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  1. M

    To Flintlock or not to Flintlock . . .

    Like I said in another thread, it took me about 15 shots to get the bugs ironed out and get my technique down pat. That could be one range visit for you. Since then I have fired nearly 100 shots and had perhaps 5 or 6 misfires, only one of which required me to pull the ball. The others I...
  2. M

    Advice on gun to start with . . .

    Get a flinter :thumbsup: ! The first gun I have ever fired in my life is a second-hand .54 Mortimer flintlock I bought from Track this spring and I love it! It took me about 15 shots (over 3 or 4 sessions) to get the hang of it but now that I have worked out all the idiosyncracies of my...
  3. M

    New Question: What accessories do I need?

    Although not a traditionalist by any means, I shoot a flinter and this is everything I have in my possibles bag: balls/bullets pre-measured powder charges (tiny plastic bags) patch material strips short starter 5" scissors cleaning patch material strips cleaning/ramming jag ball puller patch...
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    Interesting wood finish

    I learned about vinegar/iron stain from this website and have used it to good effect on some doors and furniture I have built (including a case for my flintlock). I think what happens is that the acetic acid in the vinegar reacts with the iron and creates iron acetate, and that is what gives...
  5. M

    Hello from Ontario

    You gotta get out of Toronto, man. That place will eat you alive. I was going buy a farm in N.S. too but the hurricanes put me off :hatsoff: .
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    Reloading directly after firing

    I blow down the bore till all the smoke is gone before I reload. I used to send a moist patch down, but I was having a lot of trouble with misfires after that. I tried a dry patch the other day and the thing got stuck down there so I am back to just airing it out.
  7. M

    Austin and Halleck going out of business rifle needs help asap!

    Their cheapest Mountain Rifles are $294.50 US (plus $15 shipping) from the factory.
  8. M

    Another R.E.A.L. bullet question

    Yes, the bottom bands are just to hold the lube I think and it's the top one that does the sealing. I recovered one of my REALs from the sand heap but the nose and top band were completely deformed by impact, so I cannot tell if it was grooved by the rilfing or not. The other two bands are...
  9. M

    Austin and Halleck going out of business rifle needs help asap!

    I would love to buy one of their flinters with a 1:28 twist, but they don't ship to Canada :( . Does anybody know of a shop or other business in northeastern NY that could recieve one for me? How long is the turnaround on orders from them nowadays?
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    Another R.E.A.L. bullet question

    I use the 300 grain ones in my .54 flinter and they are very tough to load. I can barely get them started before I have to use my oak mallet on my short starter to get them seated and into the barrel. I measured the bands with dial calipers once and I seem to remember that the bottom two rings...
  11. M

    What would happen without Black Powder?

    Historically speaking, all you need to make gunpowder is wood, bird droppings, and sulfur. I tried making my own BP from saltpeter and sulfur I got at the garden shop and birch charcoal I got from sifting ashes from my woodstove. I weighed everything out and put it in a glass dish and added...
  12. M

    Warning - Danger

    Hydrogen peroxide is a very effective oxidizing agent and was used in a highly concentrated solution (over 60% H2O2) to power V2 rockets during WWII. Would the extremely weak solution sold at the drugstore (~3%) react with either the alcohol (an excellent fuel) or oil soap and trigger...
  13. M

    Recasting roundballs

    If you can get grass or weeds or some other plant to grow on your sand pile like a lawn, it won't wash down so much. I shoot into a big pile of sand that is covered with weeds and it doesn't ever change shape or wash away. I tried sifting through the sand one day to find my old balls but none...
  14. M

    Help with Short Flint Life

    Do you keep your flint and frizzen clean? It could be that fouling is preventing your lock from making sparks. I had the same problem as you, but now I wipe my flint and frizzen clean after every shot and my lock sparks every time. I shot my sawn agate about 50 times before I put on a proper...
  15. M

    Ball Starters and Muzzle Wear

    There is practically no way a piece of wood would cause wear on a piece of steel, unless of course the wood had bits of sand or metal shavings or something else embedded in it. Even common hardwoods are many times softer than iron or steel and will suffer fibre compression before your barrel...
  16. M

    plastic speed loaders

    I use little plastic ziplock baggies (i.e "dime bags"), about an inch on each side, to hold my pre-measured powder charges. These were super-cheap, like $3.00 for 200 or something like that. I use pre-lubed strips of patch material, about 20 inches long, and I keep my balls in an old cufflink...
  17. M

    pedersoli flintlocks

    I have been shooting my .54 cal Pedersoli Mortimer flintlock rifle all summer and I love it. It was rather tempermental at first but after I pulled the breechplug and cleaned out some burrs, it fired very, very reliably. The fit and finish is very good and it shoots quite consistently...
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    New Guys: Tom Fuller Black English Flints are a must!

    Snagg, you will LOVE ( :bow: ) your new flints! My Mortimer came with a sawn green agate in the cock and I have shot that about 40 times. It was quite serviceable but I needed to rotate it and/or flip it about every 3 or 4 shots. I replaced it with a black flint the other day and right away I...
  19. M

    Novice Guide to Round Ball Casting...

    I always overfill my molds (because I am sloppy) and when the extra bit on top of the sprue plate solidifies, I knock the plate open and dump out the ball, then put the little extra bit back into the melting pan. It takes only take a second or two for the metal to cool enough that the ball can...
  20. M

    Novice Guide to Round Ball Casting...

    I use a hotplate that I got at Wal-Mart and an aluminum pan that I got at a local thrift store. It only gets hot enough to melt wheel-weights, as opposed to pure lead. One thing to remember when melting metal in a pan is that it is VERY heavy (as compared to food) so be careful when you pick...
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