ib_crawlin
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Recently I purchased a used T/C flintlock hawken in .45 cal. to compliment my T/C caplock rifle in .50 cal. This being my first flintlock I had to do a bit of research to learn how to use it. (I learned a lot from this forum.)
The first problem I ran into was getting the lock to spark. I bought some Tom Fuller flints from TOTW to try out but no matter what, (bevel up or bevel down etc.), I couldn't get the thing to spark right. All I got was a few sparks or no sparks, a bashed up flint and a gouged frizzen.
I even half soled the frizzen with a piece of file and ended up with the same results.
After reading a few posts on this forum I realized I had an early T/C rifle (serial# 94xx) with the old style lock. A couple members had good luck sending in their locks for repair and I thought I would do the same. I recieved my lock today from Fed-Ex, after a two week wait, and I'm really disapointed.
The lock is just as it was when I sent it in with the exception of a new chipped up cut flint clamped in the jaw. Also their was a new frizzen and a new cut flint in the plastic bag with the lock. Problem is the toe on the new frizzen is narrower than the old one. Well, I fitted the new frizzen to the lock with a little custom washer to take up the slop and installed a new cut flint. :curse: Guess what? :curse: Same old scenario!
The little ticket that came with the box say's "Rebuild F/L Assy" and "RR 9-29-05".Yeah, right... Should I send the lock back to T/C ($$ wasted already on shipping) or just buy a new replacement from TOTW?
Thanks in advance for helping out out a newbie flinter.
Ron
The first problem I ran into was getting the lock to spark. I bought some Tom Fuller flints from TOTW to try out but no matter what, (bevel up or bevel down etc.), I couldn't get the thing to spark right. All I got was a few sparks or no sparks, a bashed up flint and a gouged frizzen.
I even half soled the frizzen with a piece of file and ended up with the same results.
After reading a few posts on this forum I realized I had an early T/C rifle (serial# 94xx) with the old style lock. A couple members had good luck sending in their locks for repair and I thought I would do the same. I recieved my lock today from Fed-Ex, after a two week wait, and I'm really disapointed.
The lock is just as it was when I sent it in with the exception of a new chipped up cut flint clamped in the jaw. Also their was a new frizzen and a new cut flint in the plastic bag with the lock. Problem is the toe on the new frizzen is narrower than the old one. Well, I fitted the new frizzen to the lock with a little custom washer to take up the slop and installed a new cut flint. :curse: Guess what? :curse: Same old scenario!
The little ticket that came with the box say's "Rebuild F/L Assy" and "RR 9-29-05".Yeah, right... Should I send the lock back to T/C ($$ wasted already on shipping) or just buy a new replacement from TOTW?
Thanks in advance for helping out out a newbie flinter.
Ron