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Last edited by Tinker; 07/19/20 05:21 PM.
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[quote=crs]
That little "button" near the L is the axle pin for the triggers.
Not to be picky the that would be the sear pin, the trigger pin is located farther to the rear. Oops! Steve, you got me I made a boo boo on that one. But I think I am correct on the hammer pin.
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I think the L and D were meant to indicate Loaded and Discharged.
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Could it be a selector for extraction/ejection? The Dickson patent of 1887 used an ejector rod that extended to the rear of the action and was caught on a step. When the gun was opened a tumbler would lift the rod off the step where it could fly forward. With this switch to the rear of the action perhaps it's some sort of selector.
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Notice the screw doesn’t go into the action but the indicator is one piece and surrounds the hammer axles. The screw has to lock the indicator tightly to the axle. Very similar to the continental indicators often seen.
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I think the L and D were meant to indicate Loaded and Discharged. You are correct, I mis-read the statement by bsteele earlier. That is definitely a cocking indicator.
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If you look at the link that I posted you'll be able to see one of these guns with a missing indicator - and you will see the side of the action without the indicator.
Click that link and have a look
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Cocking indicators
Total guess: Locked & Discharged I'm with you. No way for it to indicate that a live shell is in the chamber (loaded), only that the lock is cocked. SRH
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That is the hammer axle pin with the “cocking indicator” (or whatever it turns out to be). The sear pin is farther back & the trigger axle pin isn’t visible from the outside on anything I’ve seen.
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SKB, Not wishing to be contrarian for The sake of it but I must state that on every Birmingham boxlock I ever worked on the sear pin was always behind (rearmost) of the tumbler (hammer) . The cocking lever being the forward pin. The trigger pin would be inside on the bottom metal.
Last edited by Hugh Lomas; 07/19/20 09:09 PM.
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