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Yea, sizing/angle(?) of such things is something I hope the books I have ordered will educate me on.

First up I just want to make something that functions and is safe

I'm fairly keen to keep my eye brows!

I'll have to find that thread, tho having been following your current one I think that I would be pushing a sloppy shit up hill with a small stick if I thought I was to get as good a result.
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Hay, I see what you did there :p

I'm just a guy with to much time on my hand

I have been doing a lot of reading on this, and driverman seems to be right-electric spark seems to be a hit and miss affair

Thanks for the offer Maca49 but the attraction is making it myself, I...

While a matchlock would be undoubtably easier, I'm not sure I want to try and hunt with one.
Have been reading up on what it takes to make my own caps as ideally I would like a caplock

It seems most,but not all of the info on the web is nausea around kit builds

Hmmm the self made part of it is the appeal to me and electric ignition seems so much easier than a good Flintlock,would still have the lag as would still have a pan setup

Looking into it, I could possibly use electric ignition

It just seems to be a cool project, make a firearm from scratch and then make the powder and bullets.

Flintlock seems more practical than matchlock while making my own caps for a caplock seems to...

Anyone done this from scratch?