Most evolved flintlock?

[Marcruger]

Not to derail this thread, but Taylor, that is a lovely pistol.  I cannot imagine the hours in it!   Best wishes,   Marc

[Daryl]

Because it also uses a flint- it technically is a flint lock.
 
Taylor built it, lock, ebony stock, all stock parts and re-shaped the original round, I think, 1" diameter .40 barrel that is on it. It is not tapered octagonal going into tapered round. He's pretty good with a file, eh.

[Daryl]

Daryl, was that lock scratch built or a casting set, or even better, a set of plans?
Ed

I think Taylor made up his own set of plans, after perhaps seeing pictures of a wheellock.

Thus, due to the use of flint as well as Pyrites, this is not a departure from the thread. THIS definitely is the BEST/fastest flinter I have ever witnessed.

[Mike Brooks]

Because it also uses a flint- it technically is a flint lock.
 
Taylor built it, lock, ebony stock, all stock parts and re-shaped the original round, I think, 1" diameter .40 barrel that is on it. It is not tapered octagonal going into tapered round. He's pretty good with a file, eh.

I think I'll go put on my tuque and toast Taylor with a case of Molson's and a side of  back bacon!  EH?
That's super fine work as usual from Taylor

[Joe S.]

real nice pistol Taylor,very elagant

[Hungry Horse]

 You guys keep talking about flintlocks like the cap locks speed made flintlocks obsolete. Nothing could be further from the truth. The cost difference between the two was huge. Virtually any moron that could remember which way to run a file, could make a working  caplock. The geometry required to make a caplock function was minimal. Corrispondingly, building a flintlock require someone with a good working knowledge of the geometry between virtually every part in the assembly. Many longrifle enthusiasts puzzle over beautiful percussion long rifles that were clearly percussion era forearms built with a converted flintlock. Flintlocks were just plain better made locks, in most cases, and the old gunsmiths knew it.

  Hungry Horse

[Daryl]

Because it also uses a flint- it technically is a flint lock.
 
Taylor built it, lock, ebony stock, all stock parts and re-shaped the original round, I think, 1" diameter .40 barrel that is on it. It is not tapered octagonal going into tapered round. He's pretty good with a file, eh.

I think I'll go put on my tuque and toast Taylor with a case of Molson's and a side of  back bacon!  EH?
That's super fine work as usual from Taylor

Mike- I certainly share your sentiment! Salute! The sentence should have read, "It is NOW a tapered octagonal going into tapered round".