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Note the pick angle in the flash hole of the third picture, moving it forward of the breech plug face. I've not seen this angular flash...

Thank you !

This is a picture of an inexpensive Moruku flint pistol I picked up for 20 bucks that needed a front sight,trigger job and stock repair...

Might want to read up on Fred Stuzenburgers articles on frizzen bounce cause and effect. He has since past but was a very gifted flint...

Here is a picture of the Chambers Deluxe lock I have on my SMR using my home knapped serrated edge flints that spark like sixty with...

One can get nearly 60 grains of 3F in a Walker with a ball but with a 210 grain ACP bullet I've found about 45-48 grains of 3F about right.

Did/do the Dragoons have the same chamber capacity of the Walkers? I had perhaps mistakenly thought the Walker chamber capacity was...

Well the picture reveals a very high strike contact and a skip which is the reason for the assumption. This with the factory flint...

There has never been any definitive proof of accuracy advantage from gain twist rifling in pistol or rifle since it's invention a couple...

True but flint ignition is about consistency and adjusting the cock jaw angle will produce better strike angle consistency then will...

Be that as it may if it were mine I'd give the cock angle a couple more degrees forward tilt by heating and bending it . Another idea I...

In my opinion there are several causes for frizzen bounce. 1. I think the most pronounced cause is to straight of a strike angle. 2 The...

I've always felt the Hawkens were the epitome of muzzle loading function and architectural design, simple, good lines and well fit parts...

See the skip at the top, that is a frizzen bounce ! What one wants is an even scrape pattern down the entire frizzen face so that...

Smooth, no file or sanding marks. Not polished. It will get all the lines it needs by firing.