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Now let's be CORRECT, the HAMMERS you refere to above are in fact called "TUMBLERS"

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Mac,
Yes indeed, and I did try to convince you of this fact back in Dec in a post about Blaser and Krieghoff doubles.
Your post referred to...."hammers" as "(strikers)"
and in my reply I attempted to correct this by including in my post......"hammers (tumblers)"

In this "current" thread you were clearly talking about the pin and striker being two different parts when in fact the firing pin and the striker are actually the same thing.

Also, manufactures DO use both words, hammer and tumbler to describe that part in question so it is quite acceptable to refer to a tumbler as a hammer or vice versa when dealing with doubles.
Same goes for strikers and firing pins.

It is however, incorrect to refer to hammers as "(strikers") if the gun is fitted with firing pins as seperate parts.

So indeed to avoid confusion lets get the terminology correct.
Strikers - firing pins.
Tumblers - hammers

If the old hammer doubles had hammers which were really called cocks, perhaps the true description of a "hammerless" gun would be "cockless"!!

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This is fact, however, it is exactly the same thing as the intercepter that blocks the "TUMBLER", and both are actuated by the trigger, whether single or double! This SEAR BLOCK is also the safety on some doubles, and in that case is not intended to avoid fireing when the rifle doubles, but simply avoids you accedently foreing the rifle by pulling the trigger. This type of safety is not good, because they sometimes fire when the safety is disengaged.

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No, it is not exactly the same but is actually totally different.
I was referring to a sear interrupter which in some cases is fitted to prevent double discharge as a result of the shooter giving the SINGLE trigger an involuntary pull with the resulting double discharge.
Its function is to disengage the trigger from being able to release the second tumblers sear so if the trigger is pulled involuntarily a second time it cannot release the tumbler.
I was definately NOT referring to the basic SEAR BLOCK SAFETY which is a common system fitted to many boxlock guns and usually does nothing more than attempting to stop or block trigger movement.

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