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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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Can you confirm, local gun aficionado? Is this a nice cock?

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Not the person you pinged, but I've fired a LOT of historical (reproduction) flintlocks. Mostly the Brown Bess, but a few others.

Generally, you want a nice sharp edge on the flint, for better sparks. This looks really blunt, which increases the chance of a misfire a LOT.

A REALLY nice piece of flint is sharp on both ends, so you can just turn around and have a whole new edge ready without needing to spend time knapping it.

So nah, this isn't nice. It's not even good.