The reason I wanted this posted was so the straight lower limb of the mainspring
could be seen.Also I want to add that this is NOT an imperative to the function of
the spring or its longevity. I have made them that bowed a bit at full cock and they
were just as fast as this one.The finest lock I ever owned was a Joseph Brazier lock
on the Whitworth semi military match rifle I used for 11 years. That mainspring
when drawn to full cock would go into an arc and when it was off the link it went
that far in the other direction. The taper in the lower limb was down to .030 and
that light spring packed a wallop.When I first started sending locks to Germany
in the late 1970's the people that got them wondered how I got such speed and
power from such a light spring and my answer was and still is "High quality material
and knowing how to form the spring.Nothing more at all.
Getting back to the lock in the picture,I finished 3 of these last week and all of them
show this same straight lower limb at full cock and they have a short,fast fall when
the sear is released.I may make up a few more of these if I feel like working and
if I do,they will be posted here and nowhere else.This lock is the L&R Durs Egg plate
and frizzen with the cock from their Dixie RPL lock.I think it looks OK and the man
that gets it does too.I plan to deliver these two at the CLA Show in Lexington on 16
August.
Taylor,thanks again for the help.
Bob Roller