Any rock lock shooters here?

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sundance44s

Can`t say my rock lock is my favorite .. but i do try .. still learning to hold still another milli second .. got the going off quick down pat .. and if`in there`s a small tree near by , rock lock solid .. :D
 
You're my hero, Sundance. I've been working, with little success, for about twenty years on that holding still after the cock falls. I have a .32 convertible rifle which I shoot percussion, mostly. Someday when I feel particularly immune to laughter and ridicule, I'll post some targets from the same rifle with the only change being the ignition system. Or I say that now. It could be that after I actually see on paper how bad I am, since I don't drink, nobody will ever know.

Steve
 
I've a few rocklocks, one rifle a couple pistols and am looking to pick up a few more 'target' pistols to try a hand with.

Rocklocks are where the fun really starts. They seperates the men from the boys so to speak.

Learn to shoot a flinter with 3-5 grains of powder flashing in that pan just inches from your eye and you can shoot anything well. Now if I could just figure out how to do that.
 
I've made a slow and interrupted start in trying to dispell my ignorance abou them. I have a Pedersoli LePage which is real pretty but which I cant shoot nearly as well as my caplock version. The best ones I've shot so far is this Pedersoli kentucky which has an unusually nice trigger pull. Get the same results with an identical .54 with the same good trigger.
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sundance44s

Im a active member of 2 local muzzleloader clubs here .. one club is all rock lock .. and the guys in it have never shot cap locks .. they call`em sissy guns .. haha .. well to fit in i had to buy me a rock lock ,and ask a lot of questions , the guys got me going off as quick as a cap lock ...but but .. that flaSH in front of my right eye makes me pull 4 inches to the left almost every shot ... and its just me my rifle will drive tacks from the bench . I won`t give up i`m gonna master it , if its the last thing i do .. heck every one needs to spice up their shooting experiences .. so just when ya think you`ve got it all down pat .. buy yerself a rock lock .. and let the flustration begin . maybe i need to close both eyes when i pull the trigger ..haha:D
 
Another flinter here! I love flintlocks. I have a Lyman Great Plains 50 and a Armi Sport 45 pistol. Honestly, if i had to unload my firearms...I would give up every other firearm and hold these till the end!!!! There is something about the pull of the trigger...the dance of sparks...the puff of smoke..the wait...........KABOOM!!!!!!!!! As the smoke engulfs ya, you cant' help but smile!!!!


Mr. Tettnanger
 
Fine shooting!

Mec, all I can say is WOW! Those are really fine groups.I work occasionally at the local RCMP [Mounties} office, and meet them on the range.I don't get"You can't hit anything with those old things!" anymore, [Iwas nice, got him up to 4-to-1 then only took him for $20] but I do get "Why do you mess and struggle with those?", to which I reply "If you can shoot a flintlock, you can shoot anything!" You Sir, can shoot a flintlock! I have 3 pistols that I made [If you count the saw-handled Forbes copy I've not yet finished.]A long barreled Kentucky in .45 that I made from a Pedersoli "Parker" barrel and a "Mortimer" style "dueller" in .50 [It has a rear sight and is rifled, unlike a real dueller.]I can shoot that well off a rest, but will need a lot more of Duncan's porridge to equal you off-hand.Well done!
 
WOW! Glad to meet you all...

I had a great teacher for my flinter days.. 40 years ago my granny handed me one and that started it.. I had a flinch problem. She fixed it.. less than 1 grain of prime in the pan and ignition that rivals a centerfire for speed...

You will find that you can split playing cards @ 25 yards with a .40 roundball or split a .50 on an axe blade.. and one thing she told me... DON'T ever hold a flinter still.. squeeze when you cross the target.. timing is everything..

Done real good on her advice.. had to learn about cleaning from others tho..

I still practice with a piece of wood I whittled into a flint... learn your lock speed is what I say.

Plain
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sundance44s

good advice there Plainmark , all this rocklock talk makes me want to get mine out .. and try somemore ... i think i can .. i think i can .. maybe some of yer grannies sujestions to you might help me .. :D
 
I just acquired a flintlock to convert my Springfield Hawkin from percussion. This will be my second conversion, but the first flinter for me.:)
 
FFFFg?

Heck... I shoot Swiss FFFg in my custom flinter (made by Narragansett Armes (now defunct I think)) Tennessee. Shenandoah style with brass furniture and a Medium-SLOW lock built by Erwin Fagle of Ohio).

I prime with it from the same horn. I have a decent touch hole that I pick everytime. Teesny Weensy bit of powder in that pan, in a LINE, not a puddle and the ignition is superlative. Again, timing is everything... practice with intent to time the fall of the rock after you pull the trigger (double set Davis here) and you can improve your scores dramatically.

When paper shooting, I do stoop to priming with FFFFg... Florida dampness makes that difficult at times. Hunting, I empty my pan every 30 minutes... not missed a shot since I started that.

Plain :p
 
All that I happen to have on hand right now is 777. It doesn't seem to wanna be a flash powder for me. I tried getting mine to fire a couple of times here at the house by just stuffing a little wadding down the barrel in front of some powder.

Got a nice big poof of smoke, but no ignition.
 
I prime with ffg. I had used ffffg but after a lot testing, ffg
is the way to go for me. I like instantaneous ignition.
I like the more reliability of ffg.


Tinker2
 
You can use coarser powder for the pan, right out of the same horn as you charge it with. Just remember to wipe off the pan and frizzen, run a straight wire into the flash hole to make sure it is clear, put in a small charge of priming powder - not a panful - and it will fire very reliably. The wiping off part is essential. BP smoke is hygroscopic and will form a greasy coating just from the humidity in the air. HTH
 
sundance44s

Been told the 2f or 3f will work as a pan primmer ..i haven`t tried it yet ..a can of 4f seems to last forever , maybe when i run out i`ll at least try some 3f in the pan . bet the old timmers used what they had the most of .. probally 2 or 3f .. makes since to me . and bass pro here doesn`t stock the 4f goex just the latter , i was able to get the 4f from dixiegun works on a trip up there a few months back .
 
Sjohns

“If the coarser grains are used, should I use a nipple pick to
stuff the hole?”
Click to expand...

No, IMO, I have ffg, fffg, and ffffg. I use ffg in my pan and
in the barrel of my flint locks. When ffg is used it is to coarse
to plug the touch hole. If you pack powder in the touch hole
it will burn like a fuse. With a tuned lock and such, you can’t
tell the difference between it and a percussion lock using ffg.

Just my thoughts.


Tinker2
 
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