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    Drillbit for knife handle

    Use a carbide bit and lots of cutting oil.
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    French & Indian War Era Flintlock Rifles

    I realize this goes against the common wisdom, but I believe the style of gun (curved toe line and curved or straight comb) made in the Northhampton, Bucks and Lehigh schools all reflect the local preferences of French Huguenot emigrants who settled extensively in Pennsylvania and New York in...
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    French & Indian War Era Flintlock Rifles

    Jacob Dubs, a swiss gunsmith, emigrated to the colonies in the 1730's and lived in Bucks County, PA (http://www.jstor.org/stable/20083607). A broken off buttstock and a fowler are both attributed to him--pictures are in the Kindig book. The architecture of the stocks clearly predates the...
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    No Lock clearance on bottom!!!

    You need a new tumbler. Either it wasn't cast properly, or too much metal was machined off where it stops against the lockplate. You can fiddle with the mainspring if you want, but I don't think it will make a difference. Either send the whole lock back, or request a properly machined tumbler.
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    wood covered steel ramrod

    They are easy to make if you have a table saw with a zero clearance insert; I have done several. No more worries about accidentally driving a ramrod through your hand, and they look period correct--unlike a fiberglass ramrod. Rip a piece of oak, ash or hickory 3/8 by 1/8, and another 3/8 by...
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    Trigger Pull Reduction

    Generally, the higher the point at which the trigger pivots, the lower the pull. However it may not be possible to move or adjust that point. As an alternative,I would take a very fine file and slowly and carefully file off metal from the sear spring. Try to file the length of the spring to...
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    Boy Scouts and flintlocks

    The most recent 'Guide to Safe Scouting" only references "muzzle loaders" and does not specify percussion only! Link So... At our upcoming shooting camp-out (I am the Scoutmaster for a local troop) the boys will finally be able to do what they have been clamoring to do for years--actually...
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    Barrel pins versus keys

    Does anyone have an idea on the general timeframe the old smiths went from pinning barrels to useing keys? I am thinking post revolutionary war, but I am having a hard time documenting this. Thanks!
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