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should happen in 0.050-second, which is much faster than you can blink. If you don’t want that flintlock to have the performance of a “flinchlock,” begin by disassembling the lock. Use a screwdriver that correctly fits the slot in the head of the screw. An undersized screwdriver will torque the slot and leave a blemish, an unsightly burr, and is also likely to slip out of the slot and dig into the stock. Remove the bolt(s) and carefully remove the lock plate from the stock. Visually inspect the lock mortise. If there are any rub marks on the wood or synthetic, that is a bad sign that something is not functioning as quickly as it should. Use a scraper or chisel to relieve the high spot so that the tumbler, spring, trigger lever or any other moving part is free of friction. Lubricate the moving parts with light machine oil. Grease will thicken in cold weather and slow down the lock time. This is especially necessary behind the bridle where the tumbler rides against the lock. Make sure that the lock plate is smooth and free of rust. Both the main spring, sear spring and tumbler ride against this flat piece of iron and it needs to have as little friction as possible. All too often when rifles are cleaned after a practice session or hunt, the innards of the lock are over-looked. This leads to rusting and dysfunction, or at the very least, a slowdown of lock time. Replace the lock. Check your tolerances between the barrel and the base of the frizzen (the flat steel struck by the flint.) The metal surfaces dare not rub and some filing may be in order if this is the Fun Game answers: hare, grouse, bear, deer, elk, woodchuck, brant, geese, bobcat, mink, pheasant, turkey, dove, coyote, squirrel, red fox, mallard, beaver, otter, raccoon; Be sure of your target.
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case. Lubricate the top flat of the frizzen spring so that the frizzen cam (the U- or Vshaped projection down from the frizzen that rides on the small leaf spring on the outside of the lock) can slide easily. A drop of oil on the frizzen bolt will also allow the frizzen to rotate more easily. But don’t overdo the oil, because excess oil will find its way into the pan and contaminate the priming powder. Now turn your attention to the cock. This rotating hammer device was given its name because it looked like a rooster with a stone in its beak. Any looseness in the cock and the flint stone will not forcefully strike the steel frizzen and produce sparks. The cock is given rotation by the tumbler on the inside of the lock. An extending bolt-shoulder of iron projects through the lock plate and this must rotate smoothly. Again, check for rust and lubricate. The square hole in the base of the cock slips over the tumbler bolt and is tightened down with a large-headed screw. Be sure that it is tight. If the cock is wiggly where it attaches to the tumbler, a gunsmith will need to add or upset the metal to take up the space and make it tight. Any looseness here will yield poor spark production. Before you check for tightness of the top screw above the flint, turn your attention to the stone itself. The number one reason why flintlocks don’t fire is a dull flint. The reason is obvious: Friction against the steel erodes the knife edge into more of a rolled edge. The bevel on the agate may still look good to your old eyes, but if the edge doesn’t feel sharp, like the edge of broken glass, do something about it. There is a simple test for flintlock sparking ability. Take an empty flintlock (you can check this by measuring the ramrod’s depth in the bore along the outside of the barrel) into a dark room, turn it upside down and dry-fire the lock. Count the number of sparks. If you have at least seven sparks, your flintlock is ready to go hunting.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010

Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010
Myths & Legends of the Whitetail
Contents
Three for Three
Trapping Shy Beaver
Stick It Out
A Season I’ll Never Forget
Anniversary Buck
A Lifetime of Meaning
2009-10 Small Game and Furbearer Harvests
Bad Luck, Divine Intervention
Field Notes
Conservation News
Off the Wire
Another View
The Naturalist’s Eye
Straight from the Bowstring
Fun Game
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Annual Index
Crossings
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Cover2
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Myths & Legends of the Whitetail
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Contents
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Three for Three
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 4
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 5
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 6
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 7
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Trapping Shy Beaver
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 9
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 10
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 11
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Stick It Out
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 13
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - A Season I’ll Never Forget
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 15
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Anniversary Buck
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 17
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - A Lifetime of Meaning
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 19
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 20
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 2009-10 Small Game and Furbearer Harvests
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 22
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 23
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Bad Luck, Divine Intervention
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 25
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 26
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 27
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 28
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 29
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Field Notes
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 31
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 32
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 33
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 34
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Conservation News
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Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 38
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 39
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 40
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 41
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 42
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Off the Wire
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Another View
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 45
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 46
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - The Naturalist’s Eye
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 48
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Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Straight from the Bowstring
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Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Fun Game
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Lock, Stock & Barrel
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Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 59
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 60
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Annual Index
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 62
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - 63
Pennsylvania Game News - December 2010 - Crossings
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