Ratdog68
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I'm interested in learning about it too...
After reading his reply to you (agreed, it did sound rather sarcastic and condescending in tone)... I've begun to suspect that you:
Wipe the flint and frizzen dry, then
prime the pan, then
close the frizzen, then
cover it all with a feather which (if you choose your feathers correctly) will shed water away from your mechanism while you're hunting, then
Remove the feather and store it in the ring behind the trigger guard and bring the rifle to bear as you're cocking the gun and preparing to aim.
Upon firing... reload and withdraw the feather and replace it over the mechanism once again.
How far off is my thinking?
I have to admit I'm puzzled by how anyone has time to:
1) remove the feather from the touch hole, then
2) wipe the flint and frizzen dry, then
3) prime the pan, then
4) close the frizzen, then
5) bring the gun up to aim, and then finally
6) fire.
What do you do with the feather, the cloth and the primer charger - put them in the possible bag or just drop them on the ground?
Do the deer just stand there and watch all that motion?
After reading his reply to you (agreed, it did sound rather sarcastic and condescending in tone)... I've begun to suspect that you:
Wipe the flint and frizzen dry, then
prime the pan, then
close the frizzen, then
cover it all with a feather which (if you choose your feathers correctly) will shed water away from your mechanism while you're hunting, then
Remove the feather and store it in the ring behind the trigger guard and bring the rifle to bear as you're cocking the gun and preparing to aim.
Upon firing... reload and withdraw the feather and replace it over the mechanism once again.
How far off is my thinking?