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    Shatterin' Flints?

    My oldest son was in town last weekend, and wanted to shoot the muzzleloaders. So, I smoothed out the frizzen on the .54, cut a hole in the flint leather, nocked out the rear edge of a new flint and set the flint in the jaws about 3/16" rearward. The flint was striking only about a sixteenth...
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    Shatterin' Flints?

    Hey guys, I'm gettin' a lot of good sugestions. Currently, the long flat of the flint is on the bottom, so the angle of the beveled edge is slopin' up and away from the frizzen. The frizzen isn't bouncin' back against the flint after it falls. First, I'm gonn'a notch-out the back edge of a...
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    Shatterin' Flints?

    Hey Chuck, Thanks for the info, and the update on the home range. Last time I talked with my buddy Dave up on Florida Mesa, (just after Christmas), you guys were still plenty dry in the lower Anamas Valley, but gettin' a pretty good pack in the peaks. Eighteen inches is good news, but by now...
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    Shatterin' Flints?

    I built a reproduction, (near as I could figure it), of an 1820s Hawken .54 cal. flintlock from parts I got at Track. I love the gun and it shoots great, but the flints only last about 20-30 rounds, then they shatter. I had filed down the spring to lighten the tension, and I'm not comfortable...
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    revolver holsters

    Hey Guys, I'd like to thank Doc Arroyo for postin' my website here. The Muzzleloading Forum is chocked full of good info. I'm goin' to be spendin' a lot of time here. (I made a reproduction of an 1820s Hawken .54 flintlock from parts from Track. It keeps shattering flints, so I'm hopin' to...
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