Flintlock, Ketland Style by The Hawken Shop

[Dennis Glazener]

Saw these for sale on fleabay "Flintlock, Ketland Style by The Hawken Shop"
Anyone familiar with them? Are they any good?

Dennis

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Looks like RE David Late Ketland to me.  They are a decent lock...have used them on rifles and pistols...but never a Hawken.  IMO, they appear a little small for a Hawken lock.

[smylee grouch]

Dennis, that looks a lot like a Davis late Ketland which I have on my last build. I like the locks speed and some other features but flint life is shorter than most of the other locks I own.

[Dennis Glazener]

Yes I am familiar with the Davis Ketland and have used one or two but these are said to be by the Hawken shop which I am not familiar with.
Dennis

[redheart]

Dennis,
I bought one one time and it was so bad I had to send it back for a refund.
Talked to the Hawken shop later and they claimed to have worked out all of the bugs.
You could try one out, they'll take it back if it's bad.

[Dennis Glazener]

Thanks, will pass on it, just wondered, Chambers late Ketlands are what I use and very pleased but once in a while I would like to have a different looking lock on my SMR.
Dennis

[okawbow]

I just bought one of these from the Hawken shop a few weeks ago. I also bought one about 3 years ago. The first one I bought was a good sparker, fast, and dependable. The most recent one was very well assembled, and required almost no tuning at all. I only polished a couple places and filed off a few mold lines. I just took the rifle I put the lock on for it's first range trial. The lock was very fast, and fired perfectly for about 20 tries. I then had to sharpen the flint. It was extremely hot and humid, so I think that was good performance. I also had too small a flint for the lock, so it may have dulled faster than normal.

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