Wickham Conversion

RSMorris

First Sergeant
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Jul 3, 2020
Would anyone know who did the conversion on this Wickham lock? Please no guesses, I can do that.. :-) I believe it is a drum in barrel
conversion. Have looked at a lot on the net, some are close, but no cigar. I have three of the locks and have identified who did the conversions
on those. One was a Leman and the other Hewes & Phillips.

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I've had a drum bolster conversion from Wickham in this manner. Moller's Vol 3 has an identical example in this manner as well. I couldn't say who, did it offhand, but was certainly an easy way to convert to percussion rather than doing brazed bolsters or Ames patent breeches.
 

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