Hammer or cock

[tom in nc]

I hope I'm not breaking copyright laws but wanted to share this from a 1961 issue of MuzzleBlasts magazine.
Good stuff in those early issues as in current ones!

 

[GriscomRun]

...into my pouch of something learned... !

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Is that why we cock the hammer?

 

[Capt. Jas.]

The hammer on a flintlock is the frizzen.

 

[wiscoaster]

Interesting, thanks for posting. Now, if someone can come up with why the frizzen is called a frizzen.

half the time I can't remember how to spell it

 

[pilot]

The hammer on a flintlock is the frizzen.

Say what?