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Can't separate flintlock **** and tumbler
My thanks to everyone who responded. As suggested, heating the **** with a butane torch got the pieces separated without harming the case color. The suggestion to use a large socket around the tumbler to support the lock also helped a lot. I tried stoning the sear nose and tumbler notch, but...- DaveBeal
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Can't separate flintlock **** and tumbler
I have a new Pedersoli Kentucky flintlock pistol. The trigger pull is very heavy (usually off the scale of my Lyman electronic gauge). I decided I would start with stoning the sear nose and tumbler notch. I followed Bob McBride's instructions on how to disassemble the lock (), but I can't...- DaveBeal
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Dumb cap and ball mistake - advice needed
My thanks to everyone who responded! Being the compulsive type, I bought a ball puller from Midway. I then realized that it has 10-32 threads, and all my cleaning rods are 8-32, so I bought an adapter from Amazon. When I finally got all the pieces assembled, removing the balls was easy. -... -
Dumb cap and ball mistake - advice needed
I've stupidly loaded two balls into the same chamber of a cap and ball revolver. I've heard of people intentionally firing two balls from the same chamber, but I don't want to try that. I'm not sure whether there's powder between the two balls. I'm thinking that I can remove all caps (already...