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Thanks again for everyone's help. I flipped the flint and tried to position it like @wiscoaster's reference pic. After I knocked all the flakes off the flint, it became a bit blunt and short (~1/8 inch from the frizzen at half-cock), so I'm not sure if I did it right. Good thing is that I can...

Thanks for all the helpful advice! I'll troubleshoot and provide an update later.

Hi, I'm new to flintlocks. I bought a traditions trapper pistol to try it out. I installed the flint and can't seem to get enough sparks. 9/10 of the time the pistol won't fire. I do see a few sparks sometimes but nothing like "a spark shower" I read about. I tried using sandpaper to polish the...