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    getting more spark from my frizzen now

    Although I had a well known flintlock smith and maker case harden my failing frizzen with Casenit, It didn't spark very well and seldom ignited the pan charge. So, I applied an old method that I read about that was used by hunters and trappers who lived in the field for long periods of time...
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    double set triggers

    Is a fly on the tumbler necessary for double set triggers to work properly? Thanks. Fred
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    My Colt Walker

    Here are some photo's of my old Walker that I built from a kit and the cylinder off of another manufacturer. I studied the photographs of dozens of original Walkers in collections to get the correct contours down just right. I even added a "preasure Ridge" to the cylinder that's found on...
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    comparing my old Leman rifle to a Leman found in a museum

    When my wife and I went to The Museum Of The Fur Trade in Chadron, Nebraska a while back, I found and photographed a Leman trade flintlock that was in a display case along with several rifles of other makers. Interestingly, I found several features on the Leman rifle within the display case that...
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    1st model Bess with sterling silver furniture.

    There was a company in England called the Carriage Company who made a run of 1st pattern, Long Land Brown Bess muskets around 1975 or 1976, for the American market during our Bicentenial. They were of limited production and had the 46" barrel and other correct features of the 1st model long land...
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    Finding two cases of original Trade Flintlocks

    I opened this posting on the thread discussing positions of flints in jaws, but I should repeat it here too since the subject concerns smooth bored Indian Trade Flintlocks. Back in 1989, I was one of two archaeological advisers on a 19th century twin steam boat that sank in the Missouri River...
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    No half cock

    My old original rifle has never had a half cock on it. The rifle must've been carried loaded and if the pan was charged, the shooter must have just held off on pulling the set trigger until he was ready to take aim. Is this unusual? Could the hunter have held off on priming the pan until he was...
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    variations in diameter along the bore

    I've noticed that there are variations of diameter inside the bore of my old rifle when I pushed a patched ball down. There seems to be areas where the ball moves easier than at the start that I've interpreted as a wider area of the bore. This might just be where the bore is cleaner though with...
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    Howdy from Kansas City, MO

    Howdy boys! :) I never did take the time last seek to properly introduce myself. Didn't want to seem un neighborly. I'm pretty impressed with the outgoing, helpful and friendly folks here! I recon this is the place to find out anything because you fellows've either seen it, done it or know what...
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