You sir are a great instructor. Thank you for the excellent video.

This is a truly excellent video. Thank you for sharing it. I definitely learned some things I had never heard before & I've read a lot about cleaning.

Just watched your master class on percussion rifles and found it incredibly informative. It was well thought out and very detailed. I learned some new info like the “compressed” patch thickness and also fouling in the breech plug area and how to clean it. I really appreciate your knowledge and experience. I subscribed, passed the channel along to my dad and look forward to learning more from you, much appreciated.

I applaud your detailed knowledge of this fine traditional flintlock firearm. Fascinating watching your shooting and cleaning procedures.

Kind Thanks Steve for all the good and very helpful information! I also want to Thank You for the great tip to soak and dry your loading patches with Billistal! This works great and I’ve found it far better than other lubrications. Good Shootin and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

First off I want to thank you for your wealth of knowledge on muzzle loading, I found your channel by accident when looking at other videos My god you have answered so many of my thoughts and questions. I have been watching cap and ball and duelist 1954 for a while now but you simply have made me a solid believer in what you preach, For over a year now I have been wanting my dream flintlock I first was going to just get a pederzolli and rework the thing Then I was kicking the thought of getting all the parts on track of the wolf and making it myself But my wood working skills are dismal to say the least, Now I am looking to find a competent builder and have it made but the two I checked have a 2 to 3 year build time Geez im 60 and now that im old enough to afford my dreams time is not on my side LOL. I am thinking of looking at already built ones even though I want all the bling that's in my mind any help on what you would do would be greatly appreciated Thanks for everything Joe.

Thanks for your videos, sure helped me on my percussion rifle with a Patent breech, lubricant for patches etc, very informative.

I know it's not traditional, but I bring a can of compressed air to the range and also use it during cleaning. Helps to dry the bore quickly. At the range sprayed thru the touch hole it blows out any hot ash in the breach, also keeps the hole clear.

Worked for years at a black powder gun shop & I completely agree that by far the biggest problem we encountered with unreliable rock locks was zero lubrication! Very clear & concise treatment of this subject, sir. I thank you. If I would presume to add one thing it would be that a toothbrush does work well under hot running water to remove much of the fouling on the lock. But old toothbrushes may be too soft and have bent bristles. A new, dedicated toothbrush might be best. Or, alternativly, you could just use you wife's.......

Absolutely perfect, everything you said was exactly right, not one mistake !!!👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

What a great demonstration! Thanks

Hey Partner, I own 4 smoke poles all 50 cal. I have been hunting whitetails for 30+ years with one or the other. I learned right away that if you shoot the rifle only once you must clean it and that means break the black powder rifle down and clean the heck out of it. Way too many people try flintlock hunting for deer and do not clean their rifles and ruin them. I install a new very sharp flint before each deer hunt, and I added a larger size touch hole on all my flintlocks as to aid in keeping the touch hole from clogging with residue. Keeping powder dry and changing pan powder often has helped in insuring a good ignition. Even so I have had two hang fires and a dry fire that cost me a deer, but I can live with my rare, missed opportunities. Oh, and replace your frizzen with a new "Case Hardened" one after a couple of years, especially or Thompson Center rifles. I do not know if it makes a difference, but I use only black powder, FFFF in my pans and FFF in my barrels and do not use FF at all. I love the small of burnt black powder in the morning!!!!!

Great video Steve, thanks for sharing this great information.

Very informative, information I totally needed. Thank you. 👌🤠👍

Thank you for such an informative video.

That's a very helpful video. I guess locks are different but overall fairly similar. I used to be an auto mechanic so I'm fairly good at working on things. Well, I'm not as young as I used to be so I confess I'm slower than I used to lol

Thank you! I was wondering how often I should fully disassemble the lock.

At 11:47 the disassembly begins. I'm noting this here for my own reference, b/c if I write it down on a piece of paper the note will vanish in a flash.

Very informative, thank you very much.

Muito linda esse rifle Obg a vcs por não deixar a tradição se acabar. Valeu amigos que Deus abençoe vcs sempre.

Great detail....thanks!

Your videos are such a great help to all-- I was wondering if you would consider doing one on how to take a lock apart and where to do the necessary filing/honing to get a decent trigger pull on my Lott lock on a Pedersoli 20 Ga. trade gun? I'd sure hate to ruin something by not knowing how to do it. The trigger pull is unbelievably tough-- so much so, that it is difficult to shoot off the bags, let alone offhand with a patched round ball.

Hi Steve. How often do you do a complete lock disassembly? Every time you go shooting, or once a season?

Could one use olive oil as a substitute for bear oil? I’m trying to get set up for my first flinter and don’t want to spend a fortune if i can avoid it

Thanks for sharing with us Steve. Are the shooting rests from Protektor?

Being clumsy, I take pictures with my cheap digital camera during disassembly the first time for each lock and save it on a thumbdrive. People more intelligent than I can remember the puzzle and have no need.

Wondering where you got your frizzen spring vise? I see one on Dixie but yours looks like it has more options on size of spring.

Hi where can you get these flush tubes or do you make them

You weren't in the national guard were you? If so were you ever at Ft. Polk, LA?

My brothers and I hunt bear over baits here in Maine, I dont think I'd ever heard of bear oil before. How is it made? Does one just rend bear fat down? If it's very useful we could use the fat from some of the bear we take and make it for people if they want it!

Could one use olive oil as a substitute for bear oil? I’m trying to get set up for my first flinter and don’t want to spend a fortune if i can avoid it