Originally Posted by
bronko22000
Well Gray, the solvent probably has some petroleum base in it and could lead to reduced sparking. Wipe that sucker squeeky clean before you strike it.
As for the frizzen being loose, it should flop open but if you flint is adjusted properly it should open completely as you said it does. Also if your flint isn't square to the frizzen it probably will chip a little but after a few firings it shoud square itself up (self knapping if you will),
Yea it's square to the frizzen. I do make sure of that. Only a few more days i can get out to hunt this season here in Pa. So i'm really going to try and get a handle on it before a put it away for the year.
Also will be taking it out and shooting some this spring to make sure things are right for next season. Had three miss fires this season. I could belive the deer stood there for three tryes. It did go off on the 4th time but i missed> I guess due to all the excitment...O WELL