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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    would that be considered fine to do and still shoot?
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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    It looks like it's just behind the touch hole. I took a picture shining a light into the hole while borescoping. Weird question but is the touch hole always at the very back of the barrel or is there sometimes a gap? Wouldn't this affect the location of the powder and ball which might block...
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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    Why would that be? Would smoothing out the inside not be enough?
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    New member from Virginia

    Thanks
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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    I've heard that there are a lot of 1779 marked EIC locks from that time period in the US, possibly from the capture of English EIC ships on the way to India during the Revolutionary War
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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    Here is a photo of the outside of the lock flash hole
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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    the "Nock" is Henry Nock who made a lot of the gun locks of that period
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    Flintlock Fowler Restoration

    I recently got an old flintlock fowler that needs some work to restore. It's pretty long with a 53" barrel and 70" overall length and has a EIC 1779 lock. The metal parts are pretty rough so I was planning on doing a caustic bath to restore it. I also got a borescope and took some pictures...
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    New member from Virginia

    I'm new to black powder firearms. I have a IMA Brunswick and a new Flintlock fowler I need to fix up. I just ordered some stuff for getting started in shooting them so I'm here to see what I can learn.
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