Pederoli Brown Bess Missing Pins

[Loyalist Dave]

OK so FIRST, take a rough sharpening stone or a fine file, and round the tips of the pins. Otherwise you run a much much higher risk of knocking out a chunk of wood from the stock as you tap the pins home.

The Pedersoli parts diagram does show the pins, but they are not drawn well. I have simplified the drawing for you.
The smallest of all the pins is the barrel pin that is closest to the muzzle.
The next pin should be the screw for the forward sling swivel, and it should run through a barrel lug. HOWEVER, sometimes this is not the case, and there is a barrel pin slightly longer than the first pin, that is used for the barrel lug instead of the sling swivel.
The next pin is between the stock swell and the forward sling swivel
The final pin is the LONGEST pin in the entire musket, and it fits in the lug between the stock swell and the lock. You can actually see a tiny dot where the pin goes in the illustration.

When you insert the pin, you may have to use your hand to squeeze the stock against the barrel to help the pin find the hole in the barrel tennon. I use a very light jeweler's hammer to tap them into place, with a small punch to tap them flush with the stock exterior.

I hope this helps

LD

 

[John V. Richardson]

Wow! Yes, this image is not the one that Pedersoli sent me. Thank you. I feel more confident that I can get the pins back in! Thanks again.

 

[springfield art]

The information on this site is priceless!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Wow! Yes, this image is not the one that Pedersoli sent me. Thank you. I feel more confident that I can get the pins back in! Thanks again.

You're quite welcome. Just be glad you didn't yank all the pins, hardware, barrel, and trigger, and were sitting there trying to figure out why you didn't label them as they were extracted..., don't ask me how I know. OH the longest pin as mentioned is the barrel pin between the stock-swell and the lock, and the Second longest pin is the one for the trigger.

LD

 

[nhmoose]

I would ask to return the gun. You ordered a complete gun, this is not one. Ask for a pickup order and send it back period.

 

[rudy43norvelle]

I finally got around to looking at my Pedersoli and all of the pins are there. I was a bit worried that maybe one or two were missing, but I guess I got lucky.

 

[FlinterNick]

I just received my Pedersoli Brown Bess from Dixie Gun Works, but the musket has no pins! Neither the barrel nor the thimbles arrived pinned to the stock, AND the pins are nowhere to be found in the package at all! Has anyone else ever had this happen? How did you go about getting the pins?

Call Dixie and ask for the pins.

The should be standard pins, i make my own.