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Are you using a patch with the powder coated balls?

Howdy from Magnolia

Thank you gentlemen for all the advice. I'll start with a new flint.

The distance is much further. From some of the things I've read on hear it seems to me to be striking a little low on the frozen.

I'm not sure, I don't know the difference. The barrel is old enough not to have the safety warnings, but the lock seems to be newer to me, as the only wear on the finish seems to be on the pan and the frizzen

It will spark, but it seems to me it really wears down the flint. Made the flint really jagged edge after 1 srike

Newbie question here. I bought an old TC Hawken .45. The frizzen as I understand should be pretty hard to produce good sparks. This one seems to be soft. It has a lot of scars/scratching that is pretty deep from the flint digging into it. I would say they are pretty deep, about .015-.020 deep...

Welcome from Magnolia Tx

Welcome from Texas

Welcome from Texas

Howdy from Magnolia Tx

Howdy from Magnolia

Welcome from Texas

Welcome to the club from Magnolia TX.

Some valuable info you will need is how to make the barrel. I have a book called "Hand riffling a muzzle loading rifle barrel at home" by Mark D. Wagner. It shows how to make the equipment just like they did in the 18th century and make a barrel from blank to finish. I think I bought it from a...

Welcome from Texas. If you're not learning you're either lazy or dead. I learn something new every day. I'm new here myself, but pretty sure we are among a group of learners in this forum. I've learned a lot already just reading old post.

Appreciated. If i run across him I will.

Hay neighbor!

What part of Texas you in? I'm in Magnolia.