Robert Getz
32 Cal
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- Jan 2, 2020
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Good morning all,
I just recently got my hands on the newer improved hammer for the thompson center hawken flintlocks that tc had made to replace the old hammer that had a bad geometry. I installed this new hammer with no issues, put in a 5/8"x7/8" flint (i should be using a 3/4"x7/8" flint but i didnt have any at the time) and it not longer gouges out the frizzen and provides some nice spark, merely scraping the frizzen.
However, i notice that after firing the cock and flint are substaintially higher up above the pan than im used to and i not sure if this is wrong or what. Usually the flint is almost in the pan after a full strike on the frizzen, at least thats what im used to seeing. Basically with the cock down and the frizzen down, the flint is about 1/4" above the bottom edge of the frizzen. Attached are two photos, one is at half cock showing my flint placement, and the second is after pulling the trigger and then resetting the frizzen so you can see where the flint stops scraping the frizzen.
The gun shoots fine and i think there is plenty of spark, i just feel like there is something off here and looking for opinions
Thanks
Jake
I just recently got my hands on the newer improved hammer for the thompson center hawken flintlocks that tc had made to replace the old hammer that had a bad geometry. I installed this new hammer with no issues, put in a 5/8"x7/8" flint (i should be using a 3/4"x7/8" flint but i didnt have any at the time) and it not longer gouges out the frizzen and provides some nice spark, merely scraping the frizzen.
However, i notice that after firing the cock and flint are substaintially higher up above the pan than im used to and i not sure if this is wrong or what. Usually the flint is almost in the pan after a full strike on the frizzen, at least thats what im used to seeing. Basically with the cock down and the frizzen down, the flint is about 1/4" above the bottom edge of the frizzen. Attached are two photos, one is at half cock showing my flint placement, and the second is after pulling the trigger and then resetting the frizzen so you can see where the flint stops scraping the frizzen.
The gun shoots fine and i think there is plenty of spark, i just feel like there is something off here and looking for opinions
Thanks
Jake