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Where to find pyrite for a wheel lock?
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Leonredbeard
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Google horstguns. They might still be selling them. Peter Dyson of London England, too.
And may I add: Boy have we been down this road before, hee, hee! I have made a few trips looking for them. One even to another state.
I even published a tall tale type story in Muzzleloader Magazine involving the hunt for pyrites.
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And may I add: Boy have we been down this road before, hee, hee! I have made a few trips looking for them. One even to another state.
I even published a tall tale type story in Muzzleloader Magazine involving the hunt for pyrites.
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Mineral specimen collectors and suppliers - just google, or try eBay.
I bought 3 of 2cm cubes for about $10 each, from a hippyish stall at a market - a bit steep but I have pyrite and I didn't before.
The 'Full Metal Hippie' new age crystal shops do often have it but the last 4 I checked didn't have pyrite in stock despite having it in the display labels. They can order it, but I prefer finding a business a bit closer to reality.
I bought 3 of 2cm cubes for about $10 each, from a hippyish stall at a market - a bit steep but I have pyrite and I didn't before.
The 'Full Metal Hippie' new age crystal shops do often have it but the last 4 I checked didn't have pyrite in stock despite having it in the display labels. They can order it, but I prefer finding a business a bit closer to reality.
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Buy a Pyrite sun disk and use a diamond wheel in a Flex shaft or Dremel tool. These cost about $15 per piece. I bought the cubes and had to pay more than the cost of the pyrite cube to have a stone cutter make pieces for me.
WEAR a dust mask!!!
Some types of Pyrite have Arsenic in them.
WEAR a dust mask!!!
Some types of Pyrite have Arsenic in them.
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I recommend the ones from Geode... the third listed. Buy the small ones or the next size up. It looks to be the best buy for cutting up to make gun pyrites.
I have no experience with the sun disks.
The fancy nuggets in the first link will not work. Trust me I tried one of them for $20. They are too hard to make sparks.
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I have no experience with the sun disks.
The fancy nuggets in the first link will not work. Trust me I tried one of them for $20. They are too hard to make sparks.
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Dns,
It varies a great deal. I had one last for 20+ shots. I have had others crumble on the first or second shot. I never wore one out, it always crumbled before wearing down very far.
Chuck Dixon said maybe the European shooters took a wheellbarrow of pyrites along to a competition.
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It varies a great deal. I had one last for 20+ shots. I have had others crumble on the first or second shot. I never wore one out, it always crumbled before wearing down very far.
Chuck Dixon said maybe the European shooters took a wheellbarrow of pyrites along to a competition.
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Resurrecting an older thread. How does one "cut up" pyrite without a rock saw?
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It’s not traditional and it’s probably a crazy thought,
But;
I always wondered if a piece of ferrocerium rod would work.
I will duck now so you can throw apples at me for having such a hare-brained idea.
But;
I always wondered if a piece of ferrocerium rod would work.
I will duck now so you can throw apples at me for having such a hare-brained idea.
Clyde, would I find this at a welding supply shop? Wulf, how do you cut and shape it to fit your lock?
Yes a welding supply shop would be the best bet.
However there is a the hasmad charge because any-
thing related warrants an extra charge. These are
in a metal tube that screw onto the striker. I just make a block with a hole in it that size and
slip it in, but I also make a "boat bow" guard to
protect the flint from the blast of the vent...
works perfect...The wheel must be made like that of a lighter too.
Wulf
However there is a the hasmad charge because any-
thing related warrants an extra charge. These are
in a metal tube that screw onto the striker. I just make a block with a hole in it that size and
slip it in, but I also make a "boat bow" guard to
protect the flint from the blast of the vent...
works perfect...The wheel must be made like that of a lighter too.
Wulf
Wulf, any chance of a photo of your setup?
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Actually I was thinking more like a camping/survival fire steel. Available at any Wally World.
I found lots of it when I was panning for gold up on Eureka Creek in Alaska, but it was all flakes - no good for your purpose. But, where there's flakes, there has to be crystals farther upstream.
Now about that gold...if I only could have stayed a little longer.... :grin:
I think I need to go fondle my guns.
Now about that gold...if I only could have stayed a little longer.... :grin:
I think I need to go fondle my guns.
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I wonder if the welding torch starters are different than the ferrocerium rods sold for fire starters. The rod material is exciting to cut to shape with a hack saw but does a poor job igniting 4F powder in my wheel lock's pan. Even crumbly crystal pyrite works most of the time but doesn't last very long.
I should try to find one of those rods. I hear they are thicker...Most all the wheel lock guns I
made have a "stretch spring" and chain. I get a full 7/8 turn but less heavy snap. I did put together that German 535 and lightened the main spring a bit and it works perfect...I have yet to make it a gun...The welders flints are cheap and do last a long time....and are easy to get...
made have a "stretch spring" and chain. I get a full 7/8 turn but less heavy snap. I did put together that German 535 and lightened the main spring a bit and it works perfect...I have yet to make it a gun...The welders flints are cheap and do last a long time....and are easy to get...
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