Pedersoli Blueridge Rifle Question

[Enfield1]

Guys, I am considering purchasing one of the Blue Ridge flintlock rifles from Cabelas. I was wondering if a Track of the Wolf # 6 size black English flint would work or do I need a smaller one. I am guessing that I would need a smaller one based on what i see in photographs. Can anyone assist me? Thanks much!

 

[Critter Getter]

Call Track and they will tell you which size works best. I bought 30 flints from them for mine. I THINK they are 7/8". Whatever they recommended is what I bought and they have worked great! Greg

 

[ohio ramrod]

I use the 7/8 in mine! :idunno:

 

[Rusty_Nail]

Straight from The TOTW web site, under Tom Fuller flints...

#FLINT-ENG-7: About 7/8" width and 1" length flint for early flint locks, including our 1750, Jaeger, Christians Spring, Tulle, Twigg, Jim Chambers' Fowler and early Ketland, Hatfield (aka Missouri River Rifle Co.), Cabela's Blue Ridge, and Pedersoli's Frontier locks all seem to like this 7/8 x 1" flint, too.

 

[Enfield1]

Thanks for everybody who was able to respond. I will let you know how it goes. :hatsoff:

 

[AZbpBurner]

To be certain before you order: measure the width of your frizzen, then at halfcock with the frizzen closed, measure the length between forward edge of your **** screw and the frizzen face. subtract about 1/16" and that should be close to your flint length.

Tracks flints: ENG6 = 3/4 x 7/8" ENG7 = 7/8 x 1"

 

[palonghunter]

I use the ones recommended by Track. The lock on the blue ridge is pretty big.

 

[Old Creek]

I use the ones recommended by Track. The lock on the blue ridge is pretty big.

+ 1, and I generally get good life out of them. my only complaint is that I get more than my fair share with a too big hump on one side.

creek.

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Yeah that happens with flints. You can get a thing called a "mizzie wheel" that jewelers use and that will grind the hump off. If you have a Dremel, get the blue grinding wheel that has the diamond dust in it. That will flatten those out too.

When you grind flint, be sure to use a fan to blow the flint dust away from you or use a mask to keep from inhaling it. If you inhale that flint dust it can accumulate in your lungs and cause problems such as bleeding in your lungs.

Twisted_1in66:thumbsup:
Dan

 

[Loyalist Dave]

such as bleeding in your lungs

Gosh that sorta sounds like one o' them commercials for some of the new medications, where the side effects are worse than the problem... :shocked2: Thanks for the safety tip. :grin:

I just decided to bite the bullet and found out where there were sutlers selling flints, and spent about $70 to get near 3 dozen...that I hand picked for my different locks. A lifetime supply probably. They don't go bad, and as time boosts the price they gain value.

LD

 

[Old Creek]

Yeah that happens with flints. You can get a thing called a "mizzie wheel" that jewelers use and that will grind the hump off. If you have a Dremel, get the blue grinding wheel that has the diamond dust in it. That will flatten those out too.

When you grind flint, be sure to use a fan to blow the flint dust away from you or use a mask to keep from inhaling it. If you inhale that flint dust it can accumulate in your lungs and cause problems such as bleeding in your lungs.

Twisted_1in66:thumbsup:
Dan

Thanks to ya Dan, I will look into that. I was on a chill water project working nights a couple of years ago and took a couple in with me to hit with a grinder, we tried every type of wheel in the box and couldn't scratch em.

creek

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Yup! There's a disease of the lungs that flintknappers get, silicosis, which is the tiny dust particles (less than 1 micron is size) getting past the lung's defenses and into the alvioli of the lungs. That's the big reason you usually see people flintknapping outdoors and not in a closed in shed or workshop. The micro-particles hang in the dead air.

I remember we had to wear a special rating of mask after Mt. St. Helens erupted. I lived about 30-miles due south. The ash that was falling down at first was large enough that you could wear just about anything over your nose to keep it out. A few weeks into it though there were superfine particles of silica that required a certain grade of mask to keep the tiny particles out of your lungs.

I also recall seeing a fellow get upset about all the ash on his car. When he wiped some of it off with his hand, it scratched his paint. They used that example on TV to convince people they needed to wear a mask when out in that stuff.

Twisted_1in66:thumbsup:
Dan