Pedersoli Kentucky Flintlock Rifle

[Red Wolf]

I'm hoping someone out there has this rifle and can tell me how to remove the barrel from the stock.Unscrewing the tang screw is obvious,and there's a pin mid-way down the stock that I'm sure needs to be removed,but it's pretty small-what tool needs to be used to avoid any damage to the stock and/or the pin?

 

[eli crowe]

Randy,

I have a Pedersoli/Dixie Cub Rifle that I removed the stock from,should be the same as the Kentucky.

The pins do need to be removed. I took a finishing nail with the pin diamter being a little smaller than the pins and filed it square on the end and then tapped the pins out with the nail and a small hammer while the rifle was laying on a soft surface.

I don't know if it really matters but I tapped mine out from left to right,left being the side opposite the Lock and when I replaced them I tapped them in from right to left.

If the Kentucky is like the Dixie Cub there is also a pin in the Nosecap that will have to be removed.

 

[RADeO]

I have the Dixie/Pedersoli Pennsylvania (Pennsyltucky?) rifle which I believe is similar to yours. It has two pins through the stock plus the pin through the nosecap. I use a 1/16" punch to push out the pins. Works very well.

Llewlnman, how is the flint life on your Cub? I think our locks are interchangeable. Mine eats 'em and I haven't yet had the time to tune it per instructions which were so kindly given me by one of the members here.

 

[eli crowe]

Acorn Mush,

Yeah, It seems to be pretty hard on Flints.

I have a couple of other flinters and they don,t seem to chew up the flints like the Cub does.I use Fullers English Flints, I don't know if there are others out there that might have a better life but I do get get ignition with the Fullers so I haven't tried any others.

I have never really kept count of the number of shots per Flint but definitely not as many as my other Flintlocks.

 

[Muskeg Stomper]

I have the Pedersoli-made Pennsylvania Rifle. It shoots well but I too have the experience that it is tough on flints. I bought mine used and was going through flints every few shots. I ended up using longer Fuller flints than recommended and replaced the frizzen. DGW carries frizzens and you may have to do slight fitting. The Pedersoli frizzens seem a little too soft IMHO and the flints chew them up rather quickly. I set the flints so that they are just a hair away from the frizzen while at half cock. It vexes me that the top jaw on Pedersoli locks always want to screw down a little off kilter even after replacement. I don't have the same problem with my other flinters but like the Pedersoli for it's looks and the way it shoots all the same.

 

[boar]

Your lock sounds like my Blue Ridge. I get more shots out of the manmade ones. Eats the natural ones up. Dilly

 

[RADeO]

Can you recommend a source for manmade flints?

Several years ago there was a small outfit named Elkk Enterprises in Veture, CA that sold artificial flints under the name "Dura-flint". As I wasn't really into shooting flinters then, I didn't bother to pick one up. Wish I had. A friend who is an AVID flint shooter got one at the time and still uses it in his Siler lock! My attempts to contact the company have been unsuccessful so I guess they are out of business.

 

[Rogue River]

I googled "dura flint" and came up with following info.


PO BOX 871
Port Hueneme, CA 93044

Phone: 1-800-796-2762 or
Phone: 1-805-382-1817



Email Elkk Enterprises

 

[hornetk4]

Thanks for the info on the manmade flints my blue ridge rifle in 36 cal should be here by UPS tomorrow , I can hardly wait

 

[faw3]

I have a new Penn flint and it was hell to just pull the trigger and wait while the set trigger got around to chaseing flys and "lowering it -self on down the frizzen and YA it is hard but my kid has shot 37 shots so far everyone went off first time. Paul gave me a mess of things to do to it to get it right ...I polished the spring takeing very little metal off ( I mean VERY little) that keeps it closed and it's fast and slick as deer guts on a ....ect Fred :hatsoff: (paulvallandigham knows how to make these things sing) :grin:

 

[RADeO]

Paulvallandigham was kind enough to send me a link to his lock-tuning info after one of my first posts on this forum. I really appreciated it. As of yet I have not had the time to give them a try but hope I can in the near future.

Thanks to Rogue River for the info on Elkk Enterprises. The phone numbers appear to be the same ones I have tried calling at various times over the last couple of years, but I will give them another try on Monday.

 

[RADeO]

I just called both the numbers you provided. The 800 number merely referred me to another number for "stimulating conversation". Hmmmm. Not caring to avail myself of that I called the 805 number which appears to be a personal phone number of an older gentleman. Oh well........ .

I guess Elkk Enterprises is de-funct.

Thanks anyway for the info Rogue River.