Quote Originally Posted by magicesperanto View Post
Great restoration!

I can't work out how the trigger works though, does the sear connect to the crank somehow?
I couldn't put more than 12 pictures in my original post so had to omit a description of the cocking mechanism, but I will do my best now. This picture shows the axle/sear block being removed from the stock. Inside the block, the axle has a notch in it which engages with a spring loaded sear. You can see the end of the sear lever protruding from the block. When the mainspring is fully compressed and the axle is held by the sear, a sharp blow on the sear lever will release the axle and fire the gun. There is thin steel striker rod (not visible in this picture) that runs through a hole along the full length of the stock from the trigger unit to the sear lever.



The next picture shows the set trigger unit.





The main arming trigger is pulled back, so compressing the leaf spring and pulling back the striker arm until it is locked by a sear. There is a pivoted,right-angled bar that holds the end of the striker rod (the rod itself is not shown). When the hair trigger is pressed the striker arm smacks smartly into the right-angled bar and the blow is transmitted by the striker rod to the sear in the base of the stock that is holding back the mainspring, and so firing the gun.


NOTE: It seems that I still can't add extra pictures, so the system must be recognising me as the original poster and not letting me go over the 12 pictuer limit. So here are direct links to the two pictures:


https://imgur.com/a/IhRKw

https://imgur.com/a/0m2tO