Antique Contemporary lock!

[Stoner creek]

 This is from a recent addition to the collection. I took the lock and barrel out to shore up some chips around the tang and thought y’all would enjoy looking at this lock. Hacker Martin made the lock and as described by its previous owner, he forged out every part. The gun was made in 1959. Comes with a fly.  Hacker was age 63 when he made this piece!
Enjoy!!

[Mike Brooks]

Nifty.

[smart dog]

Hi Wayne,
Is that just a shadow that makes the bridle hole for the tumbler look too big?
Thanks very much for sharing the photo.

dave

[BOB HILL]

What a treasure you have there, Wayne.
Bob

[hanshi]

Very, very cool!

[Marcruger]

That is a beauty Wayne.  I am impressed by the gents who built the guns in the '50s and '60s with little to go on. 

[duca]

Simply Awesome!!

Anthony

[Clint]

 Written materiel pertaining to American long rifles will readily make the claim that MOST flintlocks were imported in kegs. The old boys forged barrels cast trigger guards cut trees and sawed planks. They probably made most of their own tools, but the locks were just too much for those old timers. Hacker's lock looks neatly built, the shape of the bridle is interesting and the lock is engraved. I tend to think that LOTS of locks were made by the same guys who stocked the guns up. Some makers (Armstrong) have a distinctive lock which identifies his guns as readily as his patch boxes. French locks German and English locks all look sort of the same until you get up close, then they are all together different from each other. Interesting stuff with few answers.

[Scota4570]

The hole looks wallowed out.  If it were a shadow there would be a shadow on the sear screw too.

[mountainman70]

No doubt that it is . I rekkin most us ol boys be a mite wallered out one place or t'other.
Have a goodun yall. Dave 

[ScottNE]

Pieces like this, original locks or antique contemporary locks, hold a unique fascination.

I find when I’m handling such locks, every piece of it seems physically substantial in an indescribable way, in a way that even the very best modern locks can’t compete with. Every screw and spring is just interesting to look at, like a work of art.