What era were springs inclused on the strikers on hammerguns with rebounding hammers? Or was it a gunmaker's personal preference? If a hammergun has a spring on the striker, has the -kx force factor been taken into account by the mainspring? It appears that the spent caps were to push the strikers back into battery. The longarm in question is a 10 bore H&H probably from 1875-1876(I haven't acquired any info), serial number 3737, with large strikers to prevent "dubbing". Sometimes when I attempt to quickly close the gun, the strikers protrude a little and I'm not keen of the idea of closing the gun bumping the caps w/ the strikers. I wanted to put a short spring on the strikers and wondered if it would be a problem. Then again, it may not matter.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Last edited by ellenbr; 07/29/08 11:07 AM.
