My first jezail

[RDGAC]

Rick, I hear what you say. I remember dissolving teeth in it in school; that was, to say the least, a bit of an eye-opener. Still drink the damn stuff, though... anyway, what I'm worried about is the possibility of the Coke actually damaging the barrel as well as dissolving the obstruction! I don't know what this one's made from, but think it safe to assume it's either steel (probably not terribly good), or wrought iron, neither of which are particularly resistant to acids. If Coke can dissolve tooth enamel, I fear what it might do to the integrity of a wrought iron gun barrel. Have you ever used it for things like this?

On a more positive note, the lock is very nearly sorted out! After months of careful, patient filing, she now fires from the full cock (trigger's nice and light, too), and neither fires from, nor grabs at, the half-cock! Right now, having just put her back together, I'm pretty damn pleased with myself. All I need to do now is solder some brass onto the toe of the tumbler; the mainspring is now precariously close to dropping off it altogether, and it'll be the devil of a job to compress it back into place if it does come off. With that in mind, lads, have any of you done a similar op on a flintlock? Any advice?

All the best, Merry Christmas to one and all.

Meredydd