Thoughts on traditions rocklocks

[formernuke]

I've been wondering about these myself.

 

[kyron4]

I bought a Traditions flintlock kit for my grandson one year. He showed interest in wanting to try muzzleloaders but I didn't want to spend a lot of money in case he wound up not liking it. Turns out he did. We found the gun to be an OK shooter but it's dinky little lock leave a lot to be desired. It requires those small 5/8 flints and even then there isn't much room for the frizzen to operate. His always would never allow the frizzen to close fully on the pan so he'd always have to ensure the gun was held upright or his pan powder would vacate the building.

Shouldn't be to hard to fix. Have you disassembled the lock ?

 

[Twisted_1in66]

I bought a Traditions flintlock kit for my grandson one year. He showed interest in wanting to try muzzleloaders but I didn't want to spend a lot of money in case he wound up not liking it. Turns out he did. We found the gun to be an OK shooter but it's dinky little lock leave a lot to be desired. It requires those small 5/8 flints and even then there isn't much room for the frizzen to operate. His always would never allow the frizzen to close fully on the pan so he'd always have to ensure the gun was held upright or his pan powder would vacate the building.

When I was using one for a few years I found that buying the 5/8 x 5/8 square flints were far easier both to use....and to lose - don't drop it! The ones that were 5/8"-wide x 3/4"-long often would not really fit, but those little square suckers would.

 

[BullRunBear]

I got one almost 40 years ago and it has been a reliable shooter. The model was called the Shenandoah but the newer versions look different. Have had no problems as long as I remember to clear the touch hole. The lock is smaller than the Great Plains rifle or my custom TVM, so I use 5/8 x 5/8 black English flints from TOTW. Accuracy on all my Traditions pieces, like the Crocket percussion rifle, has been excellent. So good they make me look like a better shooter.

Jeff

 

[tom in nc]

My only flintlock among my 12-15 muzzleloaders is a Traditions .50 caliber Deerhunter, halfstock. It shoots great. I only shoot patched .490 patched round balls with 70g of real FFF and prime the pan with FFF also. It has never failed to fire for me.