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    frizzen rubbing barrel

    update hey guys took me longer than i planned to get back to work on this had some real world issues come up made it out to the shop this morning and worked on the lock stoned the side of the frizzen no rub left opens at about 4 and 1/2 pounds according to my trigger pull gauge is this about...
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    Storing Black Powder

    to sell black powder your store owner will need to get an explosive endorsement for his ffl from the BATFE as to storing it in the store he will need to check state and local regs to make sure thet he is in compliance with them a good place to check about the local regs is the fire dept t-buck
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    Am I crazy?

    i see another problem with your plans that the others have missed you state that you are going to have the ramrod channel done in 5/16 and the ramrod you are going to get is 3/8 this will not work you will need a 3/8 channel and as the others say ditch the rammin rod and go for the hickory one...
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    frizzen rubbing barrel

    hey guys best as i can tell the lock and barrel are square thanks for bringing this up i would not have thought of it checked the frizzen this evening and it appears to have a casting seam on it that was not cleaned up when the lock was put together but again i did not think of that before i...
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    frizzen rubbing barrel

    thanks old salt and birddog that was what i was thinking but wanted to check here to make sure this is the first flinter i have built and was not sure if that would be the way to go about this thanks again t-buck
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    frizzen rubbing barrel

    ok guys this is the first rock lock i have built just starting and have the lock inlet when i put the barrel in and snugged the lock bolt down i found out that the frizzen was rubbing the barrel lock bolt is just snug not real tight qoestion is should i remove some off the frizzen so it will...
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    broke main spring

    thanks guys new spring on the way//// also got some of his white lightning liners a couple extra springs and some other stuff as stated before they are good people to deal with checked the broken spring this evening and it does appear to have a bad spot where it broke but i have no problem...
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    broke main spring

    thanks for the info that was almost the same i was doing only thing extra i do is put about a 1/4 turn of finder tension after full cock i'll call jim in the morning and see what we can work out on this i have dealt with him before was over his way a while back and spent part of the day with...
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    broke main spring

    jerry i didn't even look for them just finished taking the lock apart and closed up shop for the night i'll check it tomorrow and see if there seems to be something that may have caused it to break this is the first time i have had one break and don't get the wrong idea i am not saying...
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    broke main spring

    well looks like it is going to be one of them nights was dismantling my chambers large siler flint lock action to began the inletting of it and when i put the spring vise on the main spring it snapped at the curve of the spring not much pressure was placed on the spring not even a 1/4 turn of...
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    point of view

    guess i am lucky on that part my son is 14 now and you have to trail him down he knows the 100 acres here better than the squirrels and deer do he has been shooting since he was 6 i got a scaled down 32 cap lock for him and he would rather use it than anything my hope is that he continues on...
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    point of view

    Spence good story and day in the woods i had a similar evening last sat but no camera had the squirrels,some chipmunks,even saw a small yearling, instead of the wood duck i had a beautiful redtailed hawk land on a dead branch of an oak tree about 30 yards from where i was sitting under some low...
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    Flints

    thanks diesel just what i needed t-buck
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    Flints

    thanks for the info tg i am not new to ml but kinda new here found this site by accident a couple months ago wish i had found it years ago there is a lot of good info here and the guys here seem to want to step in and offer advice and help to anyone that asks for it thanks again t-buck
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    Flints

    i am going to be needing to get some flints before long how do i contact ray does he have a website or anything like that can anyone give me more info about him and his flints i have always used the english fuller flints but have had no trouble with them yet but am always open to try different...
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    pedersoli lock removal?

    it may help to back the screws out a couple of turns then tap them to start the lock out of the mortise back a couple more turns and repeat tapping if the lock is tight in the mortise this will help and you will not mess the wood up by trying to pry it out t-buck
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    Lead

    yes you need to watch out for the zinc weights they are making the stickons with zinc now the last 5 5 gallon buckets that i got mixture of the clip and the stickon i had 1 full bucket of the zinc ones after i separated them t-buck
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    Breaking Flints

    glad you got it worked out sorry i wasn't able to help t-buck
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    Tip Curtis Frontier Shop

    THANKS FOR THE DIRECTIONS GONNA MAKE SOME PLANS FOR THIS TO BE ON MY LIST OF PLACES TO VISIT THIS WINTER T-BUCK
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    Breaking Flints

    Hey problem child looked in the spare parts bin and sorry to tell you but no frizzen to be found best bet is to try the advice the others have given on hardening the frizzen sorry about getting your hopes up then letting you down on this T-BUCK
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