Radioactive frizzen?

[leadhoarder]

I would only use one of those if you did not mind shooting blanks.

 

[smo]

These should work really well with that type frizzen....

 

[Britsmoothy]

I know....it was a joke. A poor one I know but a joke all the same

 

[tenngun]

They were great for ‘coon hunting. They glowed in the dark and the light reflected back off the coon eyes. As it was a dull green you didn’t have to worry about it hurting your own night vision

 

[SDSmlf]

Nuclear ignited flintlock. What era does that fall into?

 

[appalichian hunter]

Now all we have to do is go to a atomic test site and find some flint, that should be a fire works display when you touch it off. Mini mushroom cloud and everything else. Raise some eye brows at the range.

 

[Oldbear63]

Reminds me of an electron microscopy class I took. One procedure we used was to vaporize a piece of uranium to "shadow" a specimen. When I asked the technician why vaporized uranium was considered safe he said "Look at me. I've been doing this for 25 years and I'm fine". I don't know if he is alive today.

 

[sealgaire]

Russ Hamm made them. Stay far away. Not for those faint of lung cancer.

 

[Alexander Efremenko]

You could put a piece of dull river gravel in the flint jaws and it would spark......
You mainly saw them on t/c guns, as the early frizzens weren't to good. My old man probably still has three of them on guns somewhere

 

[Boomer69]

Depleted uranium is the uranium metal left over after the radioactive isotope (u235) had been removed for use in bombs/bomb triggers. The us military uses this metal for projectiles, as it is dense and thereby penetrating (into tank armor, etc) .

 

[toot]

does any one still have one of them on a weapon from the 1960's? if so please post.

 

[toot]

I would line up for a HANK of RADIO ACTIVE MATCH CORD. because in the NORTH EAST WHERE I live we have HURRYCANES!! WOW!! that would be the CAT'S MEOW!! and it will glow, so you will have no problem finding it and your MATCHLOCK , in the DARK!!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I have unconfirmed reports that the United States Army flintlock demonstration unit has flint frizzens faced with ferrocerium [ferro-rod material] and the "flint" in the jaws of the lock is actually a piece of steel with an edge, and thus they have NO misfires due to a dull flint and no spark.

LD

 

[Belleville]

Had one when it was the rage. Worked good until it oxidized, then you had to sand the face. It through lots of sparks. Always wondered exactly what it was made of. It seemed to have the properties of zirconium which was also used in the nuclear industry? Traded the gun away, It has since been returned. It may be old enough to have gone thru half life by now, however? No known ill effects. You all make it sound like a lead frizzen cover may be required?

 

[Rifleman1776]

Depleted Uranium Frizzen (1970s, 1980s)

Yep. Fortunately, the NMLRA quickly outlawed it for use in matches. Yes, it was dangerous and certainly not in keeping with preserving traditional muzzle loading.

 

[tnlonghunter]

Depleted uranium was not considered a serious health hazard at the time those were sold.

Depleted Uranium Frizzen (1970s, 1980s) (orau.org)

Cigarettes weren't considered a health hazard for the first several hundred years either!

 

[Okie Hog]

Cigarettes weren't considered a health hazard for the first several hundred years either!

Yep, and tens of millions of US citizens still smoke.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Half a Fish?

 

[Flinty Scot]

Bought a Russ Hamm lock from eBay but never tried it. Main spring was so strong, I was sure it'd eat flints, so I returned it. Kinda wish...

 

[Musketeer]

Half a Fish?

Filet of half sole...And since we're talking about radioactivity here...