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Woke up early this morning and decided it was high time I had this thing functioning. At least mechanically, I may not shoot this one, just nice to know it's operable. So I made a sear spring, I'm embarassed to admit what the spring is made of... You know those ball point pens with a seperate...

Here are a few pictures I took last night.

I'm pretty sure it's an original flintlock, as far as I can tell. I'll see if I can get a couple of better pics. I miss-spoke in my first post, it's has the 1837 date.

Thank you for all that information. So I assume that this would be more of a "shooter" than a super collectable, depending on who you ask? I've read about proofing an old one, what else do people do to check them out? I took it in to a modern gun shop one time, and it seemed it was somewhat...

Hello, I am a new member of this forum. I've been looking around for info on an old flintlock I've had in my collection for a long time. It's an A. Waters 1836 flintlock that has had some missing parts replaced. The only part that isn't currently there is the sear spring. This is the only...