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    t/c hawken problem

    I have that same problem with my Leonard Day 50 cal. It eats patches, that is until I stuffed a .20 lubed patch down the bore, but it isn't something I want to do all the time. Y a need a huge hammer to do it. I changed my powder charge so now it still eats patches but I am willing to concede...
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    problem with a flinter

    Well, I have some of my other hunting friends who also shoot flinters that agree with you and agree with me too. They said for me to get another barrel and I will one of these days. They are of the mind that when you spend $1200.00 for a rifle, it damn better hit what it is aimed at BEFORE you...
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    problem with a flinter

    Back in the day (before computers were invented I used to grab the mic and head for the fabric shop, mic out what I needed and go home and take out the hammer and patch punch and punch 'em out and lube them up with crisco or whatever I was using at the time. Then I got to doing the patch strip...
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    problem with a flinter

    The rest of the story, let me see here how's this, back 20 odd years ago I belonged to a sporting club tha had within it's ranks the Crey Mountain Firelock Association. That was a Flintlock club that shot every Tuesday and Saturday evening and made up of quite a group of good ol' boyz shooting...
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    problem with a flinter

    Dan, what rest of the story are you atalking about?
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    problem with a flinter

    And here I thought there would be people that could help me! Well there are a couple that gave me ideas to try but so far? Its easier picking on the shooter than the weapon, however I shoot back, the poor ol weapon can't do that. Me clueless, you brainy. come on over and show me how its done why...
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    problem with a flinter

    Sorry boyz I'm clueless. By the way, I've done the crisco thing already. Once again, I repeat, the gun will not accept a .020 lubed patch and 490 ball, not without hammering it down the barrel. O.K.? Do you think This clueless person is making this stuff up? Are you that daft?YOu talk about...
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    problem with a flinter

    One more thought, you wo shoot a flintlock should learn to shoot a longbow. It requires more skill than shooting the flintlock, but the same skills. Concentration and decipline, melting the mind and body into one, with the stick, making the stick an extension of your arm, willing the arrow to do...
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    problem with a flinter

    Me oh my, we have a leonard lover here. Leonard lives 45 minutes away from me and I have spent quite a bit of time over there with his rifle and all. Other than the fact that he stands out at 40 yards and hits a piece of paper with it, but doesn't say what the patch looks like or what he used to...
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    problem with a flinter

    I tried a 90 grain load of 3F today and it shot worse than the 60 grain charge. Low left. Suprised me, I can tell ya that. I would think a 70 gr charge would be suffiecient but who knows. I will have it out again this week as I took some brass of the front sight. So maybe we'll get something...
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    problem with a flinter

    I like that idea, yup definitely like that idea, that way if a patch is going to get burned it would be the first one and the patched ball would provide the seal I need to get the full power of the load. Yup, I never heard of that one before and I thank ya kindly.
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    problem with a flinter

    Well, I'm excepting her the way she is. She is shooting fairly accurately at 25 yards, only low so I took a bit off my front blade this evening and tomorrow morning I'll hit the range again and see where she is shooting. If I can get her shooting good at 25 yards, then that gun and I are going...
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    problem with a flinter

    Well today, I found that it will shoot consistently 2 inches low, dead on at 25 yards, swabbing between all shots, using .015 lubed patches, 490 balls and 60 grains of 3F. It totally destroys the patch and if I keep this load I will have to take another eigth of an inch off the front blade to...
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    Nipple Thread

    When I am done cleaning the bore, of course the nipple has already had the cleaning solution going through it, however, I oil my barrel and I keep about a good dozen spare nipples on hand and replace the nipple with a clean and dry nipple when putting the gun back together. A drop of oil on the...
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    Lyman Great Plains .54 Caliber

    Actually there is an answer and you don't have to buy a new barrel either. If you are a machinist you will know how to retap the hole, of course, but incase you try it and something happens, what you do next is take it to a machine shop and they will redrill and tap the hole to a slightly larger...
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    problem with a flinter

    I've been using .015 patches and ..490 and .495 balls. The gun likes a dirty barrel. Plain and simple. If you use a .020 patch and 490 or 495 ball ya need a hammer to get it down the bore but it will shoot more accurately first time out then shooting the first five and then getting tack driving...
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    problem with a flinter

    Of course I'm callin him a knothed! He ain't helpin me out! Ana nother thing, I have spent a ton of time on this gun. I ain't new to flint locks. I luv em and am planning on getting another. Its just what am I gonna do with this one, besides use it for a tomatoe stake! My buddy and I ordered two...
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    you ain't doin' nothin' wrong

    Relax, I'm new and gettin' the hang of things around here. I was answering someone someplace but didn't know where the post would end up. At least you ain't asleep and you would save your hair if the injuns came in!
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    problem with a flinter

    O.K. I've done the steel wool thing and the barrel is even all the way without any tight spots in it. The gun likes 80 gr.double F .015 patch (I spit patch em) although Ox yoke Lube makes the fit a bit tighter, and a .490 ball, although I've also tried .495 balls as well. I brought it back to...
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    lookin for the how to do and what to do

    Izzat fer firing one chaber at a time. I herd somwhar that they chain fire, whatever that is.
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