Inline Flintlock Pistol

[toot]

great. I would like to handle one. and check it out.

 

[Red Owl]

Thanks for all the great phots dd832: I've been telling folks for years that in-line flintlocks are rare but actually PC and those phots really help. The question is- why didn't the style simply take over? As I understand it the fouling build up was the issue, it would gum up the internal parts.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

I remember an article, I believe in muzzle blasts about the rifle. Years ago, I had a sliding bolt percussion gun from the 1850's made by Wurfflein in Philadelphia, that used a box lock type hammer that was toggled to the bolt that was rammed forward when the trigger was pulled and the hammer was allowed to move forward pushing the toggle and bolt.. Such an arrangement should be easy in a flintlock inline pistol. I suppose just having a "v" spring under the bolt to force it forward would work as well. The gun was lost in a fire, but I think I still have a photo. I'll look

 

[Red Owl]

I ws thinking a flint from a cigarette lighter could be put on the end of a firing pin- not pc but ought to work

 

[cynthialee]

I ws thinking a flint from a cigarette lighter could be put on the end of a firing pin- not pc but ought to work

I was just thinking last night how one could turn a bic lighter system into a firing mechanism. Then as I sat there smoking on one of them funny jazz cigarettes it dawned on me they already did it and called it a wheel lock.