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Greetings from Easton!

I have that lock and had the same problem. Deer Creek had the sear spring.

I have no doubt that the .36 was adequate and did the job - I do want to point out that during the fighting in the Philippines after the S.A.W. - the Army found that the 38s that they had issued lacked the umph to do the job quickly and reissued 45 colts which did the job much better

There is also the Al Packer solution........My stepmother from the pacific rim said her ancestors referred to that meal as long pig............

The "purists" seem to believe that every smith in the colonial era worked from some sort of pattern book so that everyone's product would look exactly the same - that's just illogical horse pucky. Folks back then re-purposed what ever they could as there was no Track of the Wolf or Rifle Shop in...

I have a target rifle made by Judge Resley and it has a very small hole drilled in the muzzle facing side of the snail. It appears to aid in quick or positive ignition as it eliminates any back pressure allowing better flow for the cap flame. Rifle had been bubba'd and the patent breach was full...

Though a very very small niche - pattern 1853 Enfield muskets (smoothbore) were made by Enfield and Tower (possibly other contractors as well) for issue to colonial militias and native troops post mutiny until about 1866 when the Snider/Enfield breech loading rifles came into use. The rational...

You can even end up with a pedersoli turd as well. Always best to personally examine what ever your choice maybe.

Welcome from the Eastern Shore - Talbot county

A true story - 5 plus years ago our private club ranges were shut down as the power company attributed holes in their high tension cables near the club to our members using them for target practice. Only after extensive investigation determined the damage to be from lightning strikes were we let...

The only real CSA rolling blocks were chambered in 43 Egyptian ................LOL!

I doubt he has - you can tell when he downgraded the topic by calling people stupid that they threw rational discourse out the door.

Before your evaluation how many different companies did you look at? Have you even held one in your hands? I own 2 from Loyalist and have been very happy with them. One I have owned and shot for over 20 years with no issues. Pretty craptacular huh?

I used Kaseinite from 50 years ago with the cyanide and still have a jar of it. I do not disagree with your analysis of the cva frizzen metal content and did not at that time have the skills or knowledge to shoe or replace the frizzen. Have not had to touch the frizzen since I hardened it over...

My first flinter was a cva circa 1972. Wouldn't spark worth beans. Used kasnit and it corrected the trouble and I still have it, it still sparks and has not (though shot infrequently now) needed to be re treated and if it did as the Commodore said it is not a big deal to reharden with powder...

You are not counting the cost of the mainspring vise, polishing supplies etc for the lock repair? Not to mention gobs of time and frustration trying to tune a sub par lock?

I have a partial hand written diary of a Union Arty officer who was chatting with a friend in his words a good 800 yds from the front lines when a round struck his friend in the head killing him instantly. Understandably he was completely unnerved by this as he thought they were safe from small...

The nay sayers lump all Indian manufacture arms into one pile they call crap. Are some crap - I have no doubt BUT some are not such as those from Loyalist. I can't say one way or the other about the other suppliers. Low grade European manufacturers have put out some pretty raunchy crap as well...

There are junk Indian firearms and junk Pedersolis. Lumping all Indian made arms in the junk class and all Pedersolis in the good class is not correct. The arms I have had from Loyalist have been good quality and the Flint pistol I bought from them over 20 years ago has and still works perfectly...