This rifle will be a .32 caliber flintlock. The parts I've bought for it are a 44" Rice A-weight Dickert barrel, a Kibler late Ketland lock, and a brass Lancaster triggerguard and buttplate from Track of the Wolf. This week I started work on the triggers:
The trigger plate is cut out of 7/16" mild square bar:
3/32" holes are drilled for the trigger holes and the slot is cut with a hacksaw:
The 3/32" holes are connected with a jeweler's saw then enlarged with needle files, and the trigger plate is bent and filed to the desired curve:
The rear trigger blank is cut out of 1/8" mild flat bar:
This is my setup for cold forging the rear trigger shoe:
This is what it looks like after spending some time with a ball peen hammer:
The front trigger blank is also cut out of 1/8" flat bar, and fit to the trigger plate:
Holes are drilled for the trigger pins, which are A2 steel. The tedious process of fitting the trigger blades by filing, checking for range of movement, and filing again begins:
After a long enough time and filing the triggers are functional and trigger shoes are rough shaped. The rear will likely need to be trimmed up to fit into the triggerguard, but that can wait:
Next up is making the springs and trimming up the trigger plate, but this is enough to get me started with a layout drawing.
