Frankenstein's Flintlock

[toot]

a rely great job. thanks for sharing it with us!

 

[44-henry]

If it was me I would re-breech the barrel, or have it re-breeched. Your method of filling that hole with a screw bedded in epoxy made me cringe. The stock quite frankly looks pretty poorly done, it would be better to start with new wood and see what you can do with it. Even better, sell the parts and use the money for a down payment on one of the Kibler kits. Just my thoughts.

 

[user 48679]

I love just working on projects like that, whether or not they work out - excellent practice for a quality kit build.

You've done well (trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear) with what you have, pilgrim.....

 

[Chris In SE PA]

I replaced the mainspring with a small Siler spring. Now it's time to button it back up and see what we have.

 

[oldwood]

Well , button up and see if she will make fire and booms.

 

[Chris In SE PA]

IT'S ALIVE>>>>>>>

I've got much better spark than I did before. It's too late in the day to make her go boom. By the time I get tot he range it'll be dark out.

 

[Chris In SE PA]

Well, she isn't going to win any beauty contests. But, here's a few pics.

Small Siler mainspring. I had to drill a new hole in the lock plate to accept the spur. I also had to drill a small notch in the bolster to accept the spring spur.

 

[Chris In SE PA]

Nice crisp trigger pull of about 15 pounds. Not what I was hoping for.

 

[Chris In SE PA]

Just in case there wasn't already a lot of wood removed before I bought it, I had to do quite a bit of inletting to get the spring to seat. The original spring was much, much thinner than the replacement.

 

[oldwood]

Looks like Frankenstein has a single trigger , but no fly in the lock. You could try moving and repining the single trigger to improve the trigger pull a bit.