On my Pedersoli flintlocks, the sparks aren’t always hitting the center of the pan. From what I can tell from slow motion videos taken with my phone, the sparks initially hit on the front edge of the pan or just in front of it. Some of the clips look like the sparks are hitting just in front of the pan and then bounce off the bottom of the frizzen & bounce back in to the pan. In looking at the flint at rest, it is pointing exactly where the sparks go — not in the center of the pan. Any tips for fixing this issue? Pictures below.
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Sparks not hitting the center of the pan
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Phil Coffins
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Set the flint back in the jaws a bit.
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if that lock throws showers like that every time, please send me your address so I can come steal it!
just as Phil says. and you can put a shim under the back of the flint to change the angle.
seriously that is a spectacular shower of sparks.
just as Phil says. and you can put a shim under the back of the flint to change the angle.
seriously that is a spectacular shower of sparks.
I’ll try it and post the results. But it happens with my pedersoli Kentucky rifle too. And I had to chip the back of the flints so they don’t rest on the frozen at half-cock.
The manual states that the flint should be about 1mm from the face of the frizzen at half-cock. Sliding it back might change the angle that it hits the frozen face but not the angle that it points at rest.
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Nuthatch, is there a notch in your leather? you can gain some movement of the flint with one. also it butts the flint against the jaw screw, thereby making a solid rest.
just tossing out some stuff. if you know all this already just ignore my rambles.
just tossing out some stuff. if you know all this already just ignore my rambles.
Phil Coffins
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You can also turn the flint over as well as back to get it to hit the frizzen at a higher point, it pays to adjust the flint to do what you want rather then just following the book.
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my wife always asks me "what does the book say?" I just give her a blank look
morehops52
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Agree w/ Phil. There is room to move to it closer to screw. Put lock on half cock and frizzen down. There should be about 1/8" gap from flint to frizzen.
Phil - Bingo! That did it. Too far back wouldn’t let the frizzen open fully. But somewhere in the middle got the sparks hitting the pan squarely. Will try it with my Kentucky rifle too. Thank you. Great knowledge here.
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Had the same issue with one of my Pedersoli's, set the flint further back and problem gone.
The 1mm rule is a guide, as are a lot of things when it comes to flinters. They're as finnicky as women and go off just as loudly!
The 1mm rule is a guide, as are a lot of things when it comes to flinters. They're as finnicky as women and go off just as loudly!
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Flip your flint over , angle in the front going up , instead of down ...
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at this point i would just take that jewel out and get it dirty!
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Just be careful that the flint isn’t to far away from the frizzen face or the top jaw screw will come in contact with the frizzen before the flint even strikes it.
Looks like it's ready to rock!
Flint shooting requires a lot of fiddling and fussing to get right. The frustration factor is what attracts us to them. And, yes, we have never been accused of being normal.
Way more satisfying figuring out difficult things than easy things.Flint shooting requires a lot of fiddling and fussing to get right. The frustration factor is what attracts us to them. And, yes, we have never been accused of being normal.
Yeah, I’m old school.
Oddly, the videos show the sparks barely hitting the pan at all when going bevel down. The flint hits the frizzen face squarely near the top, sparks almost straight out before the frizzen can open fully and the sparks land all around the partially closed frizzen. Maybe if I could change the angle of the frizzen or the cock, then it might work better.
I just got a turkey with it last weekend. I even took it out to the duck marshes this winter but only got some coots. It gets used. Just looking to improve things where I can to speed up that ignition.
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