Touch hole was drilled at a angle?

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yesterday a friend of mine wanted to trade me pistols I had a cva colonil he had a cva kentucky flint in .45 we both tried them out and I said ok I'll trade ya. never seen a flint lock like this before. the touch hole was drilled at a angle. any one else see a flintlock that way and why would they do it that way.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

A kit? As I recall, my CVA flint kit instructions (kit purchased in 1972) said to drill at a slight angle to hit area ahead of the breech plug. That was back in the day with the very shallow rifling in the barrels.

 

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My CVA Kentucky .45 flinter has the touch-hole drilled on a slant towards the muzzle; it was done that way at the factory to miss the breechplug. Sounds strange but works just fine.

 

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by looking at it can tell it was a kit. the touch looks like it was done at factory. lock time alittle slower then I like but it shoots good.