Don Steele
45 Cal.
At the range yesterday with a T/C "Hawken" style flintlock.
The rifle has the newer style lock. Over time, the frizzen has gotten gouged once in a while. When it looked too bad, I would use some emery cloth and smooth it back out. Here's the problem: it's been working just fine until yesterday when the frizzen just quit sparking. Tried 3 different flints with no change. When I got home I put a new frizzen on the lock and got 100% ignition of the prime.
I'm wondering if smoothing out the other frizzen has removed a hardened "skin" on the face of it..???
A anyone else ever have something like this???
Thanks.
The rifle has the newer style lock. Over time, the frizzen has gotten gouged once in a while. When it looked too bad, I would use some emery cloth and smooth it back out. Here's the problem: it's been working just fine until yesterday when the frizzen just quit sparking. Tried 3 different flints with no change. When I got home I put a new frizzen on the lock and got 100% ignition of the prime.
I'm wondering if smoothing out the other frizzen has removed a hardened "skin" on the face of it..???
A anyone else ever have something like this???
Thanks.