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I know the flint is a little long in the pic, but I think I figured out that it is the first gen thompson hammer which was problematic.
 

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A while back I was checking the spark on my Early Plains Rifle. Shot a quick 9 second video, went back and looked it over frame by frame. Picked two and made images

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Use lower light conditions, so you will see the sparks better, and shoot from the side

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Try different orientations of the flint, check that the flint is square with the frizzen and the edge is sharp.

If you have everything as it should be, and still no speaking…You may need to re-harden your frizzen…or try to locate a new frizzen for that make/model of lock
 
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