Hello from Commifornia

[APG]

Welcome from Sunny Southern California USA . Good luck on your broken spring.

 

[Jim in San Diego]

https://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/mbs3cart/agora.cgi
This place has lock parts, but I’m not sure if they have a direct replacement.

It’s worth asking them!

BTW, I’m stuck in Commiefornia too.

Good luck!

 

[AndyJ]

Ok...just got the Traditions A1720 in...sadly it will not work...if you find one that works let me know...I have a wall hanger as well.

 

[Piquant]

Welcome

 

[Eterry]

Howdy from North Texas and welcome to the forum. If you don't get the answer you're looking for try the gunsmith's bench. Many knowledgeable guys there.

 

[animater9]

Welcome from Kansas

 

[Master Blaster]

Welcome.

 

[AndyJ]

So I decided to give the traditions spring a go anyway...here is what it looks like
in the lock...

The lock seems to work fine before putting in the stock. I had to do a bit of
carving to get it in but it fits ok and seems to function well...here is what I
carved...

So I attempted to do some trial ignitions, with a new flint, in my garage and it lit
right off...then tried very low (20g) load with a couple patches and initially it
did well...smoked up the garage nicely...was using FFFT7 in the pan and muzzle.
But as I continued the ignition was maybe once every 10 tries then the patches would hit about once every ignitions....very disappointing. Tried different flints and powder...I'm no longer wondering why percussion caps were invented...for dunderheads like me! Surely flintlocks have to be more reliable than this. I'd be more dangerous by throwing the dang thing. Seems I have a lot to learn about how flint tech works. It could be spring related but I'm not sure.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

I have to ask how you know to ask?

The address you put in for your location. Might want to change that.

 

[vintovka]

Just a name and IP and the world knows

 

[animater9]

The address you put in for your location. Might want to change that.

Please explain to this jarhead incase I've done something else wrong!

 

[user 31232]

Welcome from Indiana

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

Please explain to this jarhead incase I've done something else wrong

On the left where it shows our general location he put in a physical address that's shown to all. If searched it appears to be the only one in California and judging by his reaction to someone mentioning the town it shows up in might be his. In the short time I've been on this forum I've seen the same person point out someone's hometown or something in it more than once. They may not be up to anything nefarious but should be kept in mind that this is the interwebs and she's not always a friendly place.

 

[vintovka]

One bit of accurate information may be used to see full ID, personal history, relatives, aerial pics of current and past homes, net worth, finances, criminal records, and absolutely everything else down to shoe size. Welcome to the net. Heck some can do it with just your IP address.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

One bit of accurate information may be used to see full ID, personal history, relatives, aerial pics of current and past homes, net worth, finances, criminal records, and absolutely everything else down to shoe size. Welcome to the net. Heck some can do it with just your IP address.

Indeed. If one knows the website my state uses for property tax info someone can have my full name, my wife's full name, our exact address, the parcel number of our property and so on in seconds. This amount of info made available on the scale it is, is nothing short of criminal.

 

[vintovka]

Indeed. If one knows the website my state uses for property tax info someone can have my full name, my wife's full name, our exact address, the parcel number of our property and so on in seconds. This amount of info made available on the scale it is, is nothing short of criminal.

While this is way OT folks need to to know how bad it can get and the damage some guy in a tent with a smart phone can do. Heck even googling yourself can be downright dangerous.

 

[frankie]

welcome from oklahoma

 

[dracer]

welcome from northern Ca

 

[Bobby44]

welcome from northern Ca

And from Southern Arizona. You will like it here!

 

[jonwittman]

I also have an Ultra-High flint...the main spring broke on it last weekend
After looking high/low I ordered up a spring that comes on the Traditions Mountain
rifle, as it gives the appearance of being a close match. Its supposed to arrive
today and I'll attempt the install right away...will report back on how it matches.

Grew up in Ventura!

Let me know. I just sent my lock to Log Cabin in Lodi Ohio. They said they'd try and give it a go as they do you have the exact spring. You might call them and let them know you have the same thing. If they know they have 2 that they can fix they may try harder as they'd have to do some filing to make one work. Maybe we can get a group discount.