Flint Installation

[swinehart]

I am fairly new to the flintlock and have shot mine a few times. The rifle came with a double ended sawcut stone. This might be a dumb newbe question.
I purchased some Tom Fuller flints and was going to put one in my lock and had to stop and take a second look at the flints. My question is which side is the right side to use? Not the bevel up or down question. The flint has one side with the long taper to the thin sharp edge and the other side with a blunter more vertical face.
Which one goes toward the frizzen?

 

[rabjr]

long taper to the thin sharp edge to the frizzen..

 

[wattlebuster]

What Swampy said :thumbsup:

 

[mr.flintlock]

As Swampy said, Long taper to the frizzen. You want the flint edge to hit about 2/3 of the way up on the frizzen. This should determine where the bevel of the flint goes up or down. Also, when the cock is in the down position the edge of the flint should be pointed to the center of the pan.

 

[swinehart]

Thanks

That's the way I had it but wasn't sure. Figured I'd double check.

Mike

 

[Rifleman1776]

All previous answers are correct.
But, I'll add (don't I always? :wink: ) whichever way works for you.
This is muzzle loading, there ain't no 'rules'. (except safety issues)

 

[ohio ramrod]

So very true. Safety rules are a must. How do I know? After over 45 years with muzzleloaders I was distracted and violated the critical "prime last" and lost a finger, plus nerve damage in the palm.As they say," there is no fool like an old fool.!" :idunno: :idunno: