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In good order the Jones screw grip works very smoothly. I use them a lot. If you get one that is functioning correctly, it will last a long time before going out of order.
Like most mechanisms, one that has been badly repaired will be harder to put right.
I'm lucky that I have the best welder on the planet and he lives around the corner from my finisher. Together, they have sorted out a few of these for me over the years. I'm still shooting one as my 'go-to' gun. I like them.
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Krakow , the under lever dose not have any mechanism that locks it up to give the "click" you mention. However this was achieved by some makers, by having a small ramp on the edge of the trigger guard over which the lever ran that acted as a "lock" . Over the years these can ware away or have been polished off with overzealous restoration .
There have been thousands of guns made withe this type of lever and some makers continued to use it on heavy weight big bore s as well as heavy caliber rifles ,they come in all qualities from the very well made to the plain awful so like any device or mechanism there can be no one solution to any given problem . Due to the amount of time that is needed to do the job correctly and not forgetting that 50/60 years ago we did not have the welding techniques we have to day many repairs were made on the cheap [ old gun not worth much ,don't want to spend a lot ] .If I had a pound for every time I'd heard that !
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Cabela's Gun Library has a beautiful Bozard 20 gauge hammerless with steel barrels and a Jones underlever. Seems to me that's an unusual configuration, being made long after the Jones was in vogue. Great eye candy.
John McCain is my war hero.
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Brad Bachelder tightened mine. 1-616-459-3636 - a gunsmith in Michigan. He does excellent work on all doubles - charged me $100. Paul
Last edited by bladesmith; 06/02/12 03:40 PM.
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Well, I do pass up on Jones underlever guns if they are the slightest bit wobbly due to the probable cost of fixing them
No Schlitz beer can shims for these bad boys!
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