Flintlock Pistol

[monterray]

Need your recommendition on a Flintlock pistol. Don't not have a lot of money for it and just want a reliable shooter, good sparker. Any help would be great appreciated.

 

[mazo kid]

Dixie has a couple of flint kits, one is a Queen Anne flint pistol at under $200. That won't be accurate and neither will the Harper's Ferry pistol (no sights!), so if you want a target pistol you will have to spend a bit more. Most pistols will be in the $250-350+ range so I would suggest hanging around a couple of online auction sites. That's what I do when looking for a good used M/L rifle or accessories. Good luck.

 

[Rogue River]

Checkout Gunbroker #126035298. There is also one in the Forum classified!

 

[FishDFly]

I like my Pedersoli Kentucky Flintlock, I did have a trigger job done on it.

RDE

 

[El Lobo]

If you are interested in a kit, here is one for $299 from Sitting Fox Muzzleloaders:
http://www.sittingfoxmuzzleloaders.com/Pistol-Colonial DGW.htm

 

[PaulN/KS]

Richard,
Who,what or how was done to help the trigger on your Kentucky pistol? :hmm:

 

[FishDFly]

PaulN/KS,

I took the flintlock and perscussion that I have to my gunsmith and had him "do a trigger job" on each one.

I asked him to lighten the trigger pull and make the let off's identical to each other.

In all honesty, I am not sure what all he does. I have a feeling he works the trigger assembly down (removing metal) with a stone or file and then he does some polishing.

He did say that he had down what he could with what he had to work with. He said any further work would require him to start making parts for each one.

The triggers are nice now.

RDE

 

[rafterob]

Usually the work done is to file and polish the tumbler notches and sear nose,which is why there isn't much to work with. if you go too far you need a new tumbler. If you search enough on the web you can find some illustrations on what to do. The Traditions have a screw that you can adjust the sear to tumbler contact to adjust the trigger pull. The downfall of that system is it leaves you with a lot of trigger play.

 

[PaulN/KS]

Thanks Richard and Gg,
I'll try polishing the sear and such. There's no adjusting screw on the Pederosoli lock but I have done that with the Traditions locks...
Paul

 

[plinker]

My Pedersoli Kentucky pistol had a very Heavy trigger pull ( would you believe it needed two fingers on the trigger?). This was due to the sear spring tension. Try removing the sear spring, cocking the hammer, reassembling the lock into the stock, then trying the trigger pull. When I did this the trigger pull was much, much lighter so I started working on the sear spring. I have removed about two thirds of the width of the lower leaf of the spring and the pull is about where I want it to be. Since you can't put metal back on just go slow. I usually did my work after a range trip where I checked out my earlier work. Any excuse to get to the range.

 

[PaulN/KS]

thanks for the tip. I'll check that as well... :hatsoff: