LeFusil had asked for some other examples. The link below has pictures of my 1896 Charles Lancaster Best Grade, single trigger, opener, ejector. As you can see, the single trigger mechanism is ingenious, although it does result in loss of wood. The connection between the wood and the "boxlock" (lacking a better term) portion of the receiver resembles a tenon joint that is between 3/4" and 7/8" in thickness. While they do hold up, it is a remarkable amount of wood removed to accomodate the single trigger scheme and the sidelocks.

The gun is still a work in progress so I realize I'll get jabs over the gloss finish. It is hardening up now and in a month or two a rotstone will be taken to it to bring the color down to satin. The checkering was a hell of a project to recut as my stocker friend had to fabricate a flat top gouge that was exactly 15 LPI to retrace the existing checkering.

This particular gun also came to me with its original, fitted case and a few accessories. The stock is original and has a prince of Wales grip with the short tang. The double triggered guns I have and have seen had a very long tang/bow with two screws. Hence, my questions about the ones linked at the beginning of this thread appear to have been converted from POW to straight grip since the bow/tang looks wrong.






















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