Haddaway lock

[JoeG]

 
I just returned from the Muzzle loading gun show in Monroe WA. Which is a great show

I bought a brand new Doc. Haddaway lock. Its flint with a brass plate in the original package.

I Don't know when it was made but I haven't seen one since 1980.

 

[Nate McKenzie]

They were considered a good lock. Many guys around here swore by them and very few swore at them.

[B Shipman]

Only trouble is you can't get parts for them anymore.

[JoeG]

that may be true but
 I have one in a rifle I built for my wife in 1979, She still  shoots it
 the gun also served as a starter rifle for my two boys as they were growing up
the lock has never needed a part  replaced

[Don Getz]

Joe.......I built my first three guns with Hadaway locks, all have worked well.   One of the nice things about them was that
little set screw in the tumbler which you could adjust for the amount of sear engagement you wanted.   Take a look at the cock on this lock...........same as the one on a Thompson Center flintlock.   Doc Hadaway assisted those people in the
lock area when they designed their first "Hawken" rifle...........Don

[Poor Bull]

I know of a fellow that is looking for a new tumbler for his Haddaway.  If anyone has a spare or knows where he might locate one, please send me a PM or email.

Thanks,
Ray

[JoeG]

Don
 thanks for that bit of trivia I had not hear that before

I really like the adjustable screw because  I'm  not a fan of set triggers

Joe

[heinz]

I have a rifle that Bob Wolfe made back some years ago.  Sort of a typical Bob Wolfe 40 cal Schimmel with an octagon to round barrel from Don Getz.  Amazing shooter.  Every time one of my sons come around I have to get it back out of their car before they leave.

[HIB]

Gentlemen,   The original Doc Haddaway lock  was produced from a mold which replicated a 1790 John Bonewitz rifle. It is a suburb example of workmanship and replication. If I remember correctly they were on the market after Hamm and before Siler. They can be found but are few and far between.  The only other lock which does justice to the lock design used by Bonewitz and the Womelsdorf school is currently offered by Jack Brooks, Colorado.

A while back I ran into Haddaway's son. He had 4 locks that he didn't want to part with at the time. I tried and I tried and I tried again but to no avail. So if you find one consider it a treasure.   HIB 

[JoeG]

I've always wondered why someone didn't buy the molds and continue making the lock?

[C Wallingford]

The family wouldn't sell them.