Should I just forget about a flintlock now ?
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Armored farmer
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Lewis and Clark used them well in their two year endeavor to the ends of the known world.
Gunpowder stored in sealed lead casks, brilliant!
Gunpowder stored in sealed lead casks, brilliant!
Fiddleback maple I presume? Who's the maker?
I would rather use caps if I lived where it was wet. Otherwise....
Very nice rifle!
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That was an upgraded maple blank from a vendor at Friendship. Indiana nmlra shoot.
My friend and fellow club member built the rifle.
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Be advised. It’s not in most states. Your local municipality may have a say in it but it’s really off the radar in most places not called New York
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What exactly is that? One of the nicer one's I've seen. Pedersoli?
I believe Pedersoli made a nicer version and then A version for Cabelas. If I’m not mistaken, this is the Cabelas version. As stated I matched the correct patch and ball size with just the rite amount of powder…. To get excellent accuracy. Pure luck on a October day at the range. Sun shining and the first time I ever shot this beauty.
Started at 25yrds, moved to 50yards. Bullseye each barrel and each shot! It’s heavy enough that with that combo , no recoil at all.
I’ve read where some guys crank it up ALot and get some serious ballistics. This is just for deer and I like the second shot that’s legal here in my state. Plus… Double bowling balls sure is cool to go after deer with!
Started at 25yrds, moved to 50yards. Bullseye each barrel and each shot! It’s heavy enough that with that combo , no recoil at all.
I’ve read where some guys crank it up ALot and get some serious ballistics. This is just for deer and I like the second shot that’s legal here in my state. Plus… Double bowling balls sure is cool to go after deer with!
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I like it. It looks slim and trim compared to others I've seen. What does it weigh? For the muzzle loader seasons in Washington state, you have to leave one barrel unloaded, but the regs state that a muzzle loader that is not capped or primed, is "unloaded". So I think, assume, presume that if the second barrel isn't capped, one could carry it that way and still have fast second shot by just capping it when the other barrel has been fired. ?? However, perfectly legal during modern seasons, and for cougar or bear as there's no specific season for them as far as archery/ML/modern firearm. "any legal firearm or archery equipment" for bear and cougar. I use my muzzle-loaders during any of the seasons, if I have the appropriate tag. (sometimes hunt the modern firearm season with my son or hunting partner) Anyhow, nice rifle.
I was in shock as to how much I really enjoy this rifle. It’s may appear slim and trim, yet lugged around all day- it a Bear at the end of the day… a Kodiak to be accurate.
Worth its weight in Gold tho if your Hog/bear hunting and NEED a fast 2nd shot. Super fun rifle… yet it takes me a wknd to clean… as I’m Super cautious about it. I check it days later, and reclean. Ocd like, yet it’s Clean.
Worth its weight in Gold tho if your Hog/bear hunting and NEED a fast 2nd shot. Super fun rifle… yet it takes me a wknd to clean… as I’m Super cautious about it. I check it days later, and reclean. Ocd like, yet it’s Clean.
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Not bad, my 1861 is nine-ish and she can go all day. ! Oh boy, I want that rifle. Maybe when I sell my snowmobile.....!
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My own perspective as a die-hard flintlock fan is that they are just the tiniest sniff slower than caplocks - by such a small amount that I'm never quite sure if it's perception or bias - and also the smallest bit less reliable. It's possible if not probable that the last is due to my own laziness, as I sometimes try to get one more strike out of a used-up flint, etc., but on the whole I am surprised when a caplock misfires and a little less so when a flintlock does - bearing in mind that I expect both to go off every time.
Overall, I strongly suspect that the flintlock's reputation for poor reliability stems from price-point guns badly managed. It takes effort and knowledge both to "fix" the typical mid-level Italian flintlock as well as to keep it running, and a lot of folks just aren't going to bother - they expect the gun to be unreliable and the gun meets their expectations, so everyone is happy.
Overall, I strongly suspect that the flintlock's reputation for poor reliability stems from price-point guns badly managed. It takes effort and knowledge both to "fix" the typical mid-level Italian flintlock as well as to keep it running, and a lot of folks just aren't going to bother - they expect the gun to be unreliable and the gun meets their expectations, so everyone is happy.
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A "flinter" friend always picks the vent and says to much powder in the pan are slow ignition reasons.
I’ve got a CVA Electra- Have a 50 cal mold and lead, Recharge the 9volt with a solar energy and Make gun powder. Ignition is supposed to be multiple times more than a 209. Yet a Flint…. would work also if ya really want to be prepared
I'm a black powder cartridge shooter so I've not kept up on the latest in muzzle loading rifles, but an electric muzzle loader? Dear God in heaven, what has sport of shooting black powder become!
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To much or Oil on the Flint
And before you know it, you will be shooting a, gasp, cartridge gun...
Dave , With the low availability of Percussion caps and 209 primers… I’m very glad to have my Electric muzzloader. My Encore is what I use if raining and out hunting, Yet I only have 1 box of 209s and can’t find em anywhere. I do have a abundance of 12g shells I could start taking apart and popping out the primers I suppose. Yet the Electra is pretty neat in this “Dry environment” of no Caps.
I’ll stick with my 58 double, Got a few lbs of the good stuff and 1000 Cci #11s. With as many as I shoot per year, I’m not worried about running out.
I’ll stick with my 58 double, Got a few lbs of the good stuff and 1000 Cci #11s. With as many as I shoot per year, I’m not worried about running out.
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