snaphaunce

[Commodore Swab]

I am working on a new musket and was wondering about the trigger assembly for a shaphaunce lock musket. There is a small bar that must slide down and engage the trigger. Does anybody have any knowledge with these locks?

[MarkG]

I am working on a new musket and was wondering about the trigger assembly for a shaphaunce lock musket. There is a small bar that must slide down and engage the trigger. Does anybody have any knowledge with these locks?

I have a couple of snaphaunces and a Swedish Snaplock which is similar but less complicated.

The sear is just an L-shaped piece of steel that is beveled to let the cock slip past. I'm not sure about the small bar. There is one that goes from the inside piece of the cock and pushes the pan cover open. Is that what you mean?

Mark

[Commodore Swab]

I got it all figured out, the little bar that seemed to engage the trigger in fact is suposed to rotate 180 degrees and engages the trigger (part of the lock) on the outside of the lock plate. I hadn't wanted to force it so I had not tried rotating it that far.