sharing the pictures, I never get tired of looking at nice guns.  Al

[Blacksmoke]

Bob: As far as I now he is still living near Kamloops B.C. and is self employed at his back yard machine shop.  Haven't spoken with him for about 5 yrs. now.  Peter Routley sees him at the Kamloops gun show every year.  Tim has a .600 cal. barrel that I rifled back in the 80's and was going to build a big English sporting rifle out of it  - don't know if he has ever finished it.
  Hugh Toenjes