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Online Rob DiStefano

Pedersoli flintlock
« on: March 17, 2013, 05:13:20 PM »
Anyone have the spex on this older .45 Pedersoli flinter?

« Last Edit: March 19, 2013, 08:04:10 PM by Rob D »
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Online Bigsmoke

Re: TC Kentucky flintlock
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2013, 05:43:28 PM »
Welcome to the TMA, rfd.

Seriously doubt if T/C ever made a rifle like that.
Might be CVA or a Traditions, but it really looks more like a Pedersoli.
I'd bet on a Traditions brand made by Pedersoli.
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: TC Kentucky flintlock
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2013, 05:48:10 PM »
Interesting - the seller sez it's a TC!  i shall see in a week or so and report back!

Thanx for the reply and nice to be here!
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Offline Rev

Re: TC Kentucky flintlock
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2013, 06:05:46 PM »
Looks identical to the Traditions Pennsylvania I am selling except mine is a caplock & has what I think are custom weeping heart inlays...
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: TC Kentucky flintlock
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2013, 09:54:59 PM »
Quote from: "Rev"
Looks identical to the Traditions Pennsylvania I am selling except mine is a caplock & has what I think are custom weeping heart inlays...

got a link to yer ad?
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Online Hank in WV

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Re: TC Kentucky flintlock
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2013, 10:27:39 PM »
If it's a Trad Pa rifle, it'll have a 40 1/4" barrel. If a Trad. Shenandoah, a 33 1/2" barrel.
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: TC Kentucky flintlock
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2013, 08:03:30 PM »
welp fellers, it turned out to be a pedersoli.
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Offline pathfinder

Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2013, 08:20:36 PM »
I recall weeping hearts being on some of the earlier guns. One of the reasons I didn't care for them back then. Just my personal taste,which is suspect anyway! :walk
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Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2013, 11:06:59 PM »
yep looks a whole lot like my Pedersoli Kentucky flintlock.
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2013, 05:33:12 AM »
from the pedersoli website, it looks like they recommend a .445" ball.  

what are your ball diameters and patch thickness/type/lube yer using for this rifle?
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Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2013, 07:41:42 AM »
Mine is a .50 and I use a .49 ball and a .015 patch.
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Offline flyfisher76544

Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2013, 07:50:04 AM »
That is something you are going to have to experiment with. Basically, seeing what the rifle likes(shoots the best). The web site may suggest a .445 ball but most folks that I know shoot a .440 ball with a .010 or .015 patch. Heck, your gun may like a .018 patch. I would go into more detail but I seem to be tongue tied this morning. :laffing
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2013, 11:15:58 AM »
i have both 440 and 445 ball moulds coming.  life is still good.  :)
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Offline ridjrunr

Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2013, 08:56:09 PM »
I recently did a flint conversion on mine and picked a load out of guessing. 50 g. of FF, .440 rb with .017 blue ticking soaked with Hoppes BP+. More often than not, it shoots in the same hole at 25 yards. from a bench rest. I most likely will stick with that load, but may see what it likes in FFF in case that's what I have with me,just so I know.

(I miked my patch wet using the friction thimble on the micrometer,FYI)
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: Pedersoli flintlock
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2013, 09:04:12 PM »
ridjrunr - ya mean you converted it from percussion?
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