• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Hawken L&R Hooked Breech question.

Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

cannonball1

62 Cal.
Joined
Mar 11, 2014
Messages
649
Reaction score
506
I am making a 58 caliber flintlock. I have purchased a hooked flintlock L&R breech. There is a 3/8" vent hole cavity. When the breech is in place this leaves a ledge from cavity to the .58 inside of the barrel. My question is do most leave the ledge or taper the barrel side of the breech so the powder flows to the bottom? Does it matter?
 
I doubt that it matters since the 3/8" hole will be full of powder. I used a L&R patent breech on my last build. They had drilled a hole from the left side to provide a flash channel to the nipple and plugged the hole with a screw that was dressed off flushed. When I test fired the rifle and then cleaned it I noticed bubbles coming out of that hole. In other words, it was leaking and would have probably led to problems. I ended up soldering a piece of rod to the screw so I could back it out and then soldered in a new screw to completely seal the hole. It's a good thing I hadn't browned the barrel before I test fired it or I would have been really PO'd. It's something you should look for on your hooked breech.
 
xxx


Which of these two drawings or does it matter.
Breech taper.jpeg
 
Back
Top