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Joda, I believe you are referring to the forward screw on my #86423, which may be replaced by the stud on your gun, both holding what I believe is called simply "the cam". I have been looking for a good diagram of a bar action sidelock, naming parts, but it has eluded me and I'm not as well versed in sidelock terminology as I should be.

Surprisingly difficult to find a diagram of the parts, here's a short video by Wm. Larkin in which the name every part except what I am calling the cam...

https://youtu.be/vO15tbeaWGg

The fate that awaits all our guns if this next election goes south.

Is the teat a hammerstop built into the mainspring tensioner as an integral component?

Cheers,

Raimey
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Rob, yes, exactly this part. It seems that it's just some sort of pin which fits in a corresponding hole in the action.

I guess in yours the screw fixes the sideplate to the action, no? Since most of the 7pin sidelocks are copying the H&H royal, I was somehow surprised to see this deviation. But actually it seems that also H&H uses both variants:
http://www.thefield.co.uk/shooting/holland-holland-38434

It seems that the pin and the plate are machined from one piece, at least it does not look press-fit to me.


Still makes me wonder about the reason for having both variants from the same maker and in the same time frame. Is one version somehow considered better? Also it looks that (at least not all) locks from Francotte were sourced from Jacquet. I thought the company was large enough to produce their own locks.

It's all not really important but sometimes guns can tell interesting stories when you look at the small details.

Here's a picture of the right lock plate from my Francotte? sidelock that clearly shows only the Francotte stamp. I have not removed the stock to see what, if any, makers stamp is on the back of the action body.

Interesting, is your gun from about the same time period?