Ardesa 45 cal Pennsylvania Flntlock mainspring.

[dromia]

Picked up one of these along with a 50 cal Ardesa Hawken yesterday for a very friendly price for the two.

The main spring on the Flinter is a bit tired though and barely opens the frizzen.

Is there any simple way of reinvigorating the spring, getting a replacement over here will not be easy.

 

[Socal147]

Found this.
http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/tempering/tempering.html

Perhaps it may be of use.

 

[dromia]

Thank you for that link.

My wife runs a couple of potters kilns so they should do for getting it up to temperature.

 

[nwtradegun]

the lock appears to be the same as Spanish made cva locks.

 

[nwtradegun]

ardesa made cva rifles. same lock. a co. called deer creek guns in Indiana has parts.

 

[nwtradegun]

also marked jukar made in spain. check evil bay a lot of parts and locks for cva rifle. cao lock used same internal parts.