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I just made one of leather. Looks like the state of Michigan, with the "thumb" area tied to a leather thong that loops to the trigger guard. When needed, it works fine.
 
It is just two pieces of leather sewn together and fit over the frizzen. You can make it yourself in about 10 minutes.

Many Klatch
 
I use this shape on T/C Hawken size locks...
(photos are a little soft, sorry)

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hi ho old bean,

go to e-bay and look up 'BOGG'. he is a member here and has all kinds of muzzle loading stuff.

got one of almost everything he makes and was never disappointed..

..ttfn..grampa..
 
22 ??? haven't seen 22 in waaaay over half a century.. :haha: :haha: :rotf: :rotf: :grin: :wink:
 
A frizzen Cover, or " Hammer Stall", is an item that most people make for themselves. Its a very short evening sewing project. As has been suggested, you don't have to go out and buy a side of leather to get the material. Old shoes, ( tongues), base ball covers, leather gloves, leather wallets, purses, belts, etc. can all provide the material to make these small items. You do need to take care so you don't stab a finger or 5, but most of us are able to do that much caring for our own hides! My hammer stall is such that when I lower the cock of my flintlock, the edge bites into the leather stall to protect the edge during transport, and to absolutely prevent the stall from coming off until I cock the hammer back to full cock, from half cock. I have never had a soft leather stall cut by the flint's edge doing this.

LIke the stall shown in Roundball's photo, I have a strap or tab, made from some of the same leather, that has a slot in it, so that I can loop it around the front of the trigger guard, where it will hang down out of the way when I need to fire the gun. I have owned the gun for 28 years, with the same hammer stall on it. Still works fine. I don't even think about it much anymore, unless someone brings up the issue here on the forum.

In all the years of going to the NMLRA shoots at Friendship, the only place I have seen hammer stalls for sale was on a blanket in the primitive emcampment. Dixie probably has them, there, but I just don't remember seeing them at their booth. They have so many items hanging from the rafters overhead, I just may not have recognized them for what they are. Check the suppliers in the Links section at the top of the Index page to this forum, under Member Resources. Many have on-line catalogues, and you can find items there like hammer stalls.

From my perspective only, its hard for me to pay good money for something I can make in an hour or less, while watching TV.
 
beaverbill said:
frizzen stall looking for a nice won with beads and feathers :hmm:

You can get 10 nice frizzen covers to bead or decorate simply by buying a pair of heavy leather work gloves.

Each finger of the glove will make a fine frizzen cover once cut off, be sure to re-sew the seams where the thread has been cut to prevent them from coming apart.
 
Dang, Roundball, that is a fancy piece of work.

Here's one made of a scrap of leather, sewn while sitting by the fire, to satisfy the requirements of a woodswalk. No beads or feathers, but it works.

The scuff marks are from installing the "stall" on the frizzen with the hammer at half cock, BTW.

The photo is a little fuzzy, but it's good enough to illustrate how simply one can be made.

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Reminds me of a great hunting memory involving a big buck and a hammer stall...a few years ago during the Nov. rut I walked in to a small oak flat in the dark and took a seat against a tree, primed and laid the Flintlock across my lap waiting for it to get light enough to see.

I was half asleep leaning back against the tree looking generally East at the faint lightening of the sky when right across my angled up field of vision the silhouette of a buck’s head and rack slowly went gliding across the sky 20-30 yards in front of me. Out of reflex I moved my hands to the rifle and he must have seen or heard something that stopped him in full stride to stare right at me. I couldn’t see his facial features but could tell from the silhouette of his rack and ears that his head was turned directly at me and I froze of course...felt for the breeze and was relieved that it was full in my face...couldn’t even see his body because everything down below my eye level was still black.

Must have sat like that for a half a minute to a minute and he was like a statue...then he just turned his head back and resumed his slow pace on off to my right and disappeared. I was so disappointed to have had a buck with a rack that big so close to me and I couldn’t get off a shot. So a few more minutes go by as the light keeps coming up, tree and brush details are starting to become more clear, and to my total surprise here comes that buck again, retracing his steps from right to left this time. I can see the whole animal now...still a black silhouette but can see the whole outline and my heart is pounding so much I thought I was going to have a heart attack. When his head went behind a tree I raised the Flintlock...and just as he stepped clear I whistled...he froze looking straight ahead, I aimed behind his elbow and touched the set trigger. “Dull Thud”...forgot to pull off the hammer stall !!

Well, sound does strange things in the woods and for some reason, he snapped his head to his right, looking directly away from me...now here’s this magnificent buck standing 25 yards in front of me on full alert and I have to recock a Flintlock & remove a hammer stall without him knowing it...and I know I need to get it done quickly. Using the hammer and trigger together I was able to recock the rifle without him hearing it, slipped off the hammer stall, raised the bead to just behind his elbow again and fired. The noise and smoke in the quiet low light woods was deafening and blinding...I strained to hear which direction he had bolted but never heard a direction. As the smoke thinned out I strained to see but saw nothing either.

I was in absolute disbelief...how in the world could I have missed a deer that was standing still, broadside, and so close to me. Disgusted with myself I finally stood up to start cleaning the Flintlock and when I did I saw him laying stone dead in the leaves right out where he had been standing. Turns out in the poor light what I thought was a broadside view was actually a quartering away view, and with me sitting down low I was actually shooting at a slight upward angle...the ball went in behind his left shoulder and angled slightly upward and forward hitting his neck vertebrae and killing him instantly...a gorgeous 10 pointer.

So, that’s a hammer stall story I’ll never forget and they work perfectly as advertised.
 
Neat Story. Sounds if you might be getting that old hunting fever again. Hope you have a good year! :grin:
 
If by chance your lock setup is such that the flint hits the leather and opens the frizzen, you can make one by folding a piece of brass shimstock to fit the fizzen.It takes a bit of fiddling around and crimping but works well when the clearance is tight.
 
That's a good story, Roundball. I wonder how many folks have had similar occurrences but their ego won't let 'em admit they made a mistake? :wink:

I won't regale anyone with hunting stories. My ego won't allow it. :haha:
 
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