Matchlock pan & cover

[Flint62Smoothie]

No, meaning they run 'horizontally' or with the axis of the barrel, not 'vertically'.

 

[Pukka Bundook]

Here is one made and fitted just with hand tools by a friend in Finland.
Excellent work!.
Antti did a fantastic job making this musket.

Antti did every part like the original.

With this not being on a black powder forum, Can I post a link?

 

[TobJohn]

Here is one made and fitted just with hand tools by a friend in Finland.
Excellent work!.
Antti did a fantastic job making this musket.
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Antti did every part like the original.

With this not being on a black powder forum, Can I post a link?

That is incredibly clean work for using a modified saw blade! wonderful work

 

[Pukka Bundook]

Mods,
Please remove if not allowed here!
Link to the above build .
Not a muzzle loading sight...

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/making-a-swedish-style-m-1620-matchlock-musket.1208562/#replies
Tob,
Antti had no perevious experience on work of this type.
He was meticulous in his details!

I have never seen such care in a build before.

 

[TobJohn]

Mods,
Please remove if not allowed here!
Link to the above build .
Not a muzzle loading sight...

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/making-a-swedish-style-m-1620-matchlock-musket.1208562/#replies
Tob,
Antti had no perevious experience on work of this type.
He was meticulous in his details!

I have never seen such care in a build before.

Is surgery his day job?? Lol!

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

Just hand tools? Magnificent! Connoisseur of metallurgy !

 

[tom in nc]

Amazing!

 

[Pukka Bundook]

Tom,
You can do the same, just take it steady and don't do anything until you know what it should look like!
If you start with no real idea, it will look like that when you finish.

 

[Philip Chua]

Billy,
Some very early locks were made with integral pans as well.
Then hey went out of use for a hundred years pretty well.

One I made, (Snapping) I soldered the pan on as Billy says. Soft solder and never any bothers.
Soft solder if done clean is Very strong.View attachment 268979

Howdy! How did you make the flash pan depression? Is that drilled out with some sort of rounded drill bit? Was trying to figure this one out on my own but I am just not sure!!