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    It's that time of year...

    Green scotch pads are super rough - especially if you aren't using the 'no scratch' variety! Sure, it'll take the rust off, but it's taking metal too - and leaving a lot of surface area and all sorts of nooks and crannies just inviting more rust. Get out of the janitorial aisle and get thee to...
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    Does anyone even do this anymore?

    I don't shoot cap, so pardon the ignorance... what exactly would happen if the channel wasn't clear? A flash in the pan on a fuse/wheel/flintlock is usually an indicator of a plugged touch-hole, not proof that it's clear! Seems totally inside out...:rolleyes:
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    Runaway pins - flatten, bend, replace, or... ?

    A bend is my usual approach, and hammering/flattening is a suggestion I've considered, but as I said in my original post, my concern is what will happen given that the forces exerted from the strap induce rotational motion - if the pin is inclined to rotate in its hole, any distortion I...
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    Runaway pins - flatten, bend, replace, or... ?

    To clarify the pin directionality, yes, the pin is coming out towards the camera in the last picture, but on musket I'm having runaway pin issues with, it only fits out the plate side. Entirely possible / highly likely that one if not both have had pins reorientated, swapped around, replaced...
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    Runaway pins - flatten, bend, replace, or... ?

    Totally understand. Of course the damn pin seems very content to not budge at the moment... It just so happens this abomination is the same make/model and already apart: Yes, that is a candy-coating of rust on the stock itself. Pretty sure this is the first time it's been off since...
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    Runaway pins - flatten, bend, replace, or... ?

    The pin that holds the swivel in one of my Miroku Modelé 63s has taken to randomly falling out. When it's in, it's in good, and takes a punch to get back out, but three times in the last year I've grabbed the strap only for it to simply detach before I've even put any weight on it...
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    Rehardening frizzens - one size fits all? Musings for metallurgy masterminds....

    Not directly, but it still good information differentiating terms that are often casually thrown about as equivalent, plus it highlighted exactly how the sloppy abuse of terminology confuses intent! (Sad thing is, I had literally just hours before done a nod-and-smile "yeah, kinda, sorta, close...
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    Help! Cleaning worm for a charleville?

    Looks like TotW is out of their steel worm; Godwin's Musket Worm is pricier, but also prettier/more authentic looking. (And he doesn't joke, it's sharp as %^$!) (Yes, Godwin's is a 10-32. Because of the Pedersoli market share, nearly all of the 10-32 tips you'll find marketed to muzzleloaders...
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    Rehardening frizzens - one size fits all? Musings for metallurgy masterminds....

    It seems the answers to every how-do-I frizzen hardening question are universal, one size fits all - no one ever asks for more details: a frizzen is a frizzen is a frizzen. Heat the bugger up and quench it. But at the same time, I often see discussion about the difference of...
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    • frizzen gunsmithing hardening maintenance material science metal work metallurgy sparks
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