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I had a Pedersoli Early American Jaeger with both flint and percussion locks and they were both great at their jobs.
I've had more than afew Pedersoli guns, most flintlock & have never had anything, but good luck with them all.
Thomas
Thomas
My Pedersoli Tryon has a precussion back action lock on it.
It has fired over 1000 shots and is still working great!
It has fired over 1000 shots and is still working great!
My only Pedersoli that I have that is a cap lock is one of their 10 ga. side X sides. I love the thing. The locks on this firearm have preformed flawlessly for 3 seasons now, Turkey and Dove hunting along with a fair amount of trap shooting and patterning work have been done with it. All-in-all I have heard very little negative about Perdersoli firearms over the years. :imo:
I have had about 5 Pedersoli flintlocks. Only had problems with one lock. The lock on the Pedersoli Bess carbine i now have seems to be a well made lock. It functions well.
JackAubrey
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I have two Pedersoli flintlocks, a Brown Bess and a Blue ridge rifle.Both are outstanding, never had a problem as long as I do my part.
arcticap
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A long time ago, I bought a new Pedersoli rifle with a lock/trigger problem that the importer, Navy Arms said just couldn't be fixed due to unavailable parts/flawed worksmanship. The rifle was from the initial production run that was reported to have a lot of production flaws, but had sat on the shelf for a handful of years. The subsequent run proved to be flawlessly produced, and I had purchased this one as a 2nd specimen in another caliber. It stopped working after only a small number of shots, got fixed, and broke again. I accepted a form of reimbursement and got to keep the barrel after many, many months of waiting for a fix. I understand that this was definitely not a typical Pedersoli/Navy Arms experience. However, it appeared that Navy Arms & Pedersoli did not stock parts for this out of production model, despite the number of guns & kits that were produced. By the way, the model was called the Navy Arms "Country Boy" and it had a mule ear lock.
SquirrelsaurusR
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My Pedersoli flintlock has super fast ignition and gives me no trouble. It's also a very accurate rifle. I don't know about parts and repairs, as I've never needed any.
Where are you hearing this?
Davecoughlin
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Flintlock,
I also own a Pedersoli flintlock that provides excellent service with zero difficulty.
I'm willing to say that you have picked up some comments on various treads from folks that just started to shot flintlock. These folks started with a less expensive, easily obtained flintlock like Pedersoli, or Traditions.
Many of the issues they have are learning to shoot flintlock and they would have those issues with any gun they shot, until they get further along the learning curve and figure out the care and breeding of flintlock firearms. It took me a good many rounds before I found out the idiosyncrasies of my flintlocks to the point that I met their expectations.
Moving to flintlock has improved my overall shooting with all types of firearms. Give it a try and do not be afraid of Pedersoli! Just be patient.
Jester
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I own three Pedersoli arms. Lepage flint pistol, Lepage percussion pistol, and as of two weeks ago a Mortimer flinter in .54cal. All three are excellent performers and are very well made.
That said, I would like to stress that the guns I own were all purchased after having a good hard inspection. The Lepage flinter belonged to a top-notch shooter who stopped due to deteriorating eyesight, the other two were bought new. I looked at three other Mortimers and turned down one Lepage before I put money down on the counter.
If you'd visit Frankonia Jagd on monday, you'd find a Pedersoli Prussian 1809 musket that drops the hammer down into half-cock when the trigger is pulled. You will also see a Trade Musket where the brass backplate has a gap you could stick a dime in. I'm sure I could stone/file the sear and or tumbler on the 1861 Rifle to clean up it's creepy-crawly trigger but when I'm spending 589,- euros for a gun I think I have a right to expect good workmanship.
Frankonia has a lot of guns on display. You can simply lift them out of the rack and inspect them as they are retained by steel cables similar to bicycle locks.
I don't want to make Frankonia or Pedersoli look bad here, and the rest of the guns seem to be good quality.
What I do want is to advise a reasonable degree of care to
insure that you get what you want and what you pay for.
One of the worst feelings you can experience is having a
long awaited "toy" turn out sour.
That said, I would like to stress that the guns I own were all purchased after having a good hard inspection. The Lepage flinter belonged to a top-notch shooter who stopped due to deteriorating eyesight, the other two were bought new. I looked at three other Mortimers and turned down one Lepage before I put money down on the counter.
If you'd visit Frankonia Jagd on monday, you'd find a Pedersoli Prussian 1809 musket that drops the hammer down into half-cock when the trigger is pulled. You will also see a Trade Musket where the brass backplate has a gap you could stick a dime in. I'm sure I could stone/file the sear and or tumbler on the 1861 Rifle to clean up it's creepy-crawly trigger but when I'm spending 589,- euros for a gun I think I have a right to expect good workmanship.
Frankonia has a lot of guns on display. You can simply lift them out of the rack and inspect them as they are retained by steel cables similar to bicycle locks.
I don't want to make Frankonia or Pedersoli look bad here, and the rest of the guns seem to be good quality.
What I do want is to advise a reasonable degree of care to
insure that you get what you want and what you pay for.
One of the worst feelings you can experience is having a
long awaited "toy" turn out sour.
SquirrelsaurusR
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I think you mean 'care and feeding'...
My flintlocks haven't had any babies yet. :haha: :kid:
I'll take the blame (or credit) for exposing the parts problem, but I don't want anyone to think I'm down on Pedersoli in general. My Blue Ridge flint has been very reliable and quick firing for some 12 years or more and has won several shoots.
For a week or two I noticed ignition was getting slow and uncertain and finally it just would not spark. I tried to case harden the frizzen with Casenit but that is always chancy if you don't know the alloy of the steel. It cracked when quenched.
So- I need a new frizzen and parts just are not easy to find. The story is on the percussion site as that is how that thread started and I sort of high-jacked it with the tale of my own woes.-- :boohoo:
For a week or two I noticed ignition was getting slow and uncertain and finally it just would not spark. I tried to case harden the frizzen with Casenit but that is always chancy if you don't know the alloy of the steel. It cracked when quenched.
So- I need a new frizzen and parts just are not easy to find. The story is on the percussion site as that is how that thread started and I sort of high-jacked it with the tale of my own woes.-- :boohoo:
mike alexandre
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If you email Pedersoli direct from their web site you may be surprised at the service you get.
I agree, I've found this to be true & they have treated me right!
Thomas
Thomas
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:imo: If you don't like Pedersoli products, get a better job and buy a custom gun. (VBG)
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:imo: If you don't like Pedersoli products, get a better job and buy a custom gun.
Thanks for your thoughtful imput, personal attacks always adds to the discourse.
Not a personal attack intended, just some people can not afford to pay two grand or more for a custom flintlock, so Pedersoli is one of the better choices within their budget. (VBG)
