Caywood Smoothie question???

[pa woods roamer]

Had a chance today to shoot my Caywood Smoothbore. I was having some ignition trouble and noticed that, this is going to be hard to explain, the Hammer was not going all the way down to where the Flint stopped just above the Pan. It stops about two inches above the Pan. Is this noremal in a Caywood or is there a malfunction occuring??

 

[wattlebuster]

I have a 12 ga english game gun an so far have never had any problems yet. I looked at mine an though the flint does not go as far down in the pan as say a chambers, I still get lots of sparks in the pan. Are you using the right size flint an is it positioned right

 

[Va.Manuf.06]

2 inches above the pan? Sounds like the lock is catching on half cock or maybe your flint is way too small/short.

 

[pa woods roamer]

Too short a Flint, story of my Life, might be the problem. I visited Caywoods Website and it said to use 7/8 Flints. I had a 3/4 in it and just now put a 1 incher in. The Pan doesn`t close with the 1 inch but does have a lot better Spark!!Guess I`ll hafta put in an order to TOW....Thanks for the info....
By the way, does your Caywood have a heavy Trigger pull. Mine seems excessivly hard....

 

[smo]

Are you using the right size flint an is it positioned right

Would that be bevel up or bevel down? :stir: :stir: Sorry I couldn't help myself :redface: :redface: lol

 

[Rifleman1776]

Would that be bevel up or bevel down?

Caywood's are made in Arkansas, not Tennessee. You should know which way is correct. :grin:

'scuse me. Are we going? ff

 

[Pierre LaPierre]

I have an English Game Gun by Caywood, smooth rifle, .54/28ga. The trigger pull is quite hard.

 

[wattlebuster]

No sir my trigger is fine :hatsoff:

 

[pa woods roamer]

After the Pa. late Deer season, i`m going to see if a custom gunbuilder, that shoots at our Club,can lesson the pull. As an after thought , I wonder if I would contact Caywood they would help???

 

[wattlebuster]

Give him a call. The worst he can say is no. It is a real simple job to do anyway since it is just held in with a pin. I built mine as a kit and did my own trigger. Good luck to ya :thumbsup:

 

[Rifleman1776]

After the Pa. late Deer season, i`m going to see if a custom gunbuilder, that shoots at our Club,can lesson the pull. As an after thought , I wonder if I would contact Caywood they would help???

Danny is not interested in unhappy customers bad mouthing his guns. He will help you. However, in most cases, a hard trigger pull can be corrected with simple measures by anyone with a modicum of handiness. Rather than going to the trouble of shipping back and forth,I suggest you do try to locate the problem and correct yerself.

 

[pa woods roamer]

Certainly not bashing His Guns!! This Fowler is beautiful. As for Me correcting the problem...I would probably mess it up and create more problems.I did get the correct size Flints and it has helped the ignition problem....take care