I have a Pedersoli trade gun that I listed for sale here but hasn't got any acceptable offers. So I decided to hang on to it and play with it a bit more.
Among the things I've considered doing is upgrading the lock. I had read somewhere here that TOTW has a drop-in replacement that should fit. The factory lock I have sparks well and gives me reliable ignition. But that ignition just isn't very fast. It's a definitive "ka-BOOM!" rather than a k-BOOM that I've seen on better-made stuff. I've widened the touch hole out to 1/16" when I first got it and that made ignition more reliable but not any faster. I have another vent liner & tried widening that one out to 5/64 with no discernable change in ignition speed.
Is a different lock likely to change any of that? Or would upgrading a lock that already sparks well just be lipstick on a pig?
Among the things I've considered doing is upgrading the lock. I had read somewhere here that TOTW has a drop-in replacement that should fit. The factory lock I have sparks well and gives me reliable ignition. But that ignition just isn't very fast. It's a definitive "ka-BOOM!" rather than a k-BOOM that I've seen on better-made stuff. I've widened the touch hole out to 1/16" when I first got it and that made ignition more reliable but not any faster. I have another vent liner & tried widening that one out to 5/64 with no discernable change in ignition speed.
Is a different lock likely to change any of that? Or would upgrading a lock that already sparks well just be lipstick on a pig?