Good morning Robert, Same here, got my coffee and sat down to answer some comments. Thank you and have a pleasant day....Doc

Thank you Stephen, I'm pleased that you found it of interest. Thanks so much for the benevolent assessment, I do appreciate it. Glad to hear that you are keeping the history alive with your re-enacting, Best regards....Doc

Thanks so much for coming along in the time machine and the kind review. It was a privilege to shoot such an early weapon. We had about 80% eclipse here, so I took the pictures through the welding helmet, came out pretty well. Regards...Doc

Hello John, It was a fun shoot for me, quite a contraption. She only miss-fired when the flint got dull, otherwise worked fine. I agree with your comment about cleaning some of these civil war era guns, that black powder flash goes everywhere ! Looking forward to one of your flintlocks on film. Best regards....Doc

Hi GP, I appreciate your kind comments. The old gal was pretty well behaved. I was always fascinated by that old mill site and the weapons that were made there. Can you imagine back in 1810 how out in the middle of nowhere it was. How primitive, but they managed to produced a fine product by their manual skills. The whole trick with the printers is to override the "fit to page" and print full scale 1:1 . The printers are very accurate and precise. You can draw a one inch square and print it and measure it with a dial caliper and it is right there. Handy for printing exact sizes for cartridge "Rolling-Papers". We had about 80% eclipse so I took the pictures through the welding helmet, eerie. Best regards....Doc

P.S. What did you think of reloading tip #47 ?

@@dr.durellshepard398 I did take note of tip #47. I always follow my doctor's advise. I too have a collection of spent bullets that were saved from the pot for one reason or another, I'm sure I'll find a likely candidate. Upstream from me is an old water powered lumber mill constructed by Sutter in 1848. Gold was discovered in the millrace and the workers became prospectors overnight. The project was abandoned and left to the elements, eventually being swept away by the river. A replica of the mill is on the site now, but not as cool as the original. The eclipse was a non event out west, it was a nice touch to include it in your video. Waiting for a Spencer video! Gp

You are correct in your observation Sir. The 3:1 spring ratio is a little off. The frizzen spring is a little weak, it flops open and then flops back. That being said, it did not cause any miss-fires. Thank you for watching and commenting.....Doc

Good morning John, I wanted to try buck & ball but didn't have the correct diameter buck shot, so just shot the round ball......Doc