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A trigger for a side lock black powder rifle includes an upper ramp surface operating against a spring biased roller. The trigger has a “set”position wherein the spring force operates through the roller against the sear lever of the lock mechanism of the rifle and a “stiff”position wherein the sprin

A trigger for a side lock black powder rifle includes an upper ramp surface operating against a spring biased roller. The trigger has a “set”position wherein the spring force operates through the roller against the sear lever of the lock mechanism of the rifle and a “stiff”position wherein the spring force is added to the force required against the sear.

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In a firing system for black powder rifles having a lock assembly mounted within a gun stock with a sear adapted to hold a hammer in cocked condition and a sear lever connected to said sear and constituting means for releasing said hammer from cocked position when said sear lever is actuated, the im

In a firing system for black powder rifles having a lock assembly mounted within a gun stock with a sear adapted to hold a hammer in cocked condition and a sear lever connected to said sear and constituting means for releasing said hammer from cocked position when said sear lever is actuated, the improvement comprising: a trigger assembly mounted within said gun stock and including: a trigger plate on the under surface of said gun stock, said plate having a bifurcated portion; a trigger pivotally mounted within said bifurcated portion of said trigger plate on an axle transverse said bifurcated portion, said trigger including a finger-actuated arm depending from said axle, a sear-actuating arm extending from said axle opposite said finger-actuated arm, and a ramped upper surface; a flat leaf spring anchored to said trigger plate with a bifurcated portion straddling said sear-actuating arm of said trigger and carrying a spring roller biased by said spring against said ramped surface; said ramped surface including a first portion extending from the said axle away from the sear-actuating arm and including a peak, a second portion extending from said axle toward said sear-actuating arm and a dwell point in a midregion so that the trigger may be pivoted to a first (set) position with the spring roller in contact with said first segment beyond the peak or to a second (stiff) position with the spring roller in contact with said dwell point.