Hello all:
I have gradually worked my way backwards in time from smokeless to BP Cartridges, then to percussion cap rifles and pistols, and now I have a brand new Cabela's Blue Ridge/Pedersoli Frontier Flintlock in .54 caliber.
I have a newbie (to flintlocks) question that has to do with cleaning the rifle after a shoot.
I use one of those brass adaptor/plastic tube rigs on my percussion Hawken where I remove the nipple and screw in the tube adaptor and put the tube end in a very hot water/balistol mixture and swab up and down the bore with a wet patch.
This really cleans up the bore in short order on the Hawken. I always thorougly dry the barrel and then swab it liberally with bore butter afterwards.
Now on the flintlock the vent hole is right at level of the pan, so getting to the vent hole screw would require removing the barrel from the stock.
My question is can I remove the sidelock to facilitate cleaning by simply removing the retaining bolt/nut from the other side of the rifle and lifting the entire lock plate assembly off? I have never played with removing a sidelock action from this type of firearm, so I am a bit leery of doing this without some experienced advice first.
Thanks in advance,
TXnorton
I have gradually worked my way backwards in time from smokeless to BP Cartridges, then to percussion cap rifles and pistols, and now I have a brand new Cabela's Blue Ridge/Pedersoli Frontier Flintlock in .54 caliber.
I have a newbie (to flintlocks) question that has to do with cleaning the rifle after a shoot.
I use one of those brass adaptor/plastic tube rigs on my percussion Hawken where I remove the nipple and screw in the tube adaptor and put the tube end in a very hot water/balistol mixture and swab up and down the bore with a wet patch.
This really cleans up the bore in short order on the Hawken. I always thorougly dry the barrel and then swab it liberally with bore butter afterwards.
Now on the flintlock the vent hole is right at level of the pan, so getting to the vent hole screw would require removing the barrel from the stock.
My question is can I remove the sidelock to facilitate cleaning by simply removing the retaining bolt/nut from the other side of the rifle and lifting the entire lock plate assembly off? I have never played with removing a sidelock action from this type of firearm, so I am a bit leery of doing this without some experienced advice first.
Thanks in advance,
TXnorton