Repairing Denix Flintlock Replicas

[TheDreadPirateMorgan]

Ok, By now, many of you have handled the Denix Flintlock Replica's (REAL FL's ARE EXPENSIVE) and besides, you cant carry real ones in public, Ok, And By now you know that the hammers (Or Cocks) are inherently Weak at the neck, hence you cannot dry fire them much, Here is the Simple repair, modification that will add charm, realism, and best of all, functionality to these replica's. No one out there seems to know how to fix em when they break, I do. You will need Steel Putty, a Sculpting knife, Imagination, and time. Steel Putty can be bought at your local Auto Parts store, I prefer the MAGNUM Putty as it holds 1000 Shearing pounds, Its easy to work with, and during the curing process, its easy to carve and detail, Ok, Take the two broken pieces and tack them together with the putty, wait for like 5 minutes then carve details into it to blend with the gun. Simple. The Putty can be aged to fit the bill of a gun of the period, and best of all, you can do this on guns that are not yet damaged, then DRY fire away, (Or Wait till I post my, "HOW TO MAKE A REPLICA FL PUFF SMOKE AND FIRE!"

Captain H.L.Morgan, Esq.

[callenish gunner]

Real flintlocks can be carried in most locales since they fall outside the parameters of the federal firearms act (check local ordinances) and they do cost more than decorator replicas but they do more as well

[Captain Robert Darksoul]

Do tell more

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Ok, By now, many of you have handled the Denix Flintlock Replica's (REAL FL's ARE EXPENSIVE) and besides, you cant carry real ones in public, Ok, And By now you know that the hammers (Or Cocks) are inherently Weak at the neck, hence you cannot dry fire them much, Here is the Simple repair, modification that will add charm, realism, and best of all, functionality to these replica's. No one out there seems to know how to fix em when they break, I do. You will need Steel Putty, a Sculpting knife, Imagination, and time. Steel Putty can be bought at your local Auto Parts store, I prefer the MAGNUM Putty as it holds 1000 Shearing pounds, Its easy to work with, and during the curing process, its easy to carve and detail, Ok, Take the two broken pieces and tack them together with the putty, wait for like 5 minutes then carve details into it to blend with the gun. Simple. The Putty can be aged to fit the bill of a gun of the period, and best of all, you can do this on guns that are not yet damaged, then DRY fire away, (Or Wait till I post my, "HOW TO MAKE A REPLICA FL PUFF SMOKE AND FIRE!"

Captain H.L.Morgan, Esq.

[CaptainSatan]

I can't think of any reason why you can't just buy a real flint hammer with top jaw & screw and attach that to a cursed Denix replica.

I have seen them for sale as cheap as $13 to $22.

Edited June 29, 2009 by CaptainSatan

[Gunpowder Gertie]

Aharrr

Tell us more, ya scallywag!

I am now taking some caps fer a cap gun, gluing them together, and stickin' 'em to the strikeplate right whereat the hammer falls.

That way I can use me replica as a startin' pistol fer me little pyrates obstacle course adventure.

I get a decent bang, and a flash from it...but them powder monkeys always be wantin' more bang fer their buck, as 'twere.

but now I be wantin' ta know YOUR technique.

Cough it up, me Boyo..

don't make me come back thar!

[Gunpowder Gertie]

But havin' said that-

Thankee fer postin this!

I confess I have been worried about what I could do should such a thing happen. A pyrate with a broken flintlock is...

well,

like a pirate with a broken flintlock.

All 'round, pretty sad!