Rook rifle

[alacran]

Thanks for the info  Taylor. Yes I really like the rifle very much.
The reason for the trigger weight question is that I came up on a lock which is similar in some aspects to the one on that rifle.  I kind of bought by accident and was thinking about what I could build with it.
The lock is stamped above the main spring on the forward end "W Corbett" The lock has really nice springs and appears to be a quality lock.
It is unused.

[Bob Roller]

This is a quality lock and I made many with this same mechanism.
Bob Roller

[Daryl]

Good looking lock. Track sells grip rails/bars. Of course, not much to make one, for the talented folks.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

The drip rails that TOW sells are cast, and have contact on two flats, ie:  the vertical side flat and the angle flat below it.  Certainly it can be filed out by hand, but TOW's casting makes it a simple job.

[T*O*F]

There are 2 drip rails available.  The first is by Davis for use with their Alex Henry lock.  It is as described and fits the side and bottom oblique flats on 1-1/16" to 1-1/8" octagons.  The second is by L&R for use with their bar lock.  It is flat on the back side.  I seem to recall that they must be used as a set and are not interchangeable.  The L&R setup is mostly used on barrels of 1" or less.

[yulzari]

I recall the Suffolk saying of my father from his childhood:

 ‘a crow in a crowd is a rook and a rook by itself is a crow’.

The breast of fledgling rooks are a delicacy. It is advised that they are soaked in milk overnight to improve the flavour. It used to be a practice to climb the trees in a rookery to collect the fledglings before they flew. It may well tell us more about rural poverty in Suffolk in the 19th century than the gourmet delights of rook breasts. Sparrow pie was also known. Suffolk ‘Thump’ cheap cheese made from skimmed milk was a useful substitute for modern hard plastic back then, carved into buttons etc. There was much emigration in the ‘hungry forties’.

A popular sport was knocking down rooks with bullet crossbows and many rural gunsmiths had a line in bullet crossbows.

[Daryl]

4 and 20 black birds baked in a pie.
Taylor and I have eaten starling breast - small, black piece of non-chewable meat.
Perhaps baking in a pie would have been better than roasting over an open fire?

[Bob Roller]

4 and 20 black birds baked in a pie.
Taylor and I have eaten starling breast - small, black piece of non-chewable meat.
Perhaps baking in a pie would have been better than roasting over an open fire?

Marinate them in diesel fuel and battery acid .
Bob Roller

[Daryl]

I expect that not only would soften them up a bit more Bob, but also improve the flavour.

[smart dog]

Hi
Just marinate them in teriyaki.  Isn't that the universal game recipe.  Take whatever meat it is, marinate in teriyaki for 1 week to a month, and then carefully roast so not to lose the delicate wild flavor.

dave

[Daryl]

I understand, Dave. The diesel and battery acid is more of a quick fix.

[smart dog]

Daryl,
I can tell you really do understand.

dave

[Bob Roller]

Daryl,
I can tell you really do understand.

dave

If it's smoking it's cooking and when it's black,ii's DONE according to our fire department.
Bob Roller

[Daryl]

If it's smoking it's cooking and when it's black,ii's DONE according to our fire department.
Bob Roller
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Huh - maybe that's why it was black and hard?