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Flintlock shooting movie & stills
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<blockquote data-quote="FrontierGander" data-source="post: 1261664" data-attributes="member: 26439"><p>A really nice day, snow on the ground, no wind, nice heat from the sun, yet cool from the snow, just a really perfect day to shoot.</p><p></p><p>I loaded up the Traditions Mountain Rifle .50cal flinter and headed over to my 50 yard range to experiment a little.</p><p></p><p>I used my standard load of 70gr Olde Eynsford 2fg, .015" patches lubed with Buckskinner's lube, .490" round ball and French Amber flints. For Pan Powder, I used 2fg Olde Eynsford to see how well it did.</p><p></p><p>After experimenting with the 2fg pan charge, I found it likes 2 dribbles of powder from the pan charger horn. I am having trouble with powder sticking inside the horn and giving me issues with it dispensing a consistent amount from one press to the other, so I am going to find my other brass charger and see if that does better. The horn seems to stop up the powder unless I shake it around.</p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/19045192/372" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8221.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Hundreds of strikes on the MR's frizzen and just a little marking where the flint first comes into contact. This actually isn't even dug in other on the right hand corner when A flint broke and the edge really got it. Still not deep though. This lock sparks like the 4th of July.</p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/19045192/373" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8222.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Sadly I lost this flint while shooting! I think my leather was to short and wasn't holding it as well as it should. I went in and cut a new one and replaced the flint. Hopefully I can find it once the snow melts off a bit.</p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/19045192/374" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8223.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Next I switched back to 4fg Goex and will stick with it, its just a lot easier to deal with and I feel more comfortable.</p><p></p><p>Normal pan charge amount for both of my Traditions flintlocks.</p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/19045192/375" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8310.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I also tried using just 1 push on my powder pan charger and this amount wasn't enough to fire consistently. It lagged quite a bit VS the charge above. Use what your rifle tells you to use!</p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/19045192/376" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8311.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/lock_s10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/flash_10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You can watch the video here and see how fast a properly "Tuned" flintlock is. Not really tuned, just finding the right amount of flash powder, proper size and make of flint really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrontierGander, post: 1261664, member: 26439"] A really nice day, snow on the ground, no wind, nice heat from the sun, yet cool from the snow, just a really perfect day to shoot. I loaded up the Traditions Mountain Rifle .50cal flinter and headed over to my 50 yard range to experiment a little. I used my standard load of 70gr Olde Eynsford 2fg, .015" patches lubed with Buckskinner's lube, .490" round ball and French Amber flints. For Pan Powder, I used 2fg Olde Eynsford to see how well it did. After experimenting with the 2fg pan charge, I found it likes 2 dribbles of powder from the pan charger horn. I am having trouble with powder sticking inside the horn and giving me issues with it dispensing a consistent amount from one press to the other, so I am going to find my other brass charger and see if that does better. The horn seems to stop up the powder unless I shake it around. [url=https://servimg.com/view/19045192/372][img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8221.jpg[/img][/url] Hundreds of strikes on the MR's frizzen and just a little marking where the flint first comes into contact. This actually isn't even dug in other on the right hand corner when A flint broke and the edge really got it. Still not deep though. This lock sparks like the 4th of July. [url=https://servimg.com/view/19045192/373][img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8222.jpg[/img][/url] Sadly I lost this flint while shooting! I think my leather was to short and wasn't holding it as well as it should. I went in and cut a new one and replaced the flint. Hopefully I can find it once the snow melts off a bit. [url=https://servimg.com/view/19045192/374][img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8223.jpg[/img][/url] Next I switched back to 4fg Goex and will stick with it, its just a lot easier to deal with and I feel more comfortable. Normal pan charge amount for both of my Traditions flintlocks. [url=https://servimg.com/view/19045192/375][img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8310.jpg[/img][/url] I also tried using just 1 push on my powder pan charger and this amount wasn't enough to fire consistently. It lagged quite a bit VS the charge above. Use what your rifle tells you to use! [url=https://servimg.com/view/19045192/376][img]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/img_8311.jpg[/img][/url] [IMG]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/lock_s10.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/19/04/51/92/flash_10.jpg[/IMG] You can watch the video here and see how fast a properly "Tuned" flintlock is. Not really tuned, just finding the right amount of flash powder, proper size and make of flint really. [/QUOTE]
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