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    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    I recently bought a L&R lock for my flintlock traditions woodsman. The standard stock lock fits the same in any as the same, tried with a buddies lock in my gun, fits where it should be right at the touchhole and centered... The new L&R lock is about 3/16-1/4" behind the touchhole, As they...
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    Humpback Flints?

    They dont grip in the jaws of the cock well, due to the one point of contact. There are ways to combat this, typically grinding them down a bit to make a flat surface. A grinder with a diamond blade helps alot, glue it to a stick to hold onto, keep wet with water to cool, touch the back and...
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    Replacement lock for traditions hawken woodsman

    I recently got a new lock from TOTW, a L&R replacement lock for the traditions hawken woodsman. After carefully relieving a few bits of wood hear and there, I got it to seat flat against the barrel. After a few hours of this... now I'm sadly wondering if I have received a wrong lock. The pan of...
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    Convert ANY flintlock to percussion for $60 …

    On my device, I didn't need an prime, the cap was sufficient, nor was there any excessive vent blast not unlike any standard caplock.
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    Convert ANY flintlock to percussion for $60 …

    Why??? A good question...an example My flintlock has been having some issues, for the last few years. The frizzen needs to be repaired and due to the screws location I can't remove easily. I needed a gun to fire, I had another caplock with a broken sear, so a swap of the hammers and a...
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    Traditions flintlock to matchlock conversion...

    Ya, no modifications to the gun stock or barrel. Uses existing bolt to secure new lock, same thread same hole position. Used a few paper templates to get lock plate positions right. As long as you use the sunrise of the center touchhole to the position of the pan, everything else fits...
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    Attaching pan on matchlock?

    I'd say attach it to the lock, but that's with assuming it has one, but still nothing wrong with this as a stand alone pan, in variants with a separate serpentine... IE. depends on the look of what erra of time and location your going for.
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    Replacement lock for traditions hawken woodsman

    A few have said overall its a better bet on a new lock, as there are tuned a better hardened part on them. But the main issue is that the frizzen retaining screw is captive from the back of the lock plate, opposed to typical locks that have the screw come out from the front, with that being...
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    Replacement lock for traditions hawken woodsman

    Hey gang... Been a long time since posting here.. I've needed a new frizzen for my lock for a while now.. but the best thing I can do I've been told is just get a better lock. I've got a bit of cash to do so, I'm am located in Canada, so I know conversion/shipping will be a bit.. What's...
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    Places to get a matchlock?

    My recent experiences with my match conversion lock, it has shown its pretty fast.. I can get a good feel when the cord just about touches, then focus, then fire.. No real flinch incurred...
  11. M

    Slow Match

    Crikey ...... wow that quite the necro-post... I was going to reply .... but 5 years back this started...
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    External Mechanisms on Matchlocks

    Here's mine I recently completed..... A conversion lock to the original flintlock it is. just having a few issues with it, so The match is in to get me by. All external mechanism, including the trigger. Didn't modify the gun to make it fit, just fitted the lock to the gun itself. (I dug into...
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    Traditions flintlock to matchlock conversion...

    The match wedges in the cock/serpentine, it just stays there after shooting... but ya I need one anyways.... just didn't have time to make one, or get one yet.. I kept the original trigger setup, as this it just the conversion lock from the flintlock it is.. I have that still... just working...
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    Traditions flintlock to matchlock conversion...

    I finally took some better up close pics. It show next to a small Siler lock I have for comparison.. Pan was silver soldered onto the lockplate, had to add a couple of filler blocks to fit some spaces, also when I was fitting the pan originally, I jammed a wedge to hold the position... just...
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    Wads material

    The borax Idea is actually pretty good... almost a modern day muzzleloading hack....
  16. M

    Wads material

    Oh OK... If burning or windage of the patch and ball is an issue.... I would say(based on what I've seen here over the years), use wasp nest material...
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    Wads material

    Wads or patches were talking about???
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    Traditions flintlock to matchlock conversion...

    Its a lever with a return spring, I was thinking a snapping but i didnt like the idea of it being suffed out or smashed into the pan after release... When I get my stuff together(hopefully this week some time), I have to show some pics of it alone and the parts...
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    Traditions flintlock to matchlock conversion...

    I have a good amount of the sash cord, got that a few years ago in a 100'hank. I have used it to touch off a few cannon shots hear and there, But with the matchlock it just doesn't want to light... even with 3f using to prime both... So I need to treat it with the nitre... I'm just glad I...
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    Traditions flintlock to matchlock conversion...

    Thanks guys.... ya actually there is a pan cover, its hard to tell, bu the pic on the shooting bench, shows a open pan cover... I know its a safety thing to have one.... Cant really set your match properly with a "live" pan. Yup giver a blow and then give fire... Ill try to get some better...
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