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06-13-2014, 12:20 AM
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My little Dougall is a pretty little lightweight 12ga. 26", v little choke in cut bbls. 6# even. SG. Ejectors. Total redo. Very whippy little gun. Gorgeous dark wood w/checkered butt. Dimensions are a bit high for me so I rarely shoot it. Should just pass it on. Not sure what a lockfast action is but it seems a standard type mechanism. Made in London right around the time Mr Dougall passed away - maybe 1895-96, I think.
This shell sticking thing is pretty common, I think. All you have to do to test it is to stick the rim of a shell into the recess backwards and rotate it. Sometimes they won't go into the recess at all or if they do it will be tightly and your problem is at least figured out. Win AA's are by far the most inconsistent shells I've checked. STS are better. My guns with the issue will shoot old paper shells forever with no issues. It's the poorly made ammo pure and simple. I have a Clymer rim recess reamer for 12ga and used it on the Dougall, which fixed it for good. I haven't done the DH12 because, for whatever reason, the breeches are not orthogonal to the bore axis. When I put the reamer into the chamber the cutters do not hit all the way around the rim at the breech. If I were to ream the recesses part of them would be too deep by the time I got the other part reamed out and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Sounds odd I know but that's how it goes in. There's a pilot bushing on the reamer shaft that seats down in the chamber and dictates how the reamer aligns and it just doesn't seem to align evenly. I had no trouble reaming the Dougall. |
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06-13-2014, 09:55 AM
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Richard: I was going to post a few pictures of my Dougall with the Lockfast action, but I cannot figure out how to post a picture. The directions don't help much... I managed to get two images uploaded, and I can see them "stored" on my private message page/file. However, how to get them out of there - I have no clue and can't waste any more time trying...
Regardless, Dougall patented his own action, called the "Lockfast." The hinge pin of the shotgun was eccentric in cross section, for it acted as a cam. A lever was affixed to the hinge pin, and extended back toward the standing face of the action (along the right side). To open the gun, one lowered this lever, which caused the hinge pin to rotate counter clockwise (as viewed from the right side of the gun). This made the barrel assembly more away from the standing breech approx. 1/8". Then, the barrrels were able to be lowered in the usual manner. So, rotating the lever pulled the locking lug (under the barrels) from beneath the locking surface under the standing breech, and it also allowed the breech end of the barrels to each clear a raised circular "boss" that protruded from the stading breech, behind each barrel. I believe the action was patented in 1866. (My gun is ca. 1875, in 16 gauge). Mine is cut high in the stock too, and has cylinder bores. Heel & toe clips, nose-less hammers, back action Stanton locks & nice engraving, including the Prince of Wales plumed crown. Very light, but not one that I can shoot all that well... |
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