Can anyone help?

I have been on a web site, www.peterdyson.co.uk, which appears to have flints for sale.

English flint at £1.20 each or £5 for 5 in various sizes 10,13,16,19,22 and 25mm.

French yellow flint which costs £2.50 each

There is also Agate as a flint alternative.

Is this good value?

Can anyone tell me the bore size for the muskets so that I can get the correct size of tools?

Hi Barry

the price for the English Flints seems about the going rate, the French flints should be a simliar price to the English ones.

Never used Agate so couldn't say.

If you have a Charleville then it should be .69 of an inch or 18mm. However beware, there are wide variations between weapons, even though the barrell on my musket is proofed at 15mm it is decsribed as 18mm on my shot gun certificate using information supplied by the gun dealer.The proof marks should be accurate, but best to measure it yourself!

PS posted a set of patterns off to Stephanie today.

David H

If you can wait till the end of the month, i hope to buy some flints at a fayre i am attending.

David

Hi Barrie
I normally buy mine in bulk of around 50, The Peddersoli muskets normally have 3/4 flints and the Brown Bess are inch. I have known the Indian manufactured French pattern musket to work better with the inch but this may not always be the case. I have noticed that the last ones i bought are smaller than 3/4 but they appear to work fine in my Peddersoli so it depends on the Musket you have.
As for the calibre mine is 17.5
I also have never used Agate.
James