cayugad
Was working in the flinter a bit... The Cock (what I would call the hammer, was some what loose on the tumbler post. I tried tightening the screw - no help, I ended up putting a teflon shim behind the hammer and then tightened the screw - so that part is fixed,
Spark on the frizzen seems to be weak - how much do you need? I am thinking I might have to knap the flint a bit... So I went looking for some drections... found this little article - think it migh help me a bunch....
http://members.aye.net/~bspen/flintlockfaq.html#12
I did take the torch nipple (wrong name) out I was really surprised when I was able to do that. It was a bit dirty but I am in the process of cleaning that now. Next is the barrel, I need to the JB thing to it - it is smooth all the way down - does not show any pits but ut does have a light survace coat of rust on it.
Now for the important part of this message.... Dave says:
He gets these fancy rifles and then he entices all the rest of us to purchase one as well.
I would like to conduct an informal pole: Remove one small word from this sentence (fancy) and who does this statement really describe? For Dave - fancy smancy - that doesn't mean a thing. If a ML is looking for a home it can certainly find one at Dave's place...