Pedersoli KY flint - sow's ear/silk purse?

[tecum-tha]

My advice: Sell this pistol to someone who has no problem with these guns on here.
Use the money to get a gun put together with quality parts. What do you save when you constantly have to send parts in to get them reworked?
I shoot a 270+ year old flintlock rifle. Goes off every time. No patent breech, no problems.

 

[In Over My Head]

And the winner is... Silk Purse!

I've mulled it over. This pistol can be redeemed. I rescue stray dogs and orphan guns, time to do it again.

The gap between pan and barrel where my prime drops into the action: I liked the idea of the easy fix, but I suppose inletting the lock deeper is the right way to do it. It isn't a skill I intended to learn - yet, but I guess it's time. I'm sure there will be some complications deepening the inletting that much but that's not insurmountable and I'm not allergic to epoxy.

The lock, i.e. brief flint life and hard trigger pull: Lighten this spring, lighten that spring, maybe stretch or reshape the cock... I have had referrals of a couple of prime candidates to tune/rework the lock and I expect to be hiring someone to do that. If I was retired, if I had another pistol to shoot in the meantime, if I had my shop set up, blah, blah, blah... I'm going to hire an expert. Does anyone else have a referral of a locksmith to tune/rework a Pedersoli flint pistol lock?

And then there's the patent breech (#@&%!"

 

[FishDFly]

Call Richard at Flintlock's Etc., he will know.

 

[In Over My Head]

Thank you Richard!

I called but, unfortunately, his reply was: "Not advised" "I don't really know, I'm not a gunsmith."

So, again my plaintive call: Has anyone successfully removed and replaced a Pedersoli patent breech? How hard is it to get the vent liner threads to line up properly again?

 

[FishDFly]

Normally Richard is more helpful.

Check your mail and if that does not work, call and ask for the Gunsmith at Taylor's, he is a nice guy.

 

[In Over My Head]

In all fairness to Richard, He represents Pedersoli and removing the breech plug is officially not advised. Whether he knows more or not, I wouldn't blame him for confining his comments to his official capacity.