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    1803 Harpers Ferry rifle

    I have one of the brazilian replicas. It was like new when I got it last year. I've shot it at least 200 times. I'm not happy with the lock performance. Doesn't have a set trigger either. Seems this design lacks the internal "fly" that has been discussed here previously. Double throated...
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    Single or Double Throated Hammer

    The guy who worked on my 1803 Harper's Ferry said the double cock design wouldn't allow for any adjusting. He said that the single design allowed for some tweaking. Made sense to me.
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    Safe load

    Superflint, I'll bite. How do you know? Burn the inside of your left arm? Speaking of delayed ignition. I kinda like it. One more thing that differentiates it from the excrutiating boredom and predictability that is centerfire shooting. RE: upping the load for hunting. I don't get better...
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    Classic Kentucky Rifle?

    I know that on the plains shorter bows were prefered for use on horseback. Maybe its the same with rifles.
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    Down-Sized Flintlocks

    All you have to do to make your own is to pour hot water over your regular-size lock. Go ahead. Try it. (message intended to be sent yesterday)
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    This orta be good! POWDER.

    3f goex in my 1803 repro. Pan and barrel.
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    Ball discharger update

    Bought the ball discharger from Thunder Ridge Muzzleloading - along with some other supplies. I'm cooling off from ordering so much from Cabelas. Last two orders I had to send back due to serious quality issues. I'm also into braintanning, center fire hunting, reloading, primitive archery and...
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    Ball discharger update

    With new CO2 ball discharger set up in hand, I got brave and loaded a patched round ball sans powder and rammed it home. The little flintlock adapter for the co2 discharger looks a lot like the needle for inflating a football. I used my pick and felt the patch material in there. I inserted...
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    FILING 101

    Excellent post. Very informative and well-written. Thank you. I've often wondered how a file is manufactured. How was this done historically. I am a bowyer and farrier's files are part of my tool kit. I've heard it told in the bowbuilding circle that you can bring some life back to your...
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    Ball discharger

    Thanks to all who have offered help. Hank makes an excellent point. The ball was driven down far enough to block the flash hole so no insert could get it - I guess no powder could get in either. My flash hole is the kind that cannot be removed without destroying it as it has no slot for a...
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    Ball discharger

    This friend of mine, ahem, got a patched round ball stuck down his 1803 Harpers Ferry repro. Forgot the powder. He used the screw-in ball puller and removed it but thought there must be a better way. This friend keeps seeing the CO2 devices advertised in Cabelas and other places. Can anyone...
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    Getting stuck at half cock

    Ok guys, I checked the Track of the Wolf page and noticed they sell individual parts. I'm not trying to take the cheap way out, but do you think buying a couple of the internal parts might work, i.e., tumbler, fly, sear, screws? Even if the price of individual parts approaches the cost of a...
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    Getting stuck at half cock

    Thank you for all the comments. Great brains on this site. The sear was pretty soft. It only took a couple of strokes on a whetstone to square it up. Then, some red jeweler's rouge on a leather strop and it was like a mirror. Sounds like the sear may need to be heat treated again. Thanks...
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    Getting stuck at half cock

    No fly. Do you think a retrofit would be too much trouble? Your observation about slow or light trigger pull is right on. I also have a Rem 700 that has a nice tuned trigger. Getting my trigger finger used to the 1803 after a season of shooting the 700 is very tough. Back to the fly. Do...
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    Getting stuck at half cock

    1803 Harpers Ferry Sau Paulo repro. When I first got it, sear would land in half cock notch on the tumbler almost every time. I removed the sear and squared and polished the knife edge. Now I can get about 200 successful shots before it starts getting stuck in the half cock position. Last...
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    How to "flat-top" a Black English Flint ??

    I heard that if you heat two-part epoxy it will melt like Fer-L-Tite. For those who aren't familiar with it, Fer-L-Tite is a hot melt glue used to attach metal points to arrows and ferrels (sp) to fishing poles. You hold a flame under it and it gets melty.
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    How to "flat-top" a Black English Flint ??

    Use hot melt glue to attach the flat part of the flint to a board and run it slowly through a tile saw. JB Weld is for fixing old sears outboard motors and broken tractor parts and Zebco fishing reels. Respectfully.
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    03 harpers ferry

    I've got one of the Brazilian 1803s. Mine was stock and not working right. Al Edge of Ruther Glen VA did some work on mine. He tuned the lock, drilled out the flash hole liner to accept larger size, drilled and tapped the end of the ramrod to accept screw in jags, brushes, etc. Removed the...
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