Originally Posted by
Semisane
Yeah. The flint was 1/2" x 1/2". It really wants a flint 7/8" wide x 1" long.
Regarding my perception of ignition speed with the Pedersoli lock vs. my Lyman locks. The Lyman's seem to be instantaneous - like a caplock. My impression was the Pedersoli was not quite as fast as either of my Great Plains rifles.
Well, I got to thinking about that last night and realized that I have RMC touch hole liners in my GPs. Those liners are coned on the inside and have a hex socket on the outside for an Allen wrench, both of which act to place the main charge very close to the pan flame. The Pedersoli has the factory flat faced liner with a screwdriver slot. That may be the difference. If I end up keeping this gun it will get an RMC liner.
I would bet the factory liner also has a smaller flash hole too. You can always drill out the backside of the vent liner to give it a cone shape and get the powder closer to the pan. I never liked those screwdriver slotted liners. Before I learned of RMCs many years ago I would take a hacksaw to the slot to deepen it and I would also run a 1/16" bit through the flash hole to enlarge it. I never did think of coning the backside deeper.