'66 Charleville misfires

[RC61]

Gentlemen, I want to thank all of you for helping out and signing in with your experiences and advice. I contacted Dixie and they told me to send the whole lock back. I asked them to give me a new lock and not try to repair the old one. As far as sending the whole musket back I really don't have an issue with the rest of it. This is my first Flintlock so this is a bit of a learning curve for me and all your input and expertise is appreciated

 

[RC61]

Update: DGW sent me a brand new lock. The pivot screw is nice and straight and It sparks great! DGW informed me that my original frizzen was not case hardened properly at the factory and the frizzen pivot screw was on an angle. The new lock is working perfectly now. Thanks for all the help.

 

[hawkeye2]

Thanks for the update and a to Dixie.

 

[RC61]

My Pedersoli Charleville misfired a lot in the beginning. Mine also has an offset frizzen screw hole.

The problem ended up being the mainspring wasn't strong enough to kick open the frizzen, a strong mainspring is needed for this lock because its so massive/beefy, the frizzen toe has a little bit of extra steel that acts like a shelf which I filed off, I swapped out the mainspring with a new one from Dixie, sparks like heaven every time.

You'll notice in the picture the comparison between the Pedersoli and Miroku frizzens, Pedersoli for some reason just left a little too much extra on that toe. if you have this feature on your musket lock, I'd reshape it.

The miroku frizzen works much better because of its shape on the toe, so I decided to file down the toe, works much better.

Thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[FlinterNick]

Thanks for sharing the pics!

NP, for some reason pedersoli flintlocks have way too much cam action on their frizzen toes, at least on my Charleville and Brown Bess it did.

 

[RC61]

NP, for some reason pedersoli flintlocks have way too much cam action on their frizzen toes, at least on my Charleville and Brown Bess it did.

I actually noticed that too, The cam action is very pronounced. But so far it's producing nice sparks. I might get the hammer and trigger pull tuned soon.