strange construction

[Philip]

Originally Posted by rickystl

Now that's a real curiosity. Never seen one like it. It would be really interesting to see the inside of the lock.

Rick

Wouldn't you like to have your custom gunsmith make one of these so you have one to put on a gun to shoot? I bet these things are quite efficient. It's probably the bulkiness of the mechanism that prevented these things from becoming more popular. But I can see the advantage of cocking the system in a quick thumb motion, rather than fumbling with a wrench to wind up a wheel.