L&R Lock Finish Options/Recommendations

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mehavey

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I picked up a Great Plains 50/Flintlock last week and have gotten the load/ball size/patch into the practical ball park.
(61gr/3Fg GoEX, 495 ball, 0.020" Ticking/7:1 H2O-Cutting oil)

The Lyman lock is functional (but I had to pull/clean/degrease/re-lube both the lock and the double-set trigger (with the
trigger fly requiring surprising spring adjustment before it would smack the lock release hard enough.) "Rough" would be
the overall word I'd use.

With the OEM "manufactured" flint supplied, it's got reasonablly reliable (4Fg) ignition -- though with what feels like
a 1/5th sec lock delay. (Still... prints 1½” @ 50, so the barrel's good. Didn't even requirethe usual "GPR-100"
to quit cutting patches like my other Great Plains-54 percussion.)

Nonetheless, I've gone ahead and ordered up some Tom Fuller flints from ToW as well as an L&R Lock that I'll eventually
install.

The L&R comes unfinished/in the white. What's recommended as a straight-forward functional finish/process (for a
earthy practical shooter as opposed to an artiste') ;)
 
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I had a custom flintlock longrifle made with the lock and barrel in the white, it developed a nice natural patina.

Grease it up, if you get little spots of rust, lightly rub them with fine steel wool. It will be a nice mottled gray color in no time.
 
Others have also suggested keeping/maintaining it in the white and shoot it as
things turn "field gray" over time (same as my original `61 Springfield which I've
been shooting/N-SSA'ing for 33 years) ;)
 
I just finished a rust and boil blueing job on a lock and barrel. Its not perfect but I was going for a matte finish. I wasn't worried about looks, just wanted the shine gone.
 
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