Anti seixe is a must and take it out and clean after every use

Mauser: you may be right, it may be a guy thing. Thank God for football and physical exercise. Goodthings to vent frustration and passion in a healthy controlled way.

BTW: I am getting ready to disassemble my lock as well. Beenreading as much as I can on the process and picked up a couple of small vise grips. Plan on taking a few digital pics as well. Hopefully I won't be here in a couple of weeks crying about a mal-functioning lock!

~Robert

bonsaidiver....what kind of lock?? flintlock??hmm either way it should have the same pieces i had trouble with..make sure you take a few GOOD pics....to the right of the main spring theres a few little tiny buggers..forget the name but they release the lock and half cock and release it....theres a few pieces back there...and kinda odd shaped and small.....dangit..i wish i had my gun here...i forget what part i had trouble with....but its where the main spring connects on the right side......and getting it through the hole on the left...the spring is VERY stiff...proper tools i could have probably done it easier and quicker.....but be careful and take your time......it WILL go back together...takes the right touch...i dont know if all locks are like that or not...probably....i just know i had trouble getting the main spring in and another piece aligned and in with it.........good luck.......take good pics so you know how them little buggers go!

Mauser: it is a Traditions flintlock. I have partially disassembled the lock in the past. The frizzen spring was simple to replace, however thesear spring gave me problems. I tried to remove the main spring, but like you said it was very stiff. I couldn't even begin to squeeze it with my fingers-hence the vise grip.

Hopefully on Wednesday I"ll be able to take it to the range and then have a need to clean it.

This site has some helpful diagrams/explainations:

http://www.personal.usyd.edu.au/~slaw/SuesPage/flintlk.htm

And here is a picture of my lock:

thats a good link.....but my lock is TOTALLY diffrent...parts are the same and have the same function....but the sears and cock notches are actually a few little tiny pieces......and the main spring connects to them...and theres a part below them the trigger puts pressure on...i can fire just my lock with no trigger by cocking the hammer and pushing that part up...and my main spring is an actual spring about 2 inches long and 1/4 inch thick.....not a spring like the frizzen spring...like in the pick....maybe yours wont be so bad if its like that....cant say i never touched a lock like the one pictured.........