Pedersoli Harpers Ferry Pistol.

Birddog1911 said:

I'll give that a try, admittedly I haven't tried the matchstick yet.

I do need to find a different flint. Some I have are too small, others far too large.

Click to expand...

Where do you shoot at Birddog

BigAl52 said:

Where do you shoot at Birddog

Click to expand...

I'm a member at Frontier Sportsmans Club, in Falcon. NE of the Springs a hair.

Oh thats right I think you and I have had conversation about that before. Just old CRS disease this am.

Which flintlock are you having issues with? One of Harpers Ferry Pedersoli's

Yes, a Harper's Ferry flintlock.

For what it's worth, I have had the best luck with the "English Gun flints knapped by Tom Fuller" sold by Track of the Wolf..... I get the ones described this way:

"English gun flint, 1/2 x 5/8", tiny Becky's, CVA, H&A, Davide Pedersoli Kentucky, Queen Anne, and Harper's Ferry pistols"

lechowicz said:

ELewis,
I wanted a permanent fix. The problem is cock geometry in relation to frizzen and flash pan. Although I can make two pieces of metal stick together I am not a "WELDER". So went to a guy who is and instructed him to take a slice out of the foreward throat in the harpers double throat. I told him to then heat and bend the foreward throat down to make the bottom jaw angle correctly into the flash pan. I gave him several pictures of commercially made locks with the correct angle. I then told him to weld the cock together. I then had a smith re harden the hammer. I have had no FTF problems and much improved flint longevity.

Click to expand...

I did exactly the same thing to mine, just removed the front circular section of the hammer, reshaped and found the angle change greatly improved reliability.

Does anyone have a good picture of their modified hammers?

Interesting Thread. I've long thought that the flintlock geometry for the Pedersoli Harper's Ferry Pistol was somewhat off.

I once owned one of the earlier pistols that was in .58 rifled as I recall, back about 1969. The pistol looked great. But the lock was not reliable. I was only 19 and had little experience to figure out a remedy. So traded it for an exceptional powder horn.

Fast forward 30 years or so. A guy bought one to the range for test firing. But had the same problems with the lock. It's almost as if the hammer/flint is "pushing" against the frizzen versus scraping. But I've read about this issue numerous times. Curious Pedersoli has not fixed this after all these years.

The holes/slots in the jaw leather is important as Dave mentions. And the match stick is a great idea !! (Thanks Dave).

Rick

Checking back to see if someone has a good picture or good info regarding fixing the geometry of the hammer.