bhamlin52
32 Cal
The attached image it shows a cutout in the stock for the hammer, Do original Kentucky Pistol have this feature. I find it ugly as hell. Is there any way of fixing it?
Yes, you can “fix it”. It would require stripping the wood bare, gluing a small bit of matching wood into the notch and reworking the panel down like Rich noted. There are excellent visual tutorials on the forum on shaping the lock panels.The attached image it shows a cutout in the stock for the hammer, Do original Kentucky Pistol have this feature. I find it ugly as hell. Is there any way of fixing it?
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Yes I had thought that so I had tried the lock mechanism in the stock and I've tried the trigger mechanism in the stock. Both work and then I even decided to take out a little more inside just to make sure everything had clearance and wasn't touching or rubbing and then marked each part and put it in to see if it was touching any wood. Everything was clean, no marksThe wood. If each works by itself and doesn’t when they are put in the stock then they are not in proper relationship with each other or the wood is interfering with one or both. Try one at a time in the stock, if each work the it’s the position between them.
That looks really good. Thanks for the tip.Hi,
As Bob and Rich mentioned, you can fix it and I don't even think it requires gluing in any wood but you will have to reshape the lock area and finish it again. The notch is so the shoulder on the flintcock (it is not called a hammer) can rest on the thick upper edge of the lock plate. The solution is to thin the flats all the way around the lock and angle the top surface of the stock by the barrel tang down usually so that the surface is almost flush the the flats on the barrel. Then taper the flat along the top of the lock inward where your notch already is until the notch disappears. Here you can see the top of the stock by the lock shaped to be almost flush with the barrel and you can see part of the top edge of the lock plate exposed to by tapering the side in a little toward the barrel.
That eliminates any need for the notch.
dave
A plate notch is not a standard feature of every gun, some have them and some don’t.The attached image it shows a cutout in the stock for the hammer, Do original Kentucky Pistol have this feature. I find it ugly as hell. Is there any way of fixing it?
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