Ken Cormier
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Trying to build a Siler large flint lock fror my first build . Do I fit the tumbler to the cock/hammer or the hammer to the tumbler. Thanks in advance Ken
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I would say fit the cock to the tumbler.
Thinning the already thin square drive is not a good idea as it needs all of the material and strength it can have.
The cock on the other hand has plenty of material around the square drive hole.
Thinning the already thin square drive is not a good idea as it needs all of the material and strength it can have.
The cock on the other hand has plenty of material around the square drive hole.
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Fit the hammer to the tumbler. Make sure it is a tight fit.
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Zonie's right
He often is.
This is one of those times.
He often is.
This is one of those times.
You fit the hammer/cock to the tumbler. You try to file that tumbler shaft with a regular file, you will need a new file if the tumbler came hardened, as they are usually harder than the file. And as stated, you need all the meat on the tumbler shaft you can keep.
The hammer/cock should be a Tightfit that you have to drive on (within reason :hmm: ) :hmm: & punch out. If not, it will wear the hole in the hammer/cock extremely fast if you shoot the rifle much.
Absoutely DO NOT try to walk the hammer/cock off the tumbler shaft with a screwdriver blade back & forth. That is a recipe for disaster. You always Punch them out with a square end brass punch you make from a piece of 1/4" brass rod. The square part being just barely undersize of the square hole in the hammer/cock and about 1/2" long on that square part so it don't wedge into the hammer. I make the rod about 4" long so it is easier to hold.
Keith Lisle
The hammer/cock should be a Tightfit that you have to drive on (within reason :hmm: ) :hmm: & punch out. If not, it will wear the hole in the hammer/cock extremely fast if you shoot the rifle much.
Absoutely DO NOT try to walk the hammer/cock off the tumbler shaft with a screwdriver blade back & forth. That is a recipe for disaster. You always Punch them out with a square end brass punch you make from a piece of 1/4" brass rod. The square part being just barely undersize of the square hole in the hammer/cock and about 1/2" long on that square part so it don't wedge into the hammer. I make the rod about 4" long so it is easier to hold.
Keith Lisle
