Raimey and I were just talking about stepped locks and such last night and I had reminded him that my Christoph Funk (Suhl) had stepped locks very much like the Lebeda pistols. As to the thought that the longer than typical lock plates seen on the Jozsef Kirner Pesten (1st gun) were to add reinforcement to the grip, seeing it again this morning they don't appear that much longer than standard issue back action locks so who knows? Again, I like the ornate profile. I'll add that I sure am enjoying the fine examples being shown on this thread.

Regards,

Buchseman

Here are some pictures of the Christoph Funk jaeger rifle that Raimeys mentions:







Regards,

Buchseman