An Eibar couple with patilla locks

[fernando]

Originally Posted by midelburgo

...There is rust under the barrels, but I do not know how to dismantle them at the front. After removing the tang screw nothing moves. There shall be a retainer somewhere...

That is no easy job; close to impractical. Before barrel fronts were held to forestocks by means of an easily dismountable iron wedge introduced in a steel 'eye' welded to the barrel underside, pins were used for the same purpose. Only that such pins are not easy to extract; you have to push them off by carefully hammering with a rod slightly thinner than the pin hole, not to damage (widen) the wooden orifice. The holding system inside is the same; only that, instead of a rectangular steel hole for the modern tab, such early one, like yours, is round, corresponding to holding pin.
... if i make myself understood.


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[Fernando K]

Hello

It would be interesting a photograph of the punches in the barrel, to know the manufacturer. The lock is a mikelet "to the three fashions"

Affectionately

[Fernando K]

Hello

I notice that the barrel is held by a pair of pins, marked by Corrado and Fernando