My Rigby's original hammer developed a crack earlier this year and so I decided to make a workable spare/substitute hammer.
The replacement hammer is from a casting of an original Rigby hammer. I filed off the engraving that was in the casting and just got it back from the engraver today.
The hammer is not exactly the same size as the original, but close enough that it looks good.
Tim Halloran in Blue Grass Iowa did the engraving.
Fleener
Good looking replacement hammer. I think the old one was possibly malleable iron that was finished and case hardened.
I replaced a broken 4 screw bridle for a fellow in Alabama that had the top front post broken and that created a terrible
over travel past normal full cock. These fancy locks exhibit stunning craftsmanship but I am wondering about the materials
they used. I remember looking that the Rigby at Friendship and thought the mainspring was 4x as strong as needed and
wonder if the link between the tumbler and spring has been replaced with a shorter one.
Bob Roller
