Miller, Here is a Pieper boxlock of the same vintage. What do you think?
Pete; On the gun with plates I see the tumbler axle, through the plate, totally behind the rear frame wall with its Gold bar cocking indicator. I see several other pins which could account fot the sears & bridle all attached to the plate.
On the Boxframe gun I cannot make out the tumbler axles at all. I see what I take to be the sear pin near bottom rear of frame. How is the tumbler held on this gun, does it mount to the trigger plate, or have short buil-on axles which set in frame recesses, doesn't appear to come through side walls.
Without seeing the plate removed it is of course hard to be positive, but it certainly has an external appearence of a side lock. The rear frame wall on this one appears to be vertical, while the boxlock has a decided step, protruding back at the top, definitely not just plates added to the same frame.
