I've found that once you put a sharp stone in the lock, the frizen will ignite powder. It does not seem to be a poorly made frizen is my point. But the flashes in the pan have been my biggest issue with these models (2024, I think). So an investigation into the barrel was warranted to find the odd manufacturing practice. The removable touchhole is drilled through the barrel and into the non-removable breech plug itself. The breech plug has a narrow hole only the diameter of the narrow end of the stick shown, leading to the main barrel, which holds part of the charge. The reason for the odd touchhole is to reduce manufacturing costs. High-end flintlock barrels are somewhat conical, appropriately increasing the barrel material as they reach the area where the main charge will occur. The drilling of the touchhole weakens the barrel, and yet this is exactly where the barrel needs to be the strongest. The result is that cheaper European factory guns like the TKR are slower, as the char...