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Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR
      14/12/06 06:41 AM

The safeties on muzzleloading English rifles, hanguns and shotguns were usually engaged in the 1/2 cock position as well. Carrying a gun at full cock just wasn't done, it appears. I expect it was harder on the fine springs than necessary.
; We found this to be quite true in the North, hunting in -40 weather. Of course, cold wasn't a problem in the tropics, but fatigue of the springs perhaps was. As locks changed to shorter, stiffer springs, this may have resulted in the cocked and locked safeties that followed in modern-type actions. Those long graceful buggy-whip springs of side hammers could indeed give problems over time, if abused.

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* RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk 17/10/06 04:00 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   17/10/06 05:37 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR Raff   18/10/06 01:10 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   18/10/06 01:48 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   18/10/06 04:45 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   19/10/06 12:57 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR mehulkamdar   17/10/06 04:23 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   11/12/06 11:07 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   12/12/06 02:56 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   12/12/06 04:45 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   12/12/06 06:57 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   13/12/06 08:11 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR DarylS   14/12/06 06:41 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   18/12/06 10:25 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   18/12/06 02:01 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   19/12/06 10:11 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR Marrakai   22/12/06 01:58 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   04/01/07 09:38 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   05/01/07 02:10 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   05/01/07 10:09 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   15/01/07 09:17 AM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR NitroXAdministrator   18/12/06 06:34 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR Marrakai   18/12/06 08:48 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR tinker   18/12/06 11:49 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR Marrakai   12/12/06 08:11 PM
. * * Re: RB Rodda 16-bore DR sakmyk   17/10/06 04:48 PM

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