I probably need to add that almost all my rifles have some sort of set trigger, if available for them, because I love the set option so much!
Gert (MartiniBelgian) caused me untold heartache and discontent by showing us a photo of his cute little Martini Cadet with the DST setup inside the original guard. No way can I find one of those over here, and no way will I attempt to make a duplicate, I'll just hafta be consumed by envy!
As I said before, testing continues. Next project is an attempt to actually measure lock times in a Winchester wall action. My friend The Green Frog has generously donated a scrap low wall receiver and I have enough orphan & temporarily-cannibalized parts to make a stab at it. We will test all 3 wall set mechanisms (unset, SST, CCDST and Schuetzen DST) with all types of hammers including speedlocks; also some hammers, triggers and kickers made from unobtainium as well as a setup using both leaf and coil mainsprings at the same time. A make-&-break circuit with an oscilloscope should give some real-world time comparisons if I'm bright enough to figure it out. I'm in the process of designing & building a sturdy test stand now but my tuit supply always seems to be inadequate these days.
FITZ has mentioned on another forum how he has already tried the 2-spring setup with good results although his thumb is a LOT stronger now since cocking the hammer with both springs (VBG)!
Regards, Joe
